Hello beautiful humans!
Excited to be dropping in with you, however briefly, on my way back to Babylon after 2 weeks at the Jackalope Freedom Festival! I'll be doing a more in-depth write-up and/or video about the event soon, but for now I just wanted to share some of the joys of mask-free travel since leaving the land.
As many of you already know, Natural Grocers is pretty much my go-to grocery store in the US. They only sell organic produce, they focus on tons of local & vegan options, they are the only big chain that doesn't use trash compactors or lock their dumpsters (meaning all that "outdated" food doesn't have to go to waste), they clearance things out before tossing them... and they don't hassle people for not wearing masks!
The first NG that we hit after Jackfest was in Prescott, Arizona, and not only were the employees super friendly (and didn't mention masks at all), but there were 2 separate customers who came up and said hello, expressed happiness at seeing other humans, etc. The next one was in Las Vegas - and while the customers seemed far more like terrified covidiots than anyone I had seen in a month or more, the employees were still super friendly and didn't hassle us at all.
Moral of the story: shop at Natural Grocers (unless you've got an even cooler option around)
See y'all soon!
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