Whole Foods experience

It's probably a good thing that the Whole Foods grocery and deli isn't closer to us. We'd probably start shopping there regularly in spite of the fact that they're the most expensive store in the area.

I realized this the other day when Carolyn and I were driving by the store and decided to drop in. There were so many cars in the parking lot, we thought there must have been a sale on. Turns out the store wasn't especially crowded so maybe people park there for commuting purposes.

One of the things that make this store so unusual is the combination of a deli with a grocery store. They have a salad bar, a soup bar, a cheese bar, a dessert bar, and I'm probably leaving 2 or 3 others out. There are small tables with 2 or 3 chairs around them both inside and outside the store giving it a sidewalk cafe look. There is even free wifi for those who want to catch up on some Internet access work while on coffee break or lunch.

Another thing we enjoyed was watching the employees who truly seem to enjoy their work and work as if they saw this as their life's profession.

This young man was trying to temp us to stay around just a couple minutes more as he had a pepperoni pizza coming out soon and a chicken pizza soon after that.

This man gave us a sample of the large wheel of cheese you can see him working on. A wheel of cheese that large weighs about 80 pounds.