It's cliche to quote a Bruce Springsteen song on the 4th of July, isn't it? Ruby and I were Needham refuseniks. They had a parade, but we couldn't get up early enough to be situated among the hot crowds. Anyway, I'm not enough of a patriot to withstand that type of thing. Instead, we made our way over to the Newton festivities, which took place at a park and involved popcorn, carmel apples, and plenty of water (it was very hot). Unfortunately, we got there early (10:30am) as the paper reported the festivus began at 11:00AM. Though it was painfully obvious to anyone with grade-school education that the fair was not ready for fair-goers, I had to track down a carny to make sure. No surprise, the paper got it wrong- festivities were really scheduled to begin at 12:00pm. Luckily, there was a playground; we stood our ground and waited. Then we got on the long line that had developed for tickets. That particularly reminded me of growing up in New York. Here was a fair where they were quite obviously not ready for customers- the bouncy-bounce (moonwalk) was not blown up; several gates were lying fallow on the ground. Rides were still being 'inspected," yet a long line to buy tickets from an empty booth had snaked beyond visibility. Ah, independence day.
Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean!
Heritage Flakes
Strawberries
Blueberries
Banana
Unsweetened Soy Milk
Coffee
Lunch:
Salad
Lime Grilled Chicken
A few bite of hamburger
Snack
Popcorn at the fair
Dinner
Sesame Encrusted Trout
Broccoli
More Salad
A word about mesclun greens and mint: Emily says adding mint to a salad makes it seem like a more interesting salad. I concur. So for all of you wondering how to dress up your salads (and you should definitely not take advice from me since I am like the robot-salad eater) add mint.
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