Jonathan is officially a member of the family. He joined us today for Oysterfest 2008 at the Mason County Fairgrounds. Now, please keep in mind that this is not a fair. It is a FEST. There are no rides, no clowns, no face painting. There is an oyster shucking competition, there are various vendors offering things like bacon-wrapped oysters, grilled oysters, crabwiches, fried clams, oyster linguini, oysters on the half shell, barbequed oysters and of course there are the free raw oysters one is able to enjoy following the competition. Another item of note is that this event is clearly primarily for those native Washingtonians out there-today was rainy and windy and chilly, but people were not in their fashionable wellies and cute jackets. No. We mocked those with umbrellas and wore our fleece proudly. There were also people wearing something like this:
It’s a great day to be in Washington. The weather was a perfect salute to autumn. A day that said, “Hey, brew the whole pot of coffee, you’ll want another cup around 2:00 this afternoon.” Oh how I love it here. And now I’m off to dish out the apple crisp.
~Kelly
Way to go Jonathan, and way to go Kelly for lovin’ la vida Washingtonia. Yummm..the food sounded delish.
If you guys lived closed to us I would totally take you up on your painting offer. I did find some no VOC paint at Home Depot so I can paint now with out fears of breathing in harmful fumes.
Hey, are BOTH of you going to South Africa? Just curious.