Today is Easter Sunday. For me it has never been a big holiday. Growing up my family would go to church and visit relatives. But for me personally it never had the special significance that Christmas or Thanksgiving do. About the only tradition I personally have is eating Cadbury cream eggs every year around this…
Saturday was perfect. Not too hot, not too cold, no rain. So the fact that the Crossties Arts and Jazz Festival occurred was fortuitous. Along with Octoberfest, Crossties is one of two big festivals in Cleveland. They basically bookend the festival season around here. Unlike Octoberfest there was no barbecue competition. Instead the main feature was…
One of the perks of living in the South is that the weather warms up quickly. This week it was in the 80s and while cooler weather is here such things don’t last this time of year. But there is a downside as you may have guessed by the picture to the left. The weather…
Spring is here. The trees are budding, the insects are buzzing, and people are starting to come out again. Thus festival season is right around the corner. But it also means that the crawfish boils have started. A crawfish boil is basically what it sounds like. You take a bunch of crawfish (known as…