We will be raising money for Parkinson’s Resource Center of Spokane this Sunday at the Latah Creek Variety Market. (map) They have been doing great work locally to educate and empower people touched by Parkinson’s disease. Come visit the market or visit their web site to help.
This Sunday, Aug 17th is our third market in the parking lot.
Antiques, farmers market, art, food, clothes, jewelry, plants, you name it.
We will be serving $5 personal pizzas and $2 margaritas and bloody marys. They were a big hit at the last market. Here’s the live music schedule for our patio…
10:00 Todd Milne
11:00 Robbie Parker
12:00 Brad Keeler
1:00 Heidi Jantz
3:00 Gary Burris
Should be a fun day. See you there.
Your freedom to choose what you eat and where it comes from is slowly and silently being stolen from you. Money and influence from the large food giants have had a successful impact in persuading legislation to make it impossible for small local farms to compete. We are feeling the results of less food choices right here in Spokane. You can help by asking where your food comes from every time you buy or eat in a restaurant. Your help can simply be to vote with your dollars.
In a great article from the UN Chronicle: The Rise of Food Democracy Brian Halweil makes a great case for choosing local. I highly recommend reading the entire article but here is an excerpt…
“The typical supermarket contains no fewer than 30,000 items, about half of them produced by ten multinational food and beverage companies, with 117 men and 21 women forming the boards of directors of those companies. In other words, although the plethora of products you see at a typical supermarket gives the appearance of abundant choice, much of the variety is more a matter of branding than of true agricultural variety and, rather than coming from thousands of farmers producing different local varieties, they have been globally standardized and selected for maximum profit by just a few powerful executives.”
If you want to learn more about food democracy and how you can help, here are some great resources:
Ten Things You Can Do Right Now
We always prefer local ingredients. Sometimes they cost more but we know where they come from, we have relationships with our local producers and we are confident in the superior quality and taste of our food. Don’t be fooled, ask for the source of your food.
Every so often we get lucky and a high caliber traveling musician comes through town. This is exactly what happened last Wednesday night when Alyson Jay, from Flagstaff AZ stopped in Spokane for one night to play on the Bistro patio from 6:30 - 9 - what a great singer / songwriter. The warm summer sun in the valley was the perfect backdrop for her heartfelt and truthful songs.
Here’s the upcoming Wednesday night music schedule for the next month. See you soon.
July 30 Kalliope - trio - vocals guitar keyboard
Aug 6 Dan Conrad - vocal guitar
Aug 13 Kalliope
Aug 20 Tim Nodland - jazz duo
Aug 27 Kalliope
Here is our menu for the Latah Creek Variety Market this Sunday. Forecast says it should be a gorgeous summer day to sit outside at Latah Bistro in the shade and enjoy a ice cold beverage and listen to live music.
The’re here! Fresh local greens from Dan Jackson Farms, Lazy H Lightning Ranch chicken, fresh rainbow chard and herbs are in the house. Coming soon, fresh raspberries and heirloom tomatoes. Thus begins the tastiest time to celebrate our local harvests.
$1 bloody marys…really? Yes, this Sunday (July 20) at the Latah Creek Variety Market. We will also have $1 margaritas, lemonade, iced coffee, mayan brownie bites, $5 personal pizzas, and live music on the patio.
Here comes the fresh local cherries. Summer rules!
If you missed the June Variety Market, you missed two sunny days filled with a ton of fun. Over 70 vendors were on hand with well decorated booths filled with stuff. There was great antiques, art, cute clothes, saddles, old junk, crafts, honey, beautiful landscaping flowers, shrubs and trees, saddles, ironwork, pottery, jewelry, purses, fabric, furniture, pastries, coffee, gorgeous cakes, pancakes, smoked salmon, barbecued bratwurst, beer, wine, chocolate, roses, bake sale, picture frames, cowboy boots, leather works, tea, candles, ice cream, herbs, baby clothes, pizza, hair coloring, darts for prizes, drinks, and 9 live bands playing music all day. Over 1,500 people shopped, then relaxed in the shaded tent areas to eat, drink and listen to some of Spokane’s finest original musicians.
It was a great day and there are 3 more markets, the next is Sunday, July 20th from 10 AM to 5 PM. In addition to the stuff from the last market, we will have more local farm produce, a light bulb exchange with Avista (so bring your incandescents) and different musicians. Here’s the music schedule…
Noon - Todd Milne
1:30 - Kathleen Cavendar
4 - Sam Endress
See you there.
Heather and I drove to Lima, Mt. to catch sight of the elusive GDR racer, David Blaine. We waited 3 hours and were rewarded with the brief visit with this amazing mountain rider. At the time he was in 3rd place and looking fresh with spirits high. Keep it up DB.
UK film director, Gerald Wisden showed up with race organizer, Pete Basinger and put us in the documentary they are producing for this year’s race.
