I’ve never wanted a beer enough to buy one at our county fair, in N Ca…
Glass bottles aren’t allowed, so it’s served in paper cups… not huge, maybe 14 oz.
Last year it was $14 a cup!
BTW, this year’s fair is cancelled due to Covid-19… so are my Wednesday Night Farmer’s market, the big summer book fair, and all the local flea markets… plus the Harvest Festival in early fall.
I probably wouldn’t go anywhere anyway… I’m vulnerable, and trying to stay safe.
Still… it’s kind of a jolt to realise my usual summer is cancelled.
I also used to volunteer every September at an heirloom tomato festival, which I loved, at a big local winery.
Volunteering was a way to get in free… you worked most of the 5-hour event, outside, usually in the hot sun….
but you still had a little time to walk around the booths and taste bite-size plates of food from upscale purveyors and fancy restaurants….
and there was a big tent for tasting the 150 or so varieties of tomatoes they grew at the winery, cut into little samples.
They switched to a “harvest festival” a couple of years ago, maybe so they didn’t have to plant all those tomatoes…
For some reason, they no longer use volunteers, so I’ve never been to it.
That’s the only local event I’ve noticed “may” still happen this year, according to the web site…
but I won’t be going there, either.
Not only is there a good chance I’ll still be hiding out at home…
Tomato festival tickets started out $15 for non volunteers back in the 1990’s…. and gradually went up to $90 by about 2016.
Last year the so-called Harvest Celebration was $125 for “Wine club members”… of which I am not one… and $150 apiece for the hoi polloi.
SHIVA over 4 years ago
Charlie, only $8.75??? Hah, you should come out West to get the ‘real’ taste!!
Michael G. over 4 years ago
From blue eyes to green eyes to glazed eyes.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 4 years ago
I’ve never wanted a beer enough to buy one at our county fair, in N Ca…
Glass bottles aren’t allowed, so it’s served in paper cups… not huge, maybe 14 oz.
Last year it was $14 a cup!
BTW, this year’s fair is cancelled due to Covid-19… so are my Wednesday Night Farmer’s market, the big summer book fair, and all the local flea markets… plus the Harvest Festival in early fall.
I probably wouldn’t go anywhere anyway… I’m vulnerable, and trying to stay safe.
Still… it’s kind of a jolt to realise my usual summer is cancelled.
I also used to volunteer every September at an heirloom tomato festival, which I loved, at a big local winery.
Volunteering was a way to get in free… you worked most of the 5-hour event, outside, usually in the hot sun….
but you still had a little time to walk around the booths and taste bite-size plates of food from upscale purveyors and fancy restaurants….
and there was a big tent for tasting the 150 or so varieties of tomatoes they grew at the winery, cut into little samples.
They switched to a “harvest festival” a couple of years ago, maybe so they didn’t have to plant all those tomatoes…
For some reason, they no longer use volunteers, so I’ve never been to it.
That’s the only local event I’ve noticed “may” still happen this year, according to the web site…
but I won’t be going there, either.
Not only is there a good chance I’ll still be hiding out at home…
Tomato festival tickets started out $15 for non volunteers back in the 1990’s…. and gradually went up to $90 by about 2016.
Last year the so-called Harvest Celebration was $125 for “Wine club members”… of which I am not one… and $150 apiece for the hoi polloi.
The Reader Premium Member over 4 years ago
Truly the pinnacle of evolution!
rhpii over 4 years ago
We generally wait for $1 beer night at the Omaha Storm Chasers (AAA affiliate of the KC Royals).
Plods with ...™ over 4 years ago
Beer Man! He may not be the most highly evolved, but he is the most popular.
Grayhair, The Pirate Formerly Known as Tom Powell Premium Member over 4 years ago
Duffman to the rescue! Where’s Homer?