The Curious Tale of Mr. Kale

He was everything I expected and wanted. So why hasn’t he returned to Whole Foods?

I met Mr. Kale on the checkout line at Whole Foods in TriBeCa more than two years ago. It was in the cards — sort of.

A few hours earlier, my friend, Stephanie, had told me on the phone that she was now a practicing Wiccan — a modern witch who dabbled in “white magic,” offering guidance and predictions through candles and tarot card readings.

This was news for several reasons — one was that she had always been skeptical of anything out of the “ordinary”; the other was that by day she was a by-the-book lawyer in New York City’s family court system.