Today’s shopper is Dr. Gretchen Kubacky, of DrKubacky.com. She’s a Health Psychologist who practices an integrative approach to mental and physical well-being. 
Today she came to the market to get the ingredients for her German Apple Tart. She starts with a basic shortbread-like tart dough, consisting of flour, sugar, a pinch of salt and softened butter. Cut the butter into the dough until crumbs form and then make it form a ball. Take the dough and press it into a fluted tart pan. Then, peel, core and slice between 4 – 6 organic granny smith apples into 1/4″ thin slices.
Arrange the slices so they make pretty concentric circles on top of the dough, then dot the top with more butter, cinnamon and sugar. Pop it in the oven at 350 degrees for between 30 – 40 minutes until golden brown. Yummy!
Today in the Green Booth, David King, of the Venice Learning Garden, one of the largest school gardens in the country, was on hand to talk about the mission of the garden. Venice High, where the garden is located, has just launched The Culinary Arts and Sustainable Agriculture Academy (CASAA) this year, with 65 students who are engaged in learning about how basic food production and supply impacts our personal health and the sustainability of our planet. Here he is with some of the student and community volunteers who take time to help garden. 
Budget cuts are threatening the garden and any help you can give will be welcomed. Please contact them through their website: TheLearningGarden.org.
Today there was also a special booth selling delicious latkes — here’s Cynthia Aronin displaying potato latkes, sweet potato and persimmon latkes and zucchini latkes — they were all delicious!
In the ReDiscover booth, they had supplies on hand to let kids make their own rattles and rhythym instruments. 
And finally, Klezmer Juice was also on hand playing some lovely music!
pulled by a very accommodating LAPD Pacific Division SUV, and with a police escort to boot, stopped several places all over town this week. 
It’s a show of community spirit on the LAPD’s part, and it’s a heart-warming event for the kids — and kids-at-heart. There are even elves. 
This year’s most requested items, according to Santa? Computers and video game consoles. I guess we have a very high-tech group of kids here in Mar Vista.
Bye, Santa! See you next year.
Plus there’s always the snack bar: The Chili Fries are legendary.
Early bird sign-ups for the 2010 season begin this weekend and you will save $25 by registering before January.
Note: if you are new to the league, please bring your child’s long form birth certificate and 2 items to prove residency. All this and more information about 
They will give you a warm bowl of water to heat up milk (or formula or breastmilk) for your baby. How awesome is that? Even though I don’t need the service anymore, I still think this is the coolest thing a restaurant could do for a parent of a very young child. And I sure wish they’d been around when I did have little ones!
This wraparound porch is great — and the yard is made for kids!
She takes 2 avocados, peels and chops them, but takes care not to mash them into a paste. She then chops 1 beefsteak tomato, 
1/2 a red onion, 
and a habanero pepper (which is spicy-hot, so use at your discretion) and adds it all to the avocado. The she juices 2 lemons and does a final mix, again, trying to leave it chunky. Delicious!
sold right here at the market! Plus you can order your holiday tamales here, too — but hurry! 
December 20th is fast approaching…
(Sharon Moore and Sarah Spitz) were on hand to give out plant samples and seeds again, and to answer your gardening questions. They’ll be guests of the 
with Hot House tomatoes. Welcome!
Looks great! Thanks, Floyd’s Barbershop, for sprucing up the place!
and here it is today — all done: 
