[CH] Today at Bowers Festival
RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Sat, 6 Sep 2003 19:28:34 -0700 (PDT)
I was hoping to get to Bowers by 1:30 today but we
ended up getting to the farm - Meadow View Farm - at
1:45. We decided to stay there and go in the farmers
market for awhile. I got my powders and then we waited
an extraordinarily long time for the horse ride to the
festival itself.
Once there, at 2:15, we were welcomed by all
chile-heads - Doug, Andy, Alex (who took a picture of
me with Doug), Karen, her dad, Mark, his brother, and
a few other folks. I hung out at Doug's booth for
awhile and then I went around looking at stuff.
It was great to see everyone. I haven't seen Andy in a
long time. I was glad he was well enough to come to
the festival. I got to meet his lovely wife too. First
time.
I bought a t-shirt, 2 bottles of hot sauce, a thing of
dip mix, and a few things to eat.
The weather was perfect. Incredibly wonderful - warm
but not too warm. No wind. No rain. Happy was I.
At the farm, Trevor and I picked tomatoes and chiles -
12 varieties.
Came home and made an heirloom tomato salad with 5
kinds of tomatoes, and Jim's Hoosier Habanero cheese.
Yummy.
I'm a happy Chile-Head. I got to see all my chile-head
pals, hang out, drink vodka lemon drops and talk.
Only one disappointment - the food was not
particularly hot at the festival this year. I had
cheesecake that had some chile in it and it was
disappointing. I missed Doug's evil sausage but I
brought him a calzone with it in there. Karen and Doug
got to enjoy a bit of it.
I had a ball. Thanks to all who made it that way.
To bed I go - zzzzzzzzz
RisaG
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