This weekend gave us two festivals to choose from. But before we even got started, it was off to the West Bend farmer's market. Flowers, cheese, onions, radishes, lettuce, baby rice popcorn, specialty potato chips, the West Bend farmer's market had them all. And to kick things off, a German Band played for the crowd. Ended up buying some fresh fennel. Going to try and barbecue it. Not quite sure how but I'll give it a try.
In the evening it was off to Summerfest to see Felix Cavaliere, the founder of 6o's group, the Rascals. The Rascals were inducted into the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame the same year as Michael Jackson and had numerous hits like "Groovin'", "It's a Beautiful Morning", "How Can I Be Sure" and lots more.
The evening brought us back to the Briggs and Stratton stage for Barenaked Ladies. Unfortunately, we just couldn't stand on those bench seat for too long and left about half way through their set. Walked over and finished the night with one of our all time favorite bands, Cowboy Mouth.
Summerfest food was great, as usual, but it didn't stop us from going to the Cedarburg Strawberry Festival. All kinds of strawberry treats, shortcake, sundaes, pies, muffins, bratwurst (that's right, strawberry flavored bratwurst), plus a lot of artwork, including watercolors, photography, wood crafted items, iron artwork for the garden.After all this food, it was interesting to note that it all seemed safe. The food vendors were local merchants, the Lions Club (great barbecued, smoked turkey leg) and non-profits like the Cub Scouts.
No one was selling Toll House cookies. I wonder why? Nestles is going through a huge recall of their product since some of it has come up tainted. They aren't real sure where it was made. Here's a hint if they recall their "Pure Life" purified water. It says right on the label "Source: Public Water Supply, Greenwood, IN." Just think. No special Alpine spring water for them. Just tap water. And we buy it!
New week starting. Have fun
