Saturday October 21, 2017
Saturday
afternoon I attended the second annual B.R.E.A.D. (Bake, Reconnect, Educate,
make Art, celebrate Diversity) Festival held in downtown Dublin. Like last
year, they lucked out with really nice weather – sunshine with temperatures in
the high 70s (which certainly brought out the bees everyone kept swatting at).
Although
I hadn’t necessarily planned on spending the whole afternoon there, I figured I
would take my time to walk around and check out all the booths at a leisurely
pace. My first order of business was grabbing some lunch. I considered buying
one of the many bread products for lunch, but the lure of the food trucks was
too strong so I ended up buying a bowl of noodles from the Mixing Bowl Asian
Grill.com. [Next year I think I’ll stick to just trying just a few free samples
and perhaps buy one of the bread products.] In spite of sucking down a sizeable
bowl of noodles, I bought an iced mocha and a couple small chocolates from my
favorite downtown coffee shop, Winan’s. I just hope I burned off a few calories
while walking around.
The
SWACO (Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio) table was near the food trucks,
so I stopped over to say hello to the employee working there (a vegan named
Alex) and picked up a couple sheets with the recycling arrows on them to color
in. I also grabbed a couple free pins that said, “Bring me Back – Return or
Reuse your Bags.” Alex told me that envelopes, even the ones with wax windows,
can be put in your recycling bin completely intact. I told her I always take
the time to cut out the wax windows as I was taught back in college. I’m glad
she told me. That will certainly save me a bit of time, and my husband will no
longer need to put them in the trash as he’s been doing.
From
what I could gather, there were at least half a dozen countries strongly
represented. Japan had an origami booth
Although
I told Andrew I wouldn’t buy any bread since we already have a freezer full of
various kinds, I couldn’t resist the budget friendly bargains. Among other
things, I bought a peanut butter roll,
As I
was standing around watching the Richens/Timms Irish dancers (they’re pretty
big here in Dublin) a lady came over and said hello and we started chatting. I
just assumed I knew her from St. Brendan’s since that’s where I know most
people. Her name was Sue Ellen and she’s actually one of the volunteers at UALC
(Upper Arlington Lutheran Church)/SON Ministries (Serving Our Neighbors) whom I
had met on Thursday. I told Sue Ellen I’ve definitely heard more Irish music here
(living so close to Dublin) than the two times I’ve actually been to (the
Republic of) Ireland and Northern Ireland. We had a nice chat, but as it was
getting late I remembered that I needed to get home since Andrew and I were
attending his Leading Edje Fall Fest at Little Darby Creek farm (where I had
been a couple weekends ago).
The MAYS
in the MAZE of MAIZE….
In spite of me running a bit late, we arrived in plenty of time as the fire (for roasting hot dogs) had only just got started. Unfortunately I was still a bit full from lunch, so I watched as Andrew and the others ate, but then decided to grab some dinner so I wouldn’t be hungry later.
Since
our passes included some free shots with the corn cannon, we each had a go with
that. Andrew used his token to try the pumpkin cannon, but I saved mine to get
a pumpkin to take home.
Of
course Andrew wanted to have a go at the maze, so we each chose a passport. He
chose the Corny questions, while I selected the Scriptural one. If you go in as
a pair (which I would recommend), it’s a good idea to select two different
passports so you can compare questions & answers. Overall, I think my
scriptural questions were a lot easier than his corn trivia. Although it was
more fun going around with my mom and sister, I definitely made better time
going around with Andrew. I think it’s because he’s so methodical - when the
passport said to go left, he made sure to make every left turn until we got to
another passport stop. I think we made it out in around 45 minutes, compared to
the well over an hour it took my mom, sister and I.
Andrew
wasn’t too bothered to feed the goats, pet the bunnies, or throw the baseballs
through the holes, and we certainly didn’t want to wait in the mile long line
for the haunted hayride, so we left shortly thereafter. I kind of wish marshmallow
roasting had been on the agenda, but since this was a family event (and so many
things for kids to do), the communal dinner in the pavilion was about it. At least
we spent just over an hour, just about making the half hour drive there worth
it.
Sunday October 22, 2017
LOVING VINCENT...
On
Sunday we went to the Gateway Film Center to see what has been described as “the
world’s first fully painted feature film” called “Loving Vincent.” http://lovingvincent.com/
According
to the description of the film, “The man
was carrying nothing; his hands clasped to a fresh bullet wound leaking blood
from his belly. This was Vincent van Gogh, then a little known artist; now the
most famous artist in the world. His tragic death has long been known, what has
remained a mystery is how and why he came to be shot. Loving Vincent tells that
story.”
The
movie definitely lives up to its description as a painting in motion. Both
Andrew and I agreed we had never seen anything quite like it and both of us
were more than a little impressed (and perhaps a little depressed due to the
melancholy plot line) with the whole technique. Andrew said at times it felt
like a bit of a whodunit. I agree. I also think the plot was a bit slow moving
at times. Even though the movie was only an hour and a half long, it felt a bit
longer. I love the end where they showed pictures of the actors as they were
painted into the film all while the song “Starry, Starry Night” played in the
background. Overall, it’s an excellent film, but just know that it’s certainly
not a cheerful plot line. I read that in one showing over in Europe it got a standing ovation.
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