To Do
The Artsfest is the annual display of craft and music. We have been there in years past, but probably not for the last four or five years. This year they feature 150 artists for the juried show, and over 20 bands. Two days, no fee to park, but $6 to enter. The schedule is printed in the “weekend” section of the paper. I note that there is a band per hour from 11 to 4 both days. Take that for what it’s worth.
Literally and figuratively, a little closer to home is the also annual Taste of St. Mary’s, held on the square in Leonardtown. No fees to enter or park, but you will need tickets for sampling the food from about a dozen local restaurants. I was surprised to learn that the Taste of ST. MARY’S will also include one of the Stoney’s properties. Gee, I thought they were in Calvert. Turns out that “they” are a member of the St. Mary’s Chamber of Commerce (the sponsor of the event), so I guess they are “legal”. Of course more familiar venues will be represented, like Café Des Artistes, Morris Point, Quality Street, and others. Apparently the Tides will be there this year. Anyway, it’s a good chance to try some of the fare of places you don’t normally visit, but maybe you will after the Taste. That’s the whole idea (besides raising funds for the Chamber).
There’s the Pax Velo, the annual bicycle event sort of sponsored by Mike’s Bikes. Begins and ends at Leonardtown campus of CSM. Kind of a touring ride. Starts at 7 am tomorrow. Have fun..Don't wake me up!
Guess that’s enough of that. pick something and get out of the house!
Moon and Sun
As I often mention living on the water has its rewards, although dues are paid through coastal flooding, storms that have names, and things like that. Last night, the (waning?) full moon was on display and I put the camera on the tripod and took a few shots.
Actually I took many playing with the dials and buttons on the camera. Smarter than me, but good practice. And after you sleep on it, the day begins anew
Finally Food..
A short addenda to my recounting of a luncheon visit to CD yesterday. It should be noted that it is just that, experiences with many lunches. We hardly (never?) eat there for dinner. The aforementioned wait, noise, crowded condtions usually trumps the food for dinner..
And another addenda to the little post about magazine things of interest. Space didn’t permit me to include one from “Cook’s Country” an arm of the Kimball empire. Like most of his publications there are “tips” in front sent in by readers to make your culinary life easier. The one that caught my eye was from a reader in Kenosha, Wisconsin (yeah, you betcha!). She divulged a family secret of keeping a little plastic knife in her canisters of baking stuff. She gave us the blinding flash of genius that: “by scraping the excess off the top of the measuring cup, my baking is more precise!”. Sometimes ya gotta wonder. What do they take us for?
At least we don’t need a tip to tell us to
DFD
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