The little things in life make it so much better. Over the past week, Brad removed the shower doors in the upstairs hall bath and replaced them with a rod and curtain. If you never had to use that shower you might be thinking it's no big deal, but if on the other hand you've been here and used the shower, you're probably wondering what took us so long. Brad did a great job and it makes the bathroom so much nicer!
Garden update . . . . although the weather is starting the change, the strawberries, along with the tomatoes, squash, peppers, herbs, cucumbers, green beans and eggplant, are still producing. The latest lettuce is well on its way so we'll have some nice fall salads.
Sunday was "Bachhuber Day" in New York City. Pat, Tom, and Emi (from Shorewood) were in the city for the weekend. We started the day with bagels. It was a longer walk than we expected to get to Ess-a-Bagel, but the bagels did not disappoint.
Emi and Mary in Stuyvesant Square. We spent the day doing bit of shopping, a bit of eating, and a lot of walking as the weather was perfect.
Resting our feet on the High Line, a new park in Chelsea that is built on an abandoned elevated rail line.
Fast forward to Monday and we go from the city to the country. Today we went to two local events. First we visited Jewishfest at White Memorial Conservation Center in Litchfield and had a tasty lunch. From there we went to the Goshen Fair (thus the cow) and had a fun afternoon at a country fair.
Mary eating her long dog at the Goshen Fair.
Brad and Mary watching the cattle judging at the Goshen Fair.
-Brad and me on the midway at the fair. As we were leaving, Mary asked why it's called the midway. I tried my best to act like an authority on the subject and told her that the midway is usually mid-way between exhibit halls. She accused me of bluffing so I looked it up. My bluff wasn't far off the mark, but the correct answer has an interesting history so I thought I'd share it:
In the 1870s, Chicago built two parks, one on Lake Michigan, another inland. The parks were connected by one single block, called the Midway Plaisance. When the World's Fair arrived in 1893, the parks hosted the serious exhibits. The Midway was for fun: there were tents with belly dancers, other attractions and the world's first ferris wheel. The name "midway" stuck, and was used to describe carnivals at fairs from that point on.
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