A pyramid of fruit is a thing of beauty (as is a hat over the eyes).

Whenever I can manage it, I like to take my kids to the West Side Market.  It doesn’t happen as often as I’d like because I have to carry all of the very weighty purchases.  The Market is about 15 minutes away from my house on the western edge of Downtown Cleveland.

It’s a great place to mingle with the masses and soak up an ethnic essence that’s missing in the sterile atmospheres of most grocery chains.  It also is less expensive (at least for produce and meat) than the supermarket.

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