The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
What? It’s not Christmas? Well, maybe that’s the most wonderful time for you, but for me, it’s the Minnesota State Fair.
It’s opening day, and I’m going with the boys and our babysitter. I’m going to have to clean up my food plan from past years and be more conscious when I’m with the kids. (This year’s food map, here.)
Idea: 1. Big, strong food, e.g., wild rice dog or Sausage Sisters, 2. Snack food, e.g., cheese curds or french fries, 3. Treat, e.g., mini donuts or Sweet Martha cookies.
Why, yes, I _do_ have a talent for rationalization. I think it’s all those years studying and working in marketing.
Added later, post trip: I was brave and didn’t take the stroller for 5yo Drake and 2.5yo Guppy. We used the park-n-ride on 6th Street at the U of M. But as the boys got tired they got slower and fussier, so the trip to the parking lot felt endless. We ate a Twisted Sister from Sausage Sisters, a pickle on a Stick, Mouth Trap cheese curds, drank a green apple soda, had cider freezies and a lemonade for the road.
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings are playing, for free!, at the bandshell tonight, so I may go back if G. Grod is up for putting the kids to bed. I think the fair trip will have sufficiently tired them out.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:38 am
I am so jealous of your State Fair. The Tennessee State Fair is sketchy and comprised predominantly of beauty pageants, horse shows, and large vehicle (trucks and otherwise) rallies. The food, near as I can tell, is strictly carnival fare. I love funnel cake as much as the next person, but when that’s all you’re flogging? Sad. What I wouldn’t give for some cheese curds (and hey, because I’m Canadian, I’m just as likely to sprinkle them liberally on my fries and then smother them in gravy…).