Last Saturday we had our annual block party and I was again in charge of the food. Actually I kinda slacked on this year's committee. We used the same food vendor, so I just had to come up with a new menu and the ticket prices for it.
My brother was in town so he got to attend and took the pictures because I forgot my camera. Each year is pretty much the same but it is really nice to close off the street and get together. This year we had Sue Palmer's band and they were really good.
As usual we had the city councilman and county supervisor show but this year the mayor, Jerry Sanders, also paid us a visit. It is probably because he is termed out and now has gone R.O.A.D. (retired on active duty) but it was still nice for him to show.
On a not so happy note, the gas prices are still going crazy!!!!
This weekend we decided that it would be a not working weekend. Today we went to the South Park Old House Fair. It's a street party, similar to our block party, and for $20 each you could tour 6 old houses. "A" found out about this event and so it seemed like the thing to do. The houses were spread out and they had a "shuttle" <-----notice the quotes, because we sure as hell did not see one of them. So we walked and what a walk it was. The houses were really beautiful and most were well maintained. Unfortunately we could not take any photos of them.
This tree was HUGE.
About a month ago we bought tickets for a evening concert/dinner at a house in Kensington. We didn't know but there is actually a Kensington concert series they have during the summer. The venues are small and tonight there were about 90 people and the theme was Paris. The singer was Chantal Roche and we had a wonderful time.
The dessert was made by Amy Finley and if any of you watch the food network she won season 3 of The Next Food Network Star. The dessert was small cream puffs stuffed with ice cream and chocolate drizzled on them. Damn they were good.
Tomorrow we play tourists and go on a "seal tour".
