Street Faires

I'm not normally a street faire person, but since the Feista Italiana was walking distance from home, I don't see why I should just pop in to see what the fuss was all about.

For a smallish faire, there were three separate stages of music. They rotate between jazz, rock, soul, etc. ... all day long.

It was quite a bit smaller than previous years. The vendors said it's probably due to the excessive heat this year.

I only stayed for less than half an hour before high-tailing it back home to the shade. Ended up picking up a couple pairs of sunglasses and a hair pin that I am still trying to figure out how to use.

Back to the subject at hand. FOOD! I'm usually on the look-out for something a little more unusual. There was a stand selling these fruit smoothies-like drinks. They advertised that if you like Orange Julius, you'll like their drinks. So I plunked down some cash and asked for an orange one. They whipped up some ice, juice (flavored syrup-mix?) and some mystery powder. Let me tell you. Don't let them tell you it's just like Orange Julius. It's not! I mean, flavor was pretty good, except it's not quite sweet enough for me. The ice was still a little too chunky and not whipped fine enough.

On to some fried street food. I opted for some fried artichoke hearts since I wasn't all that hungry. They deep fry them in batter and finished with a sprinkled the whole thing with some pama. cheese (straight from the green can). The end result was quite good. But then again, as my mom used to say ... I'll eat anything deep fried.