It's become routine. Another weekend, another trip to the Nevada County Fairgrounds. This time, it was to support the inaugural Italian Festival. It has a ways to go before it's a major national event, but we thought it went well, considering.
Italians are well-represented in and around GV/NC. As in other places where mining was a big industry (Louisville, CO. comes to mind, having lived there in the 70s), Italians made up a large part of the labor force. We know a bunch and we haven't been here long. Three Tassones just from choir.
High time to establish a yearly festival! We went for lunch on Saturday and had a lovely time eating pizza, watching a bocce ball tournament and listening to some pretty good/cheesy Italian music, including a really smooth, silver-haired, lounge-lizard-style crooner singing all the Sinatra/Dean Martin stuff. Oh, and the cool clown-guy playing the concertina at the entrance. Nice touch. There were some booths with Italian-ish products, lots of olive oil and wine and gelato.
It was festive and well-attended. And a glorious day. I suspect we'll see this one grow in years to come. Of course, in two weeks, the Mother of All Ethnic Festivals for this area, the Celtic, will materialize. Whereas we spent a couple of hours at the Italian, I can live at the Celtic Festival all day long. This coming weekend will find us at the Fairgrounds for the Draft Horse Classic. Cooler than it sounds.
Meanwhile, it seems I've neglected the Police Blotter, of late, so, along side the Festa photos, here are a few recent favorites:
"2:31 p.m.--A caller from the 100 block of South Church Street reported the theft of the United States, but would not provide any further information." [I thought I felt a draft...]
"12:58 p.m.--A woman called from the 11000 block of Alta Vista Avenue to report her roommate's daughter had trespassed into her home. While there, the daughter did the dishes and then left." [perhaps next time, the ne'er-do-well daughter can burgle some trash]
"10:30 p.m.--A caller from Neal Street reported two men stole a shopping cart, put a couch in it and left. They were found and both items would be returned." [difficult getaway...]
"4:43 a.m.--A caller from the 300 block of South School Street reported the theft of a light bulb from a porch." [sigh]
"12:24 p.m.--A woman from the 19000 block of Lake Forest Drive reported a box was thrown at her vehicle that had a bullet inside and a note that said, 'honk honk'." [better than "bang bang"?]
"12:32 p.m.--A caller from West McKnight Way reported steroid-using body-builders from Reno beat up the caller's son and might have killed him. Midgets [sic] from Fulton Avenue had been following and trying to poison the caller. The body-builder and the lead female midget [sic], who is really violent, have been driving the caller's truck around. The caller wanted the Sheriff's office to activate the SWAT team." [Another "team" will be heading out to McKnight way...]
"7:09 p.m.--A person on Snow Tent Road called to the Nevada County Sheriff's Office reporting a conflict between two people involving an eviction, both of them alleging crimes by the other. One of the persons allegedly had previously responded to conflict "by boiling a newt and drinking the water." [there's the problem--no eye of bat or whisker of naked mole rat...]
Sheesh. So many more. Later. Now, it's off to the Classic...
