For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.

Booby and I went to H-Mart, a new Asian supermarket, this past weekend. Our area has a pretty vital Koreatown happening, as well as many South Asian immigrants in residence, so there are lots of little cornershops featuring interesting foodstuffs and Bollywood movies (and the regular supermarkets even have a decent selection of international foods beyond Goya and La Choy). H-Mart is the only market in our immediate area that has fresh produce, several fast food restaurants, frozen food (including cheese and corn flavored ice cream and red bean popsicles), fresh bakery goods, fresh seafood ... the works.

We erred on the side of not buying too much, and Booby has photographed out modest haul here. Best items so far? The Suntory lemon drink (a less sweet, slightly fizzy lemonade) and the Vegetable Snack (sort of like Funyuns, but less gross, and lighter). Not pictured: a six pack of long green hot pepper plants which have since been planted, a pineapple, and a package of Asian pears. I'll try to take some garden photos this week to show what we've been up to (sadly, the cats ate many of our seedlings while we were away last weekend; Bailey has been extra sweet and cuddly to me since then, as if she senses that I would like to smack her furry head, with its walnut-sized brain).

I can't wait to go back and get some more stuff!