Veggie man

     Our apartment is at the top of a big hill, and the supermarket is on the way up. I usually shop every day because we don't have a car, so buying enough groceries for more than a couple of days can be too heavy to get home. Anyway, I recently started buying all my fruit and veggies at the fresh veggie stand across from the market and the veggie man has gotten to know me (not hard to remember me - white lady with a baby strapped to her). He sometimes teaches me the Japanese words for the stuff I buy. So far I've learned carrots, onions, strawberries and a few others - today he told me the word for 'broccoli' is "broccori". I think I got that one memorized. He always tells me Ava is Kawaii, which makes those 50-cents-each strawberries go down a lot sweeter. I love the veggie man!