OK, so, you say, "Balabusta, you're being ridiculous. El Cerrito is not a food desert."
This is true. We are not, by any stretch, 'a poor urban area where residents cannot access nourishing food', or whatever the formal definition is. We're not even a mile from the nearest giant supermarket. I know all of this. But I'm still in kind of a bind, because the Safeway closed.
The Safeway was two blocks from our house, and it was extremely convenient, and then they closed it. Our current sources of food are:
1. The new Safeway, which is gigantic and beautiful, and only three-quarters of a mile north of us.
2. The Lucky's and Trader Joe's at the Plaza, once again, a little less than a mile to the south of us.
3. Giovanni's, the adorable little family-owned place, about half a mile from the house.
No problem, except that we still have no working vehicle. So, taking the bus to the store, or walking, taking the bus back, or lugging, or going to Giovanni's which has cheap, gorgeous local produce, but prices everything else through the roof. Perfection.
We're going to order delivery from Safeway, and just do the best we can...but this is reminding me once again that I'm going on a decade of being determined to get a car and learn to drive, or maybe vice versa.
I feel a fool for not having done this, but there were...er...other things going on, and also financial problems all along. But something's got to give. I cannot live carless in the burbs, and I can't afford to move back into San Francisco. So there it is.
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