I lead a small life. I get easily excited by simple things like a new grill cover, the fact that my local coffee shops has started carrying Mojo Monkey donuts, and the arrival of a new farmers market, even when it's all the way in Minneapolis.

Tilia co-owner and chef extraordinaire Steven Brown spearheaded the lastest addition to the metro's burgeoning farmers market scene. The market, located in the quaint little village of Linden Hills, will feature local farmers as well as small purveyors of goods like honey and flour. With it's inaugural season kicking off Sunday, June 3rd and running through October, the Linden Hills Farmers Market will also entertain and delight with music, cooking demonstrations (Mr. Brown himself? Zoe Francois? Andrew Zimmern? Just throwing out some ideas...) crafts and face painting.

Some of the participants will include:

• Callister Farms
• Broadfork Farm
• HolisticHealth Farms
• Bare Honey
• Great Harvest
• Foxy Falafel
• Patisserie 46
• La Belle Crepes
• Sunrise Flour Mil
• Red Wagon Pizza

While sellers like Patisserie 46 and La Belle Crepes do not bode well for my waistline, I am counting the days and looking forward to our weekly jaunts across the river in search of local yums and some kiddie entertainment to boot.