I am so happy to know someone who is so excited about the opening of major grocery stores that he takes nearly 150 photos of the occasion. I only wish he’d call me and tell me. But I guess the big day for the fantabulous Whole Foods on the Bowery wasn’t any secret.

See his beautiful photos here. By about page 8 of the flawless stacks, you will find yourself in a restful, trancelike state.

After that, you can look at equally beautiful photos from Mercat de Sant Josep in Barcelona. The stacks of severed, skinned lamb heads are also soothing, somehow.

(And, in case you missed the first time around: opening day at the Red Hook Fairway.)

I love groceries.