Snow Brings Smiles to the Twlight Farmers Market

This week's Twilight Farmers Market was filled with a little bit of everything: shopping, dining, music and dancing, baseball stars and of course, SNOW!

Arizona Diamondbacks catcher, Chris Snyder, rang the opening market bell. He was such a nice guy, singing autographs and balls for fans. Our manager of Tutti Santi ristorante, Deborah Leader handed him a basket of locally-grown vegetables and homemade goodies from the vendors at the market.

There was so much going on at the Citadelle Plaza, I'm not sure where to begin:



First, we had the amazing band, Shallow Water, playing for us. All over the center, you would see people clapping and singing to familiar songs as they did their weekly shopping. The horns were my favorite. During their short breaks, the Jobing.com Arena street team did drawings for Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire concert tickets. We sure to sign up at their table next to the information booth each week for the next concerts coming up at their fantastic arena.



Next, we had Scorch and the V.P. for the WNBA's Phoenix Mercury, Ann Meyers, visiting and giving away some fun items , then went over to Next Coffee for a Heart Tools fundraiser.

Six of our vendors had their family vacations this week and one grower was planting her new crops, but we welcome them all back for the July 22nd and 29th markets.

The corn was plentiful and so very sweet:



And the peppers, photographed here by our photographer, Laura Stone, looks like art but tastes divine:


And speaking of divine, the Owner of Butter Devine is spoiling me rotten with her specialty butters. This week, I tried her special sea salt butter with a tangy twist, which turned out to be wonderful. I can never purchase butter from a grocery store again after buying from this vendor!

Karen's Kreamery is always a hit with her frozen lemonade drinks and other frozen treats (just look for her multi-colored umbrella):



Kids made tortilla wraps with Chef Morgan this week and the Kids Adventure Fire Truck let kids shoot water out of a child-sized water hose! And the shop owners had all kinds of surprises for people visiting their shops. Indulge Med Spa kept people cool by making snow cones.



Haute C and Vivaldi Hair Suites provided a fashion show and hair demos that were really fun to watch. And you'll find wine, special drinks and homemade cookies in many of our stores, just to name a few tenant offerings.

But, more than anything I will remember this week's Twilight Farmers Market for the joy some icy cold snow brought to faces of the children (and their parents!) who attended.




Thanks to Steve Bales and Bales Hay Sales, who donated the hay that provided the edges to our snow playground! And the snow was made by AZ Iceman. Yes, 5 tons of ice got crushed through a giant machine, making snow for everyone to play in.

Looks like this younger brother's going to get his big brother all wet with a snowball:


Good, family fun; isn't that what summer is supposed to be about? Getting out with your family and enjoying each others' company. I think this adorable red-headed child's shirt says it all: "Focus All Attention Here"; as it should be!



At the July 22nd Twilight Farmers Market, we have a wonderful guitarist on the main stage and seeing that the weather continues to be hotter than normal....yes.....more SNOW. Please come and join us and as always, be sure to sign up for the end-of-summer shopping spree giveaways at the main information booth. You can sign up every week, so there's 2 more opportunities. And who doesn't like shopping at the Citadelle Plaza?

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