It's a big food festival with a small town feel
The Great Taste of the Grove had another successful run this past weekend. It brought out the crowds, thanks in part to the fantastic weather and big full moon, but mostly for the food. But it's more than that. The Taste of the Grove is many things. The huge tents are reminscent of a big wine and food festival, and yet, picnics are spread throughout the park under big shady trees, which give it a small town feel.
Friends enjoyed being with friends. It was so comfortable and easy to get some food, some drinks and just plop down on the grass and enjoy. The music played non-stop. It was an event.
All the locals were out, mixing and mingling with so many visitors to our village.
The music was first class. Above you can see Joe Donato and crew playing as one of the last acts last night. I was standing on the side of the stage to take this photo and Joe came over, I thought he was through playing, I said, "Hi Joe," and he looked at me thinking who the hell is this? He was still in the middle of the show -- I didn't realize he was just changing instruments. But he realized it was me, and said "Hi Tom," grabbed his flute and went on without missing a beat.
I was at the information booth with Dave Collins and Sue McConnell. Earlier I was with Antoinette Baldwin at the ticket booth, later we separated and she went to the rum booth and I to the info booth, I felt like I got the bad part of the deal, not because of Dave and Sue, but because I thought there would be more activity at the rum booth, but after seeing how frenetic it was getting at the rum booth, I realized I got the better end of the deal. You can see Antoinette with Robert Parente doling out the drinks above.
One person complained about getting vodka instead of rum, but I told him it was a rum booth with only rum, how could he get vodka?
posted by Tom Falco at 10:00 AM
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2 Comments:
no offense, but I thought the taste of the grove was a little overrated in this blog post. The lines to get tickets were very long, the food portions were extremely small and expensive, and the ticketing system should be eliminated...why not pay cash directly to the merchant? Also, picnic tables should be set up so people can sit down.
you know why they confused Bacardi for vodka? because Bacardi's confused too. you know, it's only allowed to be sold as a "spirit" in the UK and not a rum. ask yourself, what makes a rum, a rum? maybe, oh, i don't know, flavor? otherwise you're just making alcohol. might as well use it to clean gum off of tables...
what happened to Don Q? chased away by the bigger budget Bacardi maybe?
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