tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post3764913735838079152..comments2023-10-20T09:06:39.999-04:00Comments on What Fresh Hell Is This?: Off to the FAIR!Kim S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-65075474414097961132013-12-29T20:22:27.239-05:002013-12-29T20:22:27.239-05:00I love fairs! I still want to attend the Iowa and...I love fairs! I still want to attend the Iowa and Texas fairs some day!Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-54124966139880826442013-12-22T22:46:45.140-05:002013-12-22T22:46:45.140-05:00Fairs. So American. I went to one in Nashville thi...Fairs. So American. I went to one in Nashville this August (and blogged about it) with daughter, SIL and grandson. It was so much fun. But my pictures are not nearly as funny as yours. Thanks!Christahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995654286596128358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-54078115382152086262010-12-07T15:50:59.415-05:002010-12-07T15:50:59.415-05:00Hi, Christine! Thanks so much for visiting. I am...Hi, Christine! Thanks so much for visiting. I am very much the slacker blogger, but I hope you'll come back again (I should get better after the holidays). The title of my blog was just inspiration. I never come up with clever titles, but that one just came to me. A gift from Miss Parker, I guess!Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-58659842934256437052010-12-04T13:17:31.015-05:002010-12-04T13:17:31.015-05:00Hi, Kim!
It's Christine007 from egullet forum...Hi, Kim!<br /><br />It's Christine007 from egullet forums.<br />just wanted to say I like your blog,espcially the title!<br />I too adore the penny candy,those coconut pink,brown and white things are to die for.<br />I love to pick the jellies out of the white nougat things too.<br />Very nice,and as I'm about your age, I too like the memories you shared.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-46426708602859192402010-10-01T15:19:22.491-04:002010-10-01T15:19:22.491-04:00Rachel - I think even Wood's folk would have s...Rachel - I think even Wood's folk would have smiled at the fair! Who could resist piglets, hours old calves and deep fried candy bars?<br /><br />Anon – There actually was a wine competition (this is fairly new, you understand). We, though certainly not connoisseurs, like VA wines a lot – especially Barboursville and Horton. They even had a label contest!Kim S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06609086775319252934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-48340349554816930042010-09-29T13:51:36.665-04:002010-09-29T13:51:36.665-04:00PS--I meant to say that the only jarring picture i...PS--I meant to say that the only jarring picture is of you and Mike---Grant Wood would have run y'all off the farm.<br /><br />People with your personalities just can't do GLUM worth a flip.RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-48012123515705755912010-09-29T10:12:11.031-04:002010-09-29T10:12:11.031-04:00Thank you for this, Kim! It brought back so many ...Thank you for this, Kim! It brought back so many memories of going to the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona when I was a child - to when I was a young adult. There were equivalent exhibitions to almost everything you mentioned. And all sorts of contests for talent, beauty, yodeling, 4 H kinds of stuff, etc. But we had one exhibition hall you didn't - California wines!!! Boy did I enjoy that when I was old enough! But I hear more and more about Virginia wines, so you may have one of those soon, too!<br /><br />It's been great to watch the evolution of the foods available, too. Though being in California, there were quite a few organic, healthy food stands competing for your dollar in the last decades.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4708495768493268860.post-40904384480769489982010-09-29T08:15:19.118-04:002010-09-29T08:15:19.118-04:00This is the best "Fair Report" I've ...This is the best "Fair Report" I've ever read!! If you missed anything, I don't miss it.<br /><br />The alpaca!! The chicken with a perm! The feather-footed pigeon! The silly photos! And those quilts (no pickles) and all that FAIRFOOD!<br /><br />I just LOVED this! I feel as if I were the Fourth in this fun entourage, and saw and tasted every single thing.<br /><br />A+ for Reportage, M'Dear. Can't wait for ENGLAND!RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.com