If everything goes as planned, I'll be going to my first state fair and I'm totally excited about this possibility. West Virginia's annual state fair is coming up and is only a little over an hour and a half away so it's an easy drive. Livestock! Contests! Fair-y type events!! I'm totally psyched. The good thing about growing up in NY is that I'm used to crowds and traffic so I'm not worried about having to deal with slow-moving lines and tons of people.
Last month, I went to the Salem Fair which was mostly about rides and people watching. It was my first time on a ferris wheel in ages and I got to watch some trained pigs race and eat a fried Oreo. I think the highlight of the evening was watching a 'Dunk the Clown' clown rip people a new one as they tried to toss balls at a target to drown him. A plump 20-something blonde was having a go and he started his taunts: "I hope that's a DIET drink in your hand!" "You could be a runway model....at LaGuardia airport!". And so on.
Every summer, I grew up seeing ads for the Westchester County Fair on tv and wanted to go but never bothered asking my parents to take me since Westchester seemed a million miles away. Actually, anytime you have to drive through Queens to get anywhere it seems a million miles away even to this day - LOL!! Anyway, I went to YouTube and watched the old 80's commercial for the fair and then saw this gem: an 80's PSA from my local county ~ this video is what gave kids the idea to start abusing meds.
My hope is that the WV State Fair is everything I imagine a fair to be. Pie contests, lots of giant produce, and livestock on display. Maybe I need to go to Iowa for that but I'm hoping not... If I still lived up in Winchester I could go to the Clarke County Fair in two weeks and enter into a cupcake making contest sponsored by King Arthur Flour. But, alas, that's not going to happen due to the fact that I have to work and Berryville is too far away.
Today = Roanoke's annual Peach Festival in Elmwood Park. Peach shakes, peach cobbler, peach shortcake! Yes, all I do is eat.
Last month, I went to the Salem Fair which was mostly about rides and people watching. It was my first time on a ferris wheel in ages and I got to watch some trained pigs race and eat a fried Oreo. I think the highlight of the evening was watching a 'Dunk the Clown' clown rip people a new one as they tried to toss balls at a target to drown him. A plump 20-something blonde was having a go and he started his taunts: "I hope that's a DIET drink in your hand!" "You could be a runway model....at LaGuardia airport!". And so on.
Every summer, I grew up seeing ads for the Westchester County Fair on tv and wanted to go but never bothered asking my parents to take me since Westchester seemed a million miles away. Actually, anytime you have to drive through Queens to get anywhere it seems a million miles away even to this day - LOL!! Anyway, I went to YouTube and watched the old 80's commercial for the fair and then saw this gem: an 80's PSA from my local county ~ this video is what gave kids the idea to start abusing meds.
My hope is that the WV State Fair is everything I imagine a fair to be. Pie contests, lots of giant produce, and livestock on display. Maybe I need to go to Iowa for that but I'm hoping not... If I still lived up in Winchester I could go to the Clarke County Fair in two weeks and enter into a cupcake making contest sponsored by King Arthur Flour. But, alas, that's not going to happen due to the fact that I have to work and Berryville is too far away.
Today = Roanoke's annual Peach Festival in Elmwood Park. Peach shakes, peach cobbler, peach shortcake! Yes, all I do is eat.
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