by anthony saluto
I sat sipping my coffee hound latte, the town’s best, as well the best I’ve had anywhere, ever. While reading my New York Times I watched the Tent Company erecting a rather large tent spanning a good part of the 400 block of North Main Street downtown Bloomington, Saturday morning. It was in fact a beautiful morning. It’s about 8 am. Watching the tent going up inspired me to want to come back and check it out around start time.
So, I decided to take a swing by uptown to check out the Corn Fest. I can’t find parking, and a little hip pain suggests I blow off the shuttle routine and all that. So I am back at downtown and things are ready. Saving my appetite I go directly to Lancaster's for duck wrapped with bacon, I think they were 2 bucks. I love duck. Then a few crab rangoons hit the spot and I head for the tent for a draft.
Not bad, some music, food, familiar faces, I really like the cocktail height black draped stand up tables spread all over under the big tent. I sip a beer with Doug Hanson, can’t wander too far as the beer can’t leave the tent. I guess I can focus on the beer and then the food, and then some more beer. Sounds great.
I pop in on a friend to find myself on beer garden at show time. Now it’s four girls and me. More live music there. Great time of day and the weather was perfect. Ok, back to the tent, with four girls comes a few guys I hadn't seen for awhile. Lots of boomers are giving the food fest a shot. Surely they know all too well, hey let’s go and they will keep doing it. Maybe the timing was right for many who had just situated kids back in classes and felt well deserving of some relaxation and entertainment. And hey you've got to eat. I pretty much closed the place down at 11 pm. Having drank way more beer than I normally would I managed to stumble home my block and half.
The India folks had their own activities going on too at city square. In brightly colored flowing dress, they had music on another stage and some food too. From what I hear, the organizers are scrambling with ideas on its success to apply to next year’s food fest. That is good news for you, if you missed it. Perhaps by reading about it, you’ll check it out next time.
Next time, or next year, hmm Farmer’s Market is nice but I don't cook. Some would say do this every month or week. Well there are many events in the pipeline, I can’t keep up with them and that's a good thing. Talented hard-working people catching a break is good stuff. So I strolled the hill pretty much from 8 am to 11 pm in downtown Bloomington. Imagine that. Nothing new really I have been doing it since 1995. Live and work downtown, a great lifestyle for singles and families alike.
More people, more money, more revenue flowing all around, is what makes it all go round. for more on participating in downtown events, you should contact: http://www.downtownbloomington.org/
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