Holiday Markets
My heart flutters a little bit when I see the sea of red and white striped walls going up in Union Square around Thanksgiving. They make a labyrinth that turns into the Union Square Holiday Market. When you wander, thousands of other people are also converging on the same few booths so sometimes you get a little crowded, but I love exploring, shopping, and eating at this market and many others around the city in the winter. Union Square has the most popular market and vendors vie for a booth. On one trip, I discovered a tiny treasure at the market: La Sonrisa empanadas. We were just strolling and I decided I wanted to grab one of these to snack on. $3.50 and a few minutes later, I had in my hand a scorching fried empanada shaped like the namesake "smile" (sonrisa). They fried it up to order on the spot, which I found remarkable for a stall that's probably 3 feet by 3 feet in dimension. I settled on a type of empanada only af...