The other day we were looking for some nuts and dried fruit, but the selection was poor and the packages too small for even a bowl of oatmeal.  So we hopped on the bus to Kensington High Street where there is a Whole Foods.  I remember it was a big deal when it first opened almost five years ago, but we had never actually stepped foot inside. So we venture in and of course it's beautifully laid out with a Cornish pasty wagon strategically placed in the middle of the main aisle. There were three food bars, with all kinds of salads, cold prepared foods and hot food. It was like Hometown Buffet!  We wandered around looking for the nuts and not finding any until we stumbled on the elevator bank and the aha moment when we realized there were three floors to this Whole Foods.  We went downstairs to the bulk food department, grabbing our afternoon snack of kettle chips laid out between the aisles. It brought back memories of having an early dinner on Costco samples.  We found our walnuts along a wall of every grain, nut and seed known to man in large bulk dispensers.  The coolest part though was the scale.  You put your bag of stuff on, press the appropriate category and presto, it weighs it and spits out a barcoded price sticker and off you go. Saves all that hassle at checkout.  In fact self checkout it really prevalent here, but that's another topic for another day. Anyway we have crossed the Atlantic only to become Whole Foodies. Who knew?