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MouseWife · 07-30-2007, 10:07 PM

LOL GC, let me know when you decide to party at Whole Foods, okay? I'll bring my camera...

I wanna go to the avocado festival!!! Where is this? I love love love them! {unless they are brown, then, yuck!}

I would love to go to the Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay. Well...only if I could stay at the Ritz-Carlton for my weekend visit....I'm sure they'd serve some pumpkin pie that I could eat curled up by the fireplace.

You got lemons, make lemonade. Enjoy where you are.

Even if it is in the produce aisle at Whole Foods!

{but Gilroy? That is like a pitstop along the way to Monterey from Yosemite, right? And it stinks!!! Egads, no, no garlic festival for me, thanks!}

Lady Colleen · 07-30-2007, 11:03 PM

I have never gone to the Garlic Festival, but I have wanted to. I have been to Gilroy and found it cute. I guess you can fine the boring in someting if you want to but I prefer to find the fun. Life is to short.

RStar · 07-30-2007, 11:18 PM

There are very few Strawberry fields left in Garden Grove, but they still host the Strawberry Festival every year. It's part heritage, part celebration of the favorite food- no mater where it comes from.

Orange County started with wine grapes. I'm glade we don't live in Grape County. Disease whipped out the vineyards and they switched to Celery and Beans, if memory serves. Celery County sounds even less attractive. That's the problem with crops, they only seem to last so long, things change.

LSPoorEeyorick · 07-30-2007, 11:23 PM

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Eh, if Venice can still lay claim to Venetian glass despite actual glass blowing being nearly illegal within Venice (what's now commonly called Venetian glass is actually made in nearby Murano due to strict fire codes within Venice itself), Gilroy can survive as a figurative garlic capital.

Aww, I hardly think Murano isn't Venice. Same public transportation system and everything. You can practically sneeze on one from the other. That's like saying the Lido isn't Venice. Sure, it's on the other side of the canal... but...

JWBear · 07-30-2007, 11:28 PM

Do they make danish in Denmark? Hamburgers in Hamburg? French fries in France? I think not!

(I had a point in there somewhere... But I'm not sure what it is...)

blueerica · 07-30-2007, 11:34 PM

Avocado Festival is in the fall at some point. I should go this year. It's "last call" for me.

Avocado Festival website.

First weekend in October. I'll have to see what my schedule is, I may try to work in a day, but I won't know until probably a week in advance.

sleepyjeff · 07-31-2007, 12:23 AM

What I want to know is if WendyBeth ever gets over to Wallace, Idaho for the Huckleberry Festival.......

Homemade Huckleberry Icecream .....best in the World!

I am going to miss it again this year.....I'll be in Orlando fighting off hurricanes and whatnot

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mousepod · 07-31-2007, 06:36 AM

I'm glad I visited the Gilroy Garlic Festival once. I bought a "Stink Wars II: Attack of the the Cloves" shirt. I tasted garlic Jelly Bellies. I ate skewered meat flavored with garlic. I never need to return.

I might go to a Nutria festival in Louisiana. I've never tasted Nutria.

Snowflake · 07-31-2007, 07:17 AM

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I might go to a Nutria festival in Louisiana. I've never tasted Nutria.

Ew. I had to go look it up, but still, ew.

I went to the Gilroy fest many moons ago, lots of good garlicy food and hotter than hades, I need not return. I'll lounge at home, in the foggy weather and over garlic something in the wok and enjoy it all the more.

MouseWife · 07-31-2007, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by blueerica

Avocado Festival is in the fall at some point. I should go this year. It's "last call" for me.

Avocado Festival website.

First weekend in October. I'll have to see what my schedule is, I may try to work in a day, but I won't know until probably a week in advance.

Thanks for the link! Carpenteria, hmm, that is in a good place.

And, no offense about Gilroy. It is a bustling little town. But. The last time we went through there, the smell almost suffocated me. My sense of smell is extremely sensitive. I guess added to the heat, it was smothering.

So, I know I couldn't enjoy the festival.

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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	LOL GC, let me know when you decide to party at Whole Foods, okay? I'll bring my camera... I wanna go to the avocado festival!!! Where is this? I love love love them! {unless they are brown, then, yuck!} I would love to go to the Pumpkin Festival in Half Moon Bay. Well...only if I could stay at the Ritz-Carlton for my weekend visit....I'm sure they'd serve some pumpkin pie that I could eat curled up by the fireplace. You got lemons, make lemonade. Enjoy where you are. Even if it is in the produce aisle at Whole Foods! {but Gilroy? That is like a pitstop along the way to Monterey from Yosemite, right? And it stinks!!! Egads, no, no garlic festival for me, thanks!} __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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Lady Colleen Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 5	I have never gone to the Garlic Festival, but I have wanted to. I have been to Gilroy and found it cute. I guess you can fine the boring in someting if you want to but I prefer to find the fun. Life is to short.
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RStar Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Me & Manyard hangin out! Posts: 5,433	There are very few Strawberry fields left in Garden Grove, but they still host the Strawberry Festival every year. It's part heritage, part celebration of the favorite food- no mater where it comes from. Orange County started with wine grapes. I'm glade we don't live in Grape County. Disease whipped out the vineyards and they switched to Celery and Beans, if memory serves. Celery County sounds even less attractive. That's the problem with crops, they only seem to last so long, things change. __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup! www.StarTownGifts.com
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JWBear Worn Romantic Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Long Beach California Posts: 8,435	Do they make danish in Denmark? Hamburgers in Hamburg? French fries in France? I think not! (I had a point in there somewhere... But I'm not sure what it is...) __________________ Unrestrained frivolity will lead to the downfall of modern society.
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07-30-2007, 11:34 PM	#16
blueerica Nueve Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,497	Avocado Festival is in the fall at some point. I should go this year. It's "last call" for me. Avocado Festival website. First weekend in October. I'll have to see what my schedule is, I may try to work in a day, but I won't know until probably a week in advance. __________________ Tomorrow is the day for you and me
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	What I want to know is if WendyBeth ever gets over to Wallace, Idaho for the Huckleberry Festival....... Homemade Huckleberry Icecream .....best in the World! I am going to miss it again this year.....I'll be in Orlando fighting off hurricanes and whatnot / __________________ River Guardian-less
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07-31-2007, 06:36 AM	#18
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	I'm glad I visited the Gilroy Garlic Festival once. I bought a "Stink Wars II: Attack of the the Cloves" shirt. I tasted garlic Jelly Bellies. I ate skewered meat flavored with garlic. I never need to return. I might go to a Nutria festival in Louisiana. I've never tasted Nutria. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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