The Rose Park Farmer’s Market

Now that I’ve learned that some of Whole Food’s organic veggies actually come from China, buying my produce at local farmer’s markets seems like a pretty good idea. So I started off checking out Georgetown’s Rose Park Market, which is open every Wednesday between 4 and 7.

The idea was to pick up some, oh I dunno, healthy stuff. Zuchinni, cucumbers, cherries, raspberries, peaches, maybe some herbs to plant in my “garden” once I pull out all the weeds.

But wait! What is this? Who is this!

I am drawn to this table where I meet KarenKay Roberts. And Oh! My! God! These were cakes. Not ordinary cakes. They were totally amazing.

Karen was disappointed in this day’s Country Coconut Pecan Pound Cake – it looked like a giant sticky bun with coconut added. But the Strawberry Blackberry Lemon Cream Cheese Pound Cake had enough fruit to be a fruit serving on Weight Watchers.

Well, that’s a stretch.

I left without the zucchini. But I did leave with a piece of KarenKay’s cake. And this is in spite of the fact that I am leaving in two weeks for Cape Cod, where I will be expected to show up on the beach in an, er, bathing suit.

So, if you have any plans to break a diet, KarenKay’s cake is worth every single calorie and every minute I will spend on the treadmill to burn it off.

The market is in the section of Rose Park that is at 26th and O Streets.

And here are some more photos on the Rose Park Market

Yum!