Street Fair, Tailgating

In addition to coffee ⛾ I enjoy street fairs.
The Woodlawn Market takes place about four times a year. It has become a popular place because of the revitalization that is and has taken place in the area. Rehabbing of desolate buildings into updated homes or into new uses such as businesses, clinics, child care and growth initiatives.

Booths at the Woodlawn Street Market

On market days vendor tents abound.  Food, produce stand, artisan clothing, art, jewelry, human interest groups. There may even be a few freestyle dancers.

I always accept the business cards of the various booths I visit. Here are just a few. Many of the artists dislike having their work photographed and so I never do unless I ask first. 

Below are some of the items I did buy

I was told that the green tops of radishes are edible. I found a recipe online, cooking them the same way as turnip greens are cooked. They have a little more bite than turnips greens. I remedied that by adding a little sugar.  They were good but unpleasantly aromatic. I also took some of the bottoms and baked them in the oven the same way I've done other root vegetables in the past. Make sure you wash  everything well because they were pretty gritty.    

Radishes before cleaning

Radishes before baking

Cooked radishes and radish green

The bowl cozy comes in handy when removing hot foods from the microwave .

Next day tailgating

A friend invited me to her church for their annual tailgating event. Church service is first held inside. Afterwards congregants flood the church grounds where tents, food and activities abound.

There were car  and motorcycle exhibits .

Children enjoyed the whirly car rides

Train rides around the property were enjoyed. There were other 

attractions also. Inside there was even a Cake Walk.

Line dancers (I don't remember the name of the group.)😞

This will be my first attempt at trying to upload a video on Windows 10😐 I've got a feeling it's not going to show. 

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Dominoes Masters Games

About six weeks ago I began attending a Senior Center (SC) not far from me.  The SC offers numerous programs geared toward  keeping older folks active mentally and physically. 

I began playing dominoes with a couple of people and enjoyed it.  I learned that the Masters Games would be held for three days in August. I’ve never been in a tournament and  wanted to be a part of it. There was a $15 entry fee which I suppose would cover charges for the medals and etc.   Participants could sign up for as many games as they liked and pay only one entry fee.

Day 1      Horseshoes, Billiards, Bowling, Dominoes (Singles).

   Day 2      Nerf Ball & Frisbee, Basketball Free Throw, 

                   Softball Throw, Checkers,  Table Tennis, Rook

    Day 3      Dominoes (Doubles), Shuffleboard. Pickleball 

I soon discovered that there’s more to Dominoes than what I learned as a child. Terms such as spinner, mugging and counting points were foreign to me. Fortunately, one of the people I was playing with at the SC is a Dominoes guru. He taught the rest of us the ins and outs of the game.

This is not to say I became an ace player but I did gain knowledge about the game. 

 Before Game Day, people participating in the Masters were given a book with a whole passel  of  rules for each game.

The rules

The rules were staggering for a novice like me. And there would be judges.           I only signed up for singles.

The judge reads the rules and answers any questions before game play.

She is also the time keeper.

For some reason I thought there would be monitors walking the floor to make sure we were following the rules to the letter and not cheating. 

However, the judge was the only official. She went over to a table and began using her phone.  When time was up she told us so, came around , got the scores and  told us we were free to leave. L.S. won the two out of three games that we played together.  Easy Peasy.

In  Dominoes Singles L.S. and I ⭐⭐QUALIFIED ⭐⭐for the State Games  and so did everyone else because there weren’t enough players for each age division.😊

 Little victories are better than no victories. 


 Of course I had to make a Lucky Domino necklace for the occasion.  You’ll see that in tomorrow’s post.

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BTW--
August 31, 2019 signaled the halfway mark of my self-imposed challenge of blogging at least once a week for six months. 
Why did I make this challenge? I don’t often set goals. This was an opportunity to set a goal I thought I could accomplish by doing something I enjoy.


Next week: Barbie Turns 60

The Other Woolworth's

Our April Red Hat brunch gathering  took place at Woolworth's. I know what you're thinking. You're thinking the Five and Dime of days gone by? 

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Well, yes and no. It's in the same location, uses the same name but serves a different purpose.

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It describes itself as a Social House. It's a place with a variety of games, food, and drink. A place to socialize. The idea of a Social House brings to mind an English Pub . Though I've never been to England, I do watch a lot of British T.V.😃.

The menu required some discussion and Googling for some of us.

On the menu was:

TOPLESS MADAME

smoked ham, dijon, french pullman loaf, cheese, fried eggs, spinach mornay😐

YOU SAY TORTILLA, I SAY FRITTATA 😡

spanish style baked omelette, sweet potatoes, grilled ciabatta😡, onions, manchego😞, mixed greens

I have to say though that's it's a colorful description and detailed use of adjectives even if I don't know what the food is. But, I'm open to (some) new adventures.

Here we all are smiling for the camera and waiting for our food to arrive.

Some of us had coffee and some of us had other beverages.

After socializing at the Social House we opted not to stick around and partake of the games offered . Tomorrow is Easter with many of the ladies involved with family, church and community duties.

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