Napa County – Natalie's Travels

If you ever get the chance to go to the Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa, do it.

Seriously. Check it out.

You have all sorts of great vendors parked right inside the building- it’s an indoor market place and you won’t regret going there.

The Oxbow Public Market first opened in 2008 and was modeled after the ferry building in San Francisco- a place which, admittedly, I have never yet been.

Scandalous, I know. Please hold the tomatoes.

But the Oxbow? I go there all the time. It’s one of my favorite places in town. I mean, you could spend all freaking day there.

“What kinds of places and vendors are there?” You might ask me, curiously. Your head is tilted, eyes sparkling with good humor. “What would warrant spending hours in one building?”

“I’ll tell you,” I say, with a knowing grin. “Friend, you are in for a treat.”

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I was able to find a close enough spot to all the stalls. Luck of the draw, yo. It was crowded. I donned my hat (I woke up too late to sufficiently do my hair, so- hey, presto!- fashionable head piece it was) and a light sweater and I was good to go!

The sky was filled with clouds, yet a hint of sun peaked though all the same. It grew in prominence throughout the morning, the heat and chance of sunburns along with it. Coupled with that were the strains of live music winding its way through the stalls of farmers’ wares.

A good friend was meeting me for our market foray; but I ended up arriving a few minutes before her. There was a van that had been converted into a small coffee shop; it’s power generator buzzed happily. I took one look and thought, coffeeeee…much in the same way a zombie might out and go braaaaiiinsss…or something like that. Boy, did I ever need a pick-me-up, and I here I was, about to get a cup of that nectar of the gods. I ended up ordering a latte. Yes, it was delicious.

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