Market Friday - It’s Festival Season!

Well look at me, posting two days in a row. This could start to be a trend. I was going to re-enter Hive after a weird two-month absence with an explanatory post, but this is way more fun.

Happy Market Friday! I’ve missed you guys, and especially our charming host, @dswigle.

Last weekend I went to my first festival of the summer. And it’s not even summer yet! But the days are warm and pleasant and it’s so thrilling to be out and about.

This particular festival is called Art-a-Whirl, and it goes for three days in Northeast Minneapolis with multiple venues and events, and it’s pretty much impossible to see everything. It covers many city blocks and different buildings.

So what we did is to just focus on one area where we had a friend with a kiosk where she was selling her pottery. She had some truly lovely mugs and planters and small serving dishes.

I think she had a smart strategy! She knew people were going to be walking a lot and would be a long way from their vehicles and would be much more likely to purchase something small. It worked well. She was busy the whole time! My daughter and I brought her coffee and some food from the food truck, as there was no time for her to break away.

What a beautiful day! I had the most delicious Korean BBQ burrito from the food truck. Yummy!!

There was live music too. Actually I only saw one small stage, but I’m sure there were more.

They do something smart with this festival, which is to have local businesses host portions of the festival at their venues and in their parking lots.

The portion of the festival we visited was in the parking lot of an establishment called Buch (as in short for kombucha) and they sell hard kombucha seltzer. I tried a grapefruit ginger one. Wow was it delicious and refreshing!

Really cool place, with huge fermentation tanks and a taproom. (Pretty sure they have beer too, but I was so smitten by the kombucha I forgot to ask.)

The gal at the counter was darling and we had a fun chat. She was totally willing to pose for me. Of course I sent her the one she liked best from the set.

The walk back to the car was very pleasant. Minneapolis is really a darling city.

Okay just one more share. Besides kombucha, a food truck burrito, and an adorable handmade planter with a spider plant, I also bought an artisan loaf of garden focaccia.

Isn’t it gorgeous? We had it for dinner topped with some roasted tomato sauce I’d made, and some grilled sausage. A great end to a perfect spring day!

Thanks so much for reading!

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Photo credits: All of the photos in this post were taken by me with my iphone and belong to me, unless otherwise noted.

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