Over the weekend I walked to San Diego’s Greek Festival.
These were some of the flowers I passed on my walk over.
It was a gorgeous weekend for an outdoor festival!
Ok, it’s actually a smidge too chilly for me with no humidity and “only” 69F temps but I know most people think that’s perfect. Add 20 degrees and I’ll be happier.
The festival was held a local Greek Orthodox Church.
I run or walk by this Church almost daily and finally had my camera with and could make some photos.
It’s an annual event and ironically, this was the weekend, last year, that we moved back to San Diego after our brief, 9-month stint in Phoenix. This weekend, last year, we moved back to San Diego; just one, singular day after my fitness show and competition <–link with photos.
I look back at Phoenix, the show, packing and the move, and the timing of it all and think boy, that was a lot of work and I am glad that was then, and this is now!
In typical festival nature there was plenty of food!
And it was all homemade or handmade, fresh and made on the spot.
These iced frappes looked so good…
But I had just drank a vanilla iced coffee at the house..
…and didn’t want to be too wired up!
There was also Greek music playing, a beer garden, and some artwork showcasing, you guessed it, Greece and the Greek Isles.
There were some Greek-themed cookbooks and kitchen items for sale.
A wooden spoon handmade in Greece from olive wood. Gorgeous! I’d be scared to even use it for fear of ruining it.
It was a fun event where old and young, people from all walks of life and diverse ethnic backgrounds all seemed to be having a fabulous time!
And the best part was that I walked there. No car required.
It made me want to rush home and make some Hummus
vegan, 4 ingredients, 5 minutesOr roast some chickpeas for Carmelized Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Chickpea “Peanuts”
I’m glad the No Bake Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites were a hit from my last post! Foodgawker and Tasteologie liked them too, which made me happy.
Most of you said you enjoy coconut and coconut-containing recipes. That’s awesome! Let me know if you happen to try this recipe.
Questions:
1. Best thing you ate or did over the weekend?
Between the Greek Festival and the coconut chocolate chip cookie dough bites , and one other thing (next post!) I had a great weekend!
2. Have you ever been to a Greek food festival or a food festival featuring a particular type of food? Or any street fairs or local fairs?
I have been to so many types of food festivals and outdoor street fairs with food from the Taste of Chicago (a massively huge event in Chicago, hundreds of thousands of people attend, spanning miles of city blocks, and it lasts many days, and you can get just about every kind of ethnic food from Vietnamese to Moroccan to giant turkey legs and there’s music, too.)
I’ve also been to “Oktoberfests” (in the US, not in Germany) and German festivals because growing up in MN with a heavy German population, they was common.
I also love Renaissance Fairs (even though they can be a little over the top sometimes) but they’re fun for an afternoon.
Last weekend in San Diego was Taste of Little Italy and although we were in Aruba this year, I’ve been to it in past years.
And I’ve been to tons more food festivals, too!
When I was growing up, the state fair and local county fairs were The Thing To Do in the summer. I have such great memories of them!
3. Do you like outdoor festivals or fairs?
Blends my other question, but yes, I love them!
Something about walking around outside, people watching, hearing the sounds of the crowd and smelling the food that’s being made, I just love taking it all in!
Not having to struggle with parking and having a great sunny weather and not sweltering temps are added bonuses.
P.S. If you’re just catching up on posts, here are mine since Friday:
- No Bake Coconut & Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites
- Powder
- Chores & Goodies
- Rock the Boat
- Comforts of Home
- Blogging 103
The song, “I’m so excited. I just can’t hide it…” is playing in my head right now. It has something to do with this. Next post, an update.
Have a great week!
I really like cooking with wooden spoons, and that one is gorgeous!
Love Greek food and festivals! Am partial to The Fillo Factory, which makes all kinds of phyllo dough foods ~ just had their Spinach & Feta Pie (AKA Spanakopita) from Trader Joe’s for dinner tonight and everyone always ooo’s and ahh’s their way through it – literally! Looks like it was a gorgeous day there.
You took some really beautiful pictures, it makes me want to go there.
And it makes me hungry, which is not a good thing, becuase it’s 2AM here and eating at this hour will kill my metabolism :))
Lucky, you had much better festival weather than me! :-) Great pics, looks like a fun event.
1. Went to Sunset’s Celebration Weekend and saw Ani Phyo.
2. Yes, the most recent was the Asparagus festival.
3. Yes, especially when the weather is perfect for them.