There’s really no better way to spend a hot day in the city than at the SoWa Market. I put on my best Toms and sweat walked over, iced tea in hand and joined my bff Jenna for some browsing, eating, and jewelry making, oh and more eating. Jenna’s mom is the owner of the excellent Bead + Fiber, where I made a necklace with an antique skeleton key. It is craft heaven with an overwhelming amount of beads and yarn. Plus, there are classes in everything from learning to knit to silk scarf painting.
Outside at the market were an array of food trucks including some familiar ones, like Clover and Bon Me. The Roxy grilled cheese truck had a pretty substantial line all afternoon, but I went for the Trolley Dog truck, choosing a New Yorker covered in delicious sauerkraut and deli mustard. Jenna picked up a char-grilled pastrami sandwich and tempura-style fried pickles from Super Dog.
After wandering through the very hot Vintage Market and making a lap around the stalls of soap and jewelry, it was time for another snack, from Frozen Hoagie. Pick an ice cream flavor and a cookie – chocolate chip, pizelle, fudge brownie etc. – and either full sandwich size or slider. We chose slider and it was plenty big. The only downfall was that in the hot sun, frozen hoagie didn’t stay that way. It was a race against the heat. 
I drank my weight in iced tea trying to stay cool on Sunday, but all in all it was a great day in SoWa.
Update: I was reading through my SoWa posts from last summer and suddenly realized – what happened to Lefty’s Silver Cart? Seller of Stumptown coffee and organic vegetarian sandwiches, Lefty’s was always out at the corner of Congress and Atlantic across from my building all of last year. Even through the awful plague which was Occupy Boston (I’m all for protest, but not when it smells.) The website says they are open for the summer in the same location…Lefty’s, where did you go?
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