Peppersteak Sandwich and Reds 2

   What a wonderful weekend seeing neighbors supporting our Garlic Fest. While sitting on a bale of hay, enjoying a peppersteak sandwich, we bopped to blues wafting over Christmas Hill Park. Couples, fit and muscled in Garlic tees, jazzily  two stepped to crooning bands. 

   Mr. Yip and his Musical Crew serenaded art lovers admiring wooden hand carved trivets that  pop up into artily decorative bowls.

    All worked  hard  in Gourmet Alley, then partied hardy into the evening sipping  iced cold lemonade,  Pinot Grigio and beer. Kidlets returned home from internships, college to reconnect and yell, "Whoooop....Wazzup! and Yo Ho!" to friends.

   On Monday, our own Sam Bozzo stopped into First Street Coffee, ordering a warm café before heading back to help tear down the festival, or as my Mom used to say, "Leave your campsite better  than you found it."

   If you need a local staycation before escaping to beach or mountains, Platinum Theater is showing Reds 2. Enjoy the cast of hilarious spying characters, from Helen Mirren to Anthony Hopkins, scientific genius in a plot that kept us gasping at chases, intrigue and  action.

    Catch Reds 2 while it's still playing, a good excuse to put your feet up, let someone else make the popcorn and sip a cold Mr. Pibb. Don't forget that along with senior, student discounts, Tuesday is the day to go to the movies, pricewise. Relish the  20 or so days until school starts again. Feel  the early morning cool breeze caress cheeks and  blooming sage. Be happy, safe and have fun out there.