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.
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
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.
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…
Before we leave photos taken at the New York State Fair, I offer this glorious capture from my friend KP as he visited the big sprawl with our pal Bake. When he put the photo up on a text string with Tater and I, I immediately asked KP if I could use his scene of…
My dear wife Karen and I criss-crossed the lines of the New York State Fair midway until we found the Peacheys stand. On their earlier trip, terrific daughter Elisabeth had mid-fair texted that their glazed donut was the best thing she’d eaten from any of the food groups. High praise, you think? We went to…
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