Why Summer in Denver Always Brings Me Back to the Farmers Market

There's a moment every year in Denver when the city just exhales. The snow is behind us, the days stretch long, and suddenly everyone is back outside. That moment is right now, and honestly, I couldn't be more ready for it!

 

For our family, the start of summer is marked by one ritual: Saturday morning bike rides from our home in Cory Merrill over to the Cherry Creek Farmers Market. It's not a long ride, which is part of what makes it so good. Just long enough to feel intentional. Long enough that by the time we lock up and walk into the market, we're already in a completely different headspace than the one we woke up in!

 

Rory gets a lemonade. Every single time, without fail, before we've made it through the first aisle. The bakery stop is non-negotiable, we tried skipping it exactly once and I still think about that decision!

We move slowly, we talk to vendors, we come home with bags full of things we didn't know we needed and somehow always use. It sounds simple. And it is. 

 

That's kind of the point.

 

Part of what I love about living and working in Denver is that it keeps giving you reasons to stay. The rituals you build here, the Saturday morning you develop that becomes the thing you'd miss if you left, that's what makes a neighborhood feel like home! 

 

The Cherry Creek Farmers Market runs Saturdays and Wednesdays through mid-November. If you haven't made it yet this season, this weekend is the perfect excuse!

 

And if you're thinking about what neighborhood to put down roots in, that's a conversation I always love having!