Pecan Street Festival
May. 3rd, 2009 04:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebToday I went to the Pecan Street Festival with a couple of friends. This is an arts and crafts festival held every spring and fall. I used to go frequently, but haven't been in years and probably won't return for years.
So sad, almost nothing tempts me anymore. I liked some "mesmerizers" - things that spin in the wind and look like a spiral of copper wire is holding a marble up and rolling it up and down as it spins. I liked some expensive cutting boards other things made out of gorgeous woods. Tables and picture frames with wood inlays in the shape of leaves were especially awesome. There were some very nice earrings, but not quite in good colors for me.
A few people were out there selling very odd things. Like windows. And solar panels. I asked one of the solar panel guys what I called "the worst question." How do solar panels handle hail? He said they've only had problems with two installations with the last hail storm and in both cases the hail was tennis-ball- or baseball-sized. (No, I did not ask how many installations they had so far.) The panels are designed withstand inch-thick metal balls impacting at a speed of 90 miles per hour (okay, I probably have the numbers wrong, but solar panels are not as delicate as I feared).
I also saw a balancing act and some tap dancing. And an amazing number of dogs.
The festival food would have been tempting (gyros, burgers, chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick), but we had just eaten way too much brunch. Some of the festival food did still smell quite good, though.
Oxymoron of the day - hot pepper soap. It actually said "nonirritating" on the wrapper. So I guess they left out the pepper oils.
Quote of the day - How to ask when someone is ready to watch "Dollhouse," once the latest episode has been recorded: "Are you ready for your treatment?"
So sad, almost nothing tempts me anymore. I liked some "mesmerizers" - things that spin in the wind and look like a spiral of copper wire is holding a marble up and rolling it up and down as it spins. I liked some expensive cutting boards other things made out of gorgeous woods. Tables and picture frames with wood inlays in the shape of leaves were especially awesome. There were some very nice earrings, but not quite in good colors for me.
A few people were out there selling very odd things. Like windows. And solar panels. I asked one of the solar panel guys what I called "the worst question." How do solar panels handle hail? He said they've only had problems with two installations with the last hail storm and in both cases the hail was tennis-ball- or baseball-sized. (No, I did not ask how many installations they had so far.) The panels are designed withstand inch-thick metal balls impacting at a speed of 90 miles per hour (okay, I probably have the numbers wrong, but solar panels are not as delicate as I feared).
I also saw a balancing act and some tap dancing. And an amazing number of dogs.
The festival food would have been tempting (gyros, burgers, chocolate-covered strawberries on a stick), but we had just eaten way too much brunch. Some of the festival food did still smell quite good, though.
Oxymoron of the day - hot pepper soap. It actually said "nonirritating" on the wrapper. So I guess they left out the pepper oils.
Quote of the day - How to ask when someone is ready to watch "Dollhouse," once the latest episode has been recorded: "Are you ready for your treatment?"