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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Wordless Wednesday, tagged , on September 4, 2013| Leave a Comment »

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Adieu, Sweet Fairchild

Posted in Everyday, tagged on September 2, 2013| 3 Comments »

So ends the 2013 Minnesota State Fair.  Technically today is the last day, but it’s over for me.  I’ve got a blister on the ball of my right foot, but I don’t mind so much.  I visited the fair five times this year.  What?!, you say?  Well how are you supposed to eat everything you want to eat in one visit?  How can you see all the sights, collect all the freebies, carry all the merchandise you want to buy in one visit?

I’m also happy to report that my dad survived his 49th year working at the fair.  He’s 80 years old.  Yay Dad!

We had Dive Night with Ruthie and Ray at the fair too, which I’ll be reporting on this week.

I’ve got the day off from my day job today, which is a good thing because I have a little resting up to do after many long, hot days at the fair.  I also have to get back into my household routine and get some candles poured before my next show at the Dancing Dragonfly Winery on the 14th and 15th.

So, goodbye to the carnival, people walking around with huge stuffed animals, the beautiful smell of hot grease, food on a stick, and thousands and thousands of people packed into 320 acres simply for their love of the fair.  Goodbye, Fairchild, until next year.

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Wordless Wednesday

Posted in Everyday, tagged , , , on August 28, 2013| 4 Comments »

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Africa Hot

Posted in Everyday, tagged , , on August 26, 2013| 2 Comments »

It’s Minnesota State Fair time and it’s hot.  Africa hot.

Husby and I took a little drive down to St. Paul to visit the fair today and we couldn’t believe how stifling the heat and humidity was. It didn’t stop hardcore fair goers though. Hardcores like us.

Man, it was hot.

We got there around 9:00 a.m.  It was hot.

It only got hotter.

Hot.

We were sitting across from Steichen’s eating our delicious turkey sandwiches.  No, not your sliced turkey on bread turkey sandwiches.  Deep fried turkey, shredded, moist and delicious, on a bun, with a little bit of barbecue sauce for me and Cajun seasoning for Husby.  Yum.  So we’re eating our sandwiches on the ledge across from Steichen’s.  Don’t know Steichen’s?

Steichen’s is the fairgrounds’ grocery store.  They sell everything.  So we see this couple going into Steichen’s.  Remember, it’s hot.  Africa hot.  A few minutes later we see the couple coming out of Steichen’s, the woman had a three-pound bag of ice balanced on top of her head.

She had the genius idea of the day.  Because I’m telling you, it was hot.  It was so worth walking around with a bag of ice on your head.

Hot.

Africa hot.

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It’s Back!

Posted in Everyday, tagged , , , , on August 22, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Today is the first day of the 2013 Minnesota State Fair. If you are from Minnesota and didn’t know that you’re either living in a cave or you don’t care about the fair at all.  If you live in a cave you probably won’t benefit from this post anyway, so carry on with that cave stuff you do.  If you fall into the latter category, not caring about the fair at all, well I just pity you because obviously you don’t get it. 

You may say you don’t like the crowds. It’s true, there are lots of people at the fair. How can all of these people love the fair and you don’t? There’s got to be something wrong with you.

This is an optical illusion. There is actually space between all of these people. Walking with, through, and even against the mob is quite possible.

Maybe you don’t want to see the midway because you don’t like going on rides.  What’s with that?!  You don’t have to ride the rides to take in the excitement.  The lights alone will give you a thrill.

Whee!

Are you afraid you won’t get a healthy, balanced meal at the fair? So what! You eat healthy fifty weeks out of the year; I think a little indulgence at the fair won’t hurt you. Besides, if you live in Minnesota you need to start packing on that winter fat for those sub-zero days. Yes, they’re coming, and will be here before you know it. Here, have something on a stick.

Always Pronto Pups. Not corn dogs. Not Poncho Dogs. Pronto Pups.

Well, if you still don’t want to come to the fair I won’t force you, but you’ll be missing out on the highlight of the summer. I’m going and I’m going to have a ball. It’s Minnesota summer’s last hurrah and I wouldn’t miss it for the world.

 

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