I went diving into the deep end of the Utah pool last weekend when I went strolling through the Farmer's Market at Pioneer Park on downtown Salt Lake City.

I love those kind of weekly "markets".  It reminds me of an old "Main Street".  You know the kind of place where people walked and talked and shopped and had real conversations with their neighbors.

It was the first weekend of the downtown park marketplace and it was packed!  People with their children and their dogs and their husbands and their wives.  The food booths filled the park with a great aroma and there was music, too.

As we walked around, we began learning about the wonderful Utah crafts.  My wife was particularly impressed with the hand-crocheted baby clothing.  How cute! 

We bought some fresh snap-peas and some of the reddest radishes I had ever seen. 

Also just worth noting, there was one booth with two teenaged boys selling handmade glass pipes.  You know, the kind used to smoke...well...possibly illegal drugs.  As I walked by, I heard the man in the booth next to them ask, "hey boys, hows business?".   I looked.  There was no one at their booth. 

Moving on we saw Utah honey and even Utah grown lamb.  We have all summer to try a little bit of it all.

Maybe by August those two boys will find a product that will sell.   Try chocolate.   Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

See you in Pioneer Park.