a quest leads to the new Family Market!

So our last-minute-Sarah-has-a-craving-Valentine's-dinner was to be mussels.  Frank's Seafood tweeted a buy-one-get-one-free deal and I was excited.  I stopped by after work, and, alas, they were sold out.  Boo.

My second try was Costco.  Strike two.  Though in typical Costco fashion, I did leave with Cetaphil and rechargeable batteries.

My third attempt to get mussels-- so HowChow recently blogged about the new Family Market at the Long Reach Village Center, and I figured if any place would have a varied seafood counter, it would be an international grocery.

Bingo.  Two pounds for four bucks.  Winding my way back to the front to check out, I also grabbed some onions and bananas at fantastic prices.  I didn't have a whole lot of time to browse, but I think Chris and I going to head back soon to check it out more throughly.

While there, I ran into Wordbones, which was a nice surprise.  Clearly, we said, we both read HowChow's post and had to check the new store out.

The parking lot was much busier than when Safeway was dying in the village center.  The store is brightly lit, and feels much bigger than the Safeway ever did.  It's very exciting.  Go visit.

Oh, here's our dinner.  Plus a baguette (not pictured).  Yum.

Happy Valentine's Day.

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