The Market Report

Well, I got to spend a whole week up here in the Finger Lakes, but you all didn't! I know we have readers from across the country here, so I wanted to give you all a look at the region apart from its supermarkets -- to be your tour guide, if you will. I hope this is fun and/or interesting! To begin with, here's a view of Canandaigua Lake from a location just outside of the town of Naples . This is the area where I stayed, so it's where most of my non-supermarket pictures are going to be from. The Finger Lakes area definitely has beautiful scenic views of the various lakes (from west to east: Conesus, Hemlock, Canadice, Honeoye, Canandaigua, Keuka, Seneca, Cayuga, Owasco ,  Skaneateles, and Otisco), but it also has some gorgeous scenery available to hikers through its forests. Meanwhile, because there is so much water in the area, there is flowing water everywhere you look. These waterfall pictures come from Grimes Glen (I think...?), a small park located just out...

Now it's time for another store tour at a very nice local small-town supermarket! These are the stores I love the most, because they're so unique -- to the area and even to the town. Full disclosure: I first visited this store one night and found a lot of empty shelves, a generally disorganized store, and rather grumpy service. I don't blame them, as I believe I came in pretty close to closing. I then returned during the day and was very happy to find a clean, fully stocked store with much better service too. I always do my best to show the store in its best state, so I tried to replace any pictures showing the store in bad condition with new pictures of it in better condition, so these were taken over the course of a few days. The storefront faces the parking lot, with produce on the left wall (facing the street). Aisles run parallel to the front wall of the store, with meat/deli on the far right wall. Here you can see how the store fits into the small downto...