My replacement pencam arrived last week, so on Saturday night I took it on its maiden voyage at Trader Joe’s in Tyngsboro, MA, right across the border from New Hampshire. Normally I wouldn’t think a grocery store on a Saturday night would be a happening place, but the store was packed…and among the various surreptitious shots I snapped while gathering a handbasket of edibles, this blind pencam shot is my favorite, posing as it does an “Indian spices” sign right over the head of a savvy, label-inspecting shopper. Yes, the food isn’t the only thing that’s tasty at TJ’s on a Saturday night; the images there are something to savor as well.
Hoarded Ordinaries 
Jan 30, 2006 at 8:48 pm
:))
The perfect shot for me. My hubby is from Bangalore! I am a southern belle, displaced by 3,000 miles from East to Pacific NW!
Did you do your exploration this weekend? Hope you were successful and got a good pic!
🙂 SKY
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Jan 30, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Apparently I am following you, because I *just* visited that very Trader Joe’s today.
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Jan 30, 2006 at 10:03 pm
Sky, I’m glad you found this shot tasty! No, I didn’t go exploring this weekend: when I had time to explore, the weather was icky, so I’m waiting for just the right day when I have both time & weather on my side.
Kathleen, I *looooove* Trader Joe’s. I’m thinking Keene should be getting one any day now, don’t you think??? 🙂
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Jan 30, 2006 at 11:08 pm
I miss Trader Joe’s. I used to enjoy that store when we lived in Tucson. Meanwhile, I am glad there is a good Indian Restaurant here in Yuma, called ‘India House’. We go there almost once a week!
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Jan 30, 2006 at 11:08 pm
I miss Trader Joe’s. I used to enjoy that store when we lived in Tucson. Meanwhile, I am glad there is a good Indian Restaurant here in Yuma, called ‘India House’. We go there almost once a week!
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Jan 31, 2006 at 2:21 am
Okay.
Not fair.
I have a serious case of “yok-shim” (envious mind) right now, as a result of seeing what I don’t expect to see for many, many years: lucious, yummy, creatively-packaged and well-marketed organic foods. I bet they even sell things like cheese and macaroni and broccoli and Great Goddess dressing and–I know this is true from your picture, dang it–Indian spices. I bet I could buy pasta sauce in several varieties. I bet I could get non-alcholic wine to serve with precept-safe risotto or vegetable stew or organic borscht.
*Sob*!
Now, I’m going to go eat MSG-laden kimchee with white rice for the third time today…
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Jan 31, 2006 at 11:20 am
I want one of those cameras!
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Jan 31, 2006 at 11:43 am
Dang it (frowns because there are no Trader Joe’s in Southern Illinois)! I’m glad you’ve got your new pencam, though. I missed the spy shots;)
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Jan 31, 2006 at 12:36 pm
love the angle of the shot- you even make a grocery interesting. Hummmmm… (I have a lightbulb glowing over my head : )
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Jan 31, 2006 at 9:37 pm
Man, I hope so.
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Jan 31, 2006 at 11:27 pm
I love TJ’s, but this one looks more attractive than our local one. Love those blue handwritten (?) signs.
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Feb 1, 2006 at 12:39 pm
Our local Trader Joe’s is quite out of the way for me, but I like to drive over there for the adventure sometimes! Not just the food, but the people. It’s like they’re there on vacation at some bazaar instead of out buying groceries. (But maybe I’m just projecting my own feeling!)
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