In case you haven’t already seen this LivingSocial deal making its way through the blogosphere, and in case you aren’t one of the 120,000+ people who have already bought into it, here is a Living Social deal for Whole Foods. $10 for $20 worth of groceries. Pretty sure we could all use this one.
(thanks, Chris!)
ArlNow.com reported earlier today that local wine shop, Best Cellars, will be closing its doors in just 2 short weeks - on July 16. No word yet on why it’s closing, but according to ArlNow, the employees are not happy about it.
The closing will be good news to Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and Screwtop, but bad news for your afternoon wine-tasting fix.
We’re having a cookout w/friends tomorrow, thanks to the Buck-a-Burger special at Whole Foods (@WFMArlingtonVA) Select from 8 varieties.
Regardless of your religious views, reincarnation is happening right here in Clarendon, and you can be a part of it. Corks all over Clarendon are being popped and tossed directly into the garbage without even a second thought. Now it’s time to give those short-lived corks a second chance.
In an effort to promote cork recycling, Whole Foods has partnered up with Cork ReHarvest. By dropping off your used corks at the dropoff box near the registers, your corks can go on to become floor tiles, coasters, yoga mats, children’s toys, placemats, trivets, or even just another cork in another amazing bottle of wine.
Go ahead - uncork your eco-friendly side.
Excellent dinner, thanks to Whole Foods.
Boneless dry-aged Ribeye Steak, Roasted Garlic & Olive Oil Pearled Couscous, and Sautéed Spinach.
I once received a bouquet of pink Whole Foods roses (pictured below) as a gift from one of our neighbors. I put the roses in water, and let them sit. Day after day after week after week, the roses looked as beautiful as the day I received them. They dried with so much color, and never got flaky or stinky like your run-of-the-mill grocery store flowers. I still keep these dried flowers around to brighten up any rooms that might need it.
While walking by Whole Foods this morning, I noticed a large White’s Nursery truck unloading flowers into the market. Appears that White’s Nursery in Chesapeake, VA is the source of Whole Food’s gorgeous blossoms.
On their website, White’s boasts 50 years and 20 acres of flower-making. It’s nice to get a peek at the family-run place that gives so much colorful life to our little neighborhood.
Need a place to drop off your used clothing? Directly behind the Whole Foods facing N. Danville Street, Unity Health has a clothing drop off spot. If you haven’t worn it in two years, perhaps it’s time to reconsider that little spot in your closet.
I don’t know his name, but you can find him at Whole Foods every Wednesday around dinner time. He’s usually in the Seafood Department, and he usually has a group of people lingering around him and shoveling food into their mouths.
He puts on quite a production. He gathers various ingredients from the store to create a few different dishes, infusing them with his native Moroccan touches. He’s quite rambunctious, and you’ll see him zipping in and out of the aisles, yelling across the store, and making customers laugh.
Today, he made a field greens salad with homemade vinaigrette, a mouth-watering Salmon baked in a delicious concoction of finely chopped herbs and veggies, and an exotically spiced dish of steamed baby carrots and baby shrimp. You can hardly believe it’s a free sample.
I asked him for the recipe, and he proudly blurted out all of the ingredients, but I just wasn’t prepared. Next week, I’ll have a notepad in hand.
