Saturday, August 15, 2009

welcome to the fair

i had never been to a fair before (we don't really have fairs in canada) so this summer i went to the orange county fair. as soon as i walked in, i had a couple of thoughts:

1) there was so much stuff! there was an overflowing amount of food, cute little farm animals to look at, games to play and prizes to win, exhibits, a 3D exhibit, dance shows, a hypnotist performance etc etc...


2) everything was fried

fairs are great because they are excuses to eat unhealthy food and to eat lots of it. huge turkey legs the size of my face, foot long hot dogs, fried avocado strips, chocolate covered bacon...now i'm not going to say what i ate and what i didn't...but let's just say going to the fair really pushed me into physical activity after a summer of without physical activity.


while i was chowing down on food, i took in the sights of the fair. there were huge trailers supporting roller coasters and other rides (i questioned their safety). there were enormous booths for carnival games like throwing rings over bottles and throwing balls through wooden panels with a small hole in the middle (i questioned whether the games were rigged). there were cute farm animals such as little pigs and then gigantic farm animals like the cow the size of a small car (i questioned their hygiene, particularly when a pie eating competition was held inside the pig petting area).


the fair was a feast for my stomach as well as a feast for my eyes. i took it all in because it was my first american fair! i spent more money than i would have liked as i tried lots of different food but in the end, the fair is a great place to hang out with friends and watch people become hypnotized, watch as your friend gets her face shoved into a bosenberry pie, watch two pianists play almost every song requested (except for journey - don't stop believin'), watch a 3D weird al yankovich talk about the brain...

you never know what you're going to get at the fair. that's why we ended up staying there for over 8 hours. and even though we do know what will be there next year, we'll be back...you couldn't keep us away from all that fried stuff even if you tried.

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