Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Sundays in My City: The Puyallup Fair

This weekend, along with hoards of other people, we went to the Puyallup Fair. This fair has been around for eons (ok, not really eons, but decades, anyway) & is held twice a year in spring & in the fall. All the traditional fair type stuff can be found here, gardening, cooking, animals, food & rides. The theme this time was "Free Your Glee." Sorry, I don't get it, is it a reference to the show Glee (I love this show, by the way) & if so, why does this relate to a county fair? Was there a singing contest? I don't know. There were musical performances. Kid Rock was there (he's doing county fairs, now?) & we saw a brief part of some show where the entire group wore jumpsuits. The lead singer made reference to a 70's leisure suit he had in his closet, but from where I was standing he was born in the 70's, if he experienced the 70's at all. If he has a leisure suit in his closet, he must have bought it for the retro appeal !

Sillyville

Free Your Glee?

Gigantic Pumpkin

Scones: A fair tradition

Earthquake Burgers: These are 1 pound burgers!

Flo the Clown
The Fair Exit


I hope you enjoyed the glimpse at a local  tradition. Check out Sundays in My City on The Unknown Mami, for other local treats!

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7 comments:

Claudya Martinez said...

I'm glad it wasn't called "Free Your Pee". Kid Rock was there? Hmmm. I love the pictures you shared.

Being Tazim said...

I don't get the theme either. Maybe. . .Free your glee would have been better?!

The Redhead Riter said...

Cool and I love the pumpkin!

Miss SassyLaLa said...

Great pics, I love fairs. They always have something interesting.

MaricrisG said...

Oh wow! That pumpkin is huge! So what picture editor did you use? Looks cool!

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