Went to the Sonoma-Marin Fair last night. Made it through without eating ANY fried foods! In the wine garden, they were demo'ing wine pairings with fair food: I wonder what goes best with cotton candy?
In one of those "D'oh" moments, I realized that the Petaluma Gap Winegrowers Alliance SHOULD have had a presence in our hometown fair... Maybe next year??
What I like about our little fair is that it is actually ag-centric. There are 4H animal husbandry areas where you can see local pigs, goats, cows, etc... There's free local ice cream if you happen to be there at the right time. And, of course, there's the carnival rides and games. We limited ourselves to the Ferris Wheel and the Merry-Go-Round. I'm at a stage of life where I'm not so thrilled by sitting in a cage whipping around upside-down, losing my small change and my lunch.
For entertainment, besides bumping through the mass of humanity that congregates at the fairgrounds every year, we listened to the Charlie Daniels Band. We started out near the stage, but it was so LOUD that I couldn't HEAR!!! So, we made our way to the far reaches of the audience, where the sound was more tolerable. I only know one Charlie Daniels song, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia", and they played that at the very end of a 1-1/2 hour set. The only other song that I recognized was "Folsom Prison Blues", which of course, is NOT a Charlie Daniels song. For that one, they managed to sing the first verse, then the third verse, then the second verse, then repeated the first verse and ended the song without: "..Well if they freed me from this prison..." Sacrilege! Johnny Cash is my first guitar hero. I grew up on that stuff.
Late this morning, I met Joe at the park in Cotati, and we played music for about an hour. We played, among other songs, "Folsom Prison Blues"! Afterwards, I returned to the ranch to help my parents load up my dad's 1930 Model A Ford onto a flatbed trailer. They're taking it up to the family ranch in El Dorado County tomorrow. This evening, I've got to make my final preparations for the Grand Festival Tasting at Pinot Days in San Francisco. It's VERY hot outside today, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to to take cases to sell tomorrow, although at Fort Mason, perhaps the temps will be moderate enough... We'll see.
Now I've got to prepare a magnum of Syrah that I'm bringing for the charity auction - wax dip, apply the label, yada yada yada...
See you tomorrow at Fort Mason!
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