Gauging the crowds

Who’s back? So, my dear wife Karen mulled after our 2023 visit to the New York State Fair, was it as crowded as usual? What vendors came back? What was new? Did we seem to have more room to stroll? Yeah, we still liked it.

Flower power

Plant it and it will grow. I can’t swear that this group of gardens has not been at the New York State Fair in years past. Perfect exhibit. But I can say the timing was right to catch the attention of my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, fantastic fiance George Three and I, what…

Band, man

So much sound. When you run into Bandaloni at the New York State Fairgrounds, you will be entertained. He plays his music, he sings his songs, he pitches his products. All with style, enthusiasm and confidence. Now that’s a one-person show for sure.

No rush

No slave to these hands. Visits to the New York State Fair with my dear wife Karen, running into terrific daughter Elisabeth and fantastic fiance George Three, going to buildings and events at our leisure … getting back on the bus to the satellite parking lot whenever we chose. Yeah, nice.

The familiar Chevy Court

Waiting for a band. In decades past, I spent plenty of hours sitting in those seats appreciating musical groups performing on the Chevy Court stage. Yes, more than a 10 years have past since I covered the music scene for the big daily, my dear wife Karen and I noted again as we walked past…

Another policing style

Back to the horse. Please take a photo of the state police officer and the horse, asked my dear wife Karen. Yes, I agreed, they are deserving, along with the police and their dogs that we’d seen working together a bit earlier.

Goats still like us

Friendly as the dogs. It made plenty of sense to me for the four of us to go from the police dog show to the goat barn. Our yearly visits to the New York State Fair have convinced me that goats have a lot in common to canines. Convincing Karen of the connection. If we…

We respect the police and their dog partners

Perfect behavior. We’re going to the police dog show at 1:15, reported terrific daughter Elisabeth, she and fantastic fiance George Three having arrived at the New York State Fair earlier than my dear wife Karen and I and armed with a good plan. Great police work. We got their first and nabbed two of the…

Buttering up the state fair visitors

I’ll toast the butter sculpture. Every year, Central New Yorkers and visitors from around the state crowd into the Dairy Building to gawk at the latest version of the butter sculpture. The artist creates an interesting scene. My stomach churns thinking about buttery this and that.

Sands of time at the New York State Fair

Center of Progress mainstay. Another summer in Central New York, another visit to the New York State Fair for my dear wife Karen and I. First stop, a walk through the Center of Progress to view some familiar sights. The sand sculpture takes the center post again. What will be this year’s theme … Food…