Last weekend we went to Bristol, Wisconsin (just north of the Illinois/Wisconsin border) to the Bristol Renaissance Faire! We love going to renfaires, and this one is a great one! It runs every weekend from just after July 4 through Labor Day. We were unable to go last year, since we were busy buying a house and moving, so we were really looking forward to this year's event! Two days of knights, bellydancers, wenches, rogues, musicians, jugglers, comics, games, shopping, and food! Lots of food, none of it local!
When we started this locavore thing and agreed that there would be a "social exemption" for trips, visits from family, and gatherings with friends, I hadn't realized how common those things would be for us! Since May 20, we've been on 3 trips out of town, had visits from relatives on 2 occasions, and attended 2 picnics!
I think we're done for awhile, although we'll probably do a trip to St. Louis sometime this summer.
One difference this year was that we had a laptop with us. The availability of free WiFi meant that I could access email and even check on the blog from the comfort of our hotel room. Nice! I didn't actually update the blog, mind you -- much too tired to do that -- but at least I could confirm that it was there!
Okay, that's it for the trip update. We now return you to your regularly scheduled locavore updates!
Here are some possible topics for future posts:
- Local milk from Kilgus Farmstead
- Kids Day at the Farm with Slow Food Springfield
- CSA updates
- garden update (first tomatoes!)
- local butter from the Vincent Family Farm
- faux local
- locavore skeptics
- cooking chicken
- Colorado sweetcorn
- homemade ice cream
I've no shortage of topics. I just need to do the writing!
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