Farmer’s Markets Are Sexy?
Move over Sweetwaters! The new A2 singles scene, according to the Observer, is Whole Foods. “It’s that whole Farmer’s Market, Kiwanis-sale vibe: people feel fresh, rested, and flirtatious,” one “source” is quoted as saying. An employee observes, “People are definitely scoping out each other in the produce section.” So if Sweetwaters is our Hollywood, is Whole Foods our Berkeley?
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Whole Foods being a human meat market isn’t particular to Ann Arbor, for what it’s worth. Personally, I can’t imagine cruising at Whole Foods as I am almost always way too engrossed in the cheese selection. I actually spent 10 minutes sniffing cheese there yesterday to figure out which was the stinkiest. Oh, maybe I shouldn’t admit that to strangers…
posted by Alex on February 28th, 2004 at 7:51 pmIt’s a meat market for people who dance at the Cavern Club and drink at Connor O’Neils- pathetic divorcees, desperately trying to cling to a bit of hipness in their pathetic and rapidly slipping lives.
posted by js on February 28th, 2004 at 9:59 pmAt least, that’s the impression I get from shopping there.
js
js, I think you meant “scoping,” not “shopping.”
posted by Sam on February 28th, 2004 at 10:48 pmI heard about your site…I didn’t read/look at the site for more than two minutes. Why are you writing about this? Do you really have this much free time? If you hate Ann Arbor so much, then move. I just go to school there, I’m from Califnornia though…it seems like a cool place to me. Okay, I’m bored of you and your ranting about Ann Arbor. Neh…
posted by From SoCal-Orange County on February 28th, 2004 at 10:59 pmAll is explained in the FAQ in the about section (which I can’t link to without re-enabling HTML.)
posted by ann arbor is overrated on February 28th, 2004 at 11:45 pmHard rebounding divorcees trying to recapture their coolness is an Ann Arbor tradition going back decades. I think there should be more fo tehm and fewer bobos.
posted by Lukcy Jackson on February 29th, 2004 at 11:04 amIf Sweetwaters is our Hollywood, Whole Foods is our Ventura County.
posted by Nick on February 29th, 2004 at 2:47 pmWhole Foods is our Austin.
posted by Edward Vielmetti on February 29th, 2004 at 6:16 pmWhole Foods as a singles place is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. If they’re serious, Ann Arborites NEED A LIFE.
posted by eston on March 1st, 2004 at 12:46 amUm, Eston, living in Ann Arbor by definition means we don’t have lives. It’s not just limited to Whole Foods.
On the subject, what’s a good pickup line for meeting someone in a grocery store?
posted by Nick on March 1st, 2004 at 9:36 amI don’t know what a *good* grocery-store pickup line would be, but I once had a guy who’d been subtly (in his mind, anyway) scoping me out come up to me while I was peering into a frozen-food case at Hiller’s and say ‘You like the frozen foods, huh?’ Even if I’d been single and receptive, I couldn’t imagine how to respond to that.
posted by Kristi on March 1st, 2004 at 11:21 am“I like my ice cream frozen too”
posted by Shaun on March 1st, 2004 at 12:25 pm“Ever read ‘Like Lambs to the Slaughter’?”
posted by js on March 1st, 2004 at 3:54 pmjs
Is that a jasmine aromatheraphy candle in your pants or are you just happy to see me?
posted by Brandon on March 1st, 2004 at 8:32 pm“D’you happen to know any good vegetarian smore’s recipes?” (the AAIO meme that will never die…)
posted by Laura on March 1st, 2004 at 10:14 pmWow, y’all are much quicker than I am! I just kind of looked at him and scuttled away, never to return to the frozen food aisle.
posted by Kristi on March 2nd, 2004 at 9:49 amwas it a frosty look?
posted by Laura on March 2nd, 2004 at 7:58 pmWF pickup lines:
“Is that a vegan s’more or are you just happy to see me?”
“I don’t live here, I’m just a grad student.”
“Tai Chi or Chi Tea?”
“My friends in new york . . . “
posted by Steven B. Cherry on March 3rd, 2004 at 12:36 amWF Pickup line: ” I see you like shopping here. Wanna fuck?”
posted by bubbachomp on June 17th, 2004 at 8:59 pm