Wow, after the NC State Fair knocked it out of the park 12/10 this year, trying to make a list of classic and new events to try this winter season. The Ren Faires are jamming. Oceans of white lights and decorations are going up for families to drive through neighborhoods in a few weeks for the Night of Lights at Dorthea Dix and other spots though WRAL normally doesn’t publish this year’s list until Dec. 1st. Most of them are free or $20/car. There was a lot to love at the State Fair last week with all the events, booths, food, and rides. Didn’t really know where to put this in the list, but the PR and word-of-mouth around the...
The NC state fair was JAMMED packed with happy people eating fried foods and meat. The longest line was doughnuts, shout out to Peachey’s. Sometimes it’s good to turn the internet off and just go enjoy life. Does anyone else find the real world moves faster than the electric? Kind of like all the fake celebrity pictures at events going around now that are AI generated? The no jewelry is always a dead giveaway. There’s all you can ride for $30 passes so families were running around eating their weight in tasty fudge dipped apples (another long line), giant turkey legs, and fried corn among MANY others between rides was a highlight. Fair food is the best. Everything was clean...
Fall festival season and state fairs have officially kicked off. There’s a lot of serious organic gardening stuff, but the vegetable judging contests are wild. Peppers are the theater king kids of the show. If you talk to a fair judge, they often point to peppers as a great beginner vegetable for both young boys and young at heart to successfully grow for 4-H and win. Someone with a sense of humor is going to have fun making a screenplay or low-budget romantic comedy around our Carolina Grim Reaper Pepper or personal favorite because of how pretty they are: the Brazilian Star Flower Pepper. Not really sure of the nutritional value of peppers, but they come in all kinds of...
Rose of Attar Geranium tea cakes are littered throughout the herbal cookbooks. They’re beautiful fairytale creations and European delicacy. A way for the rich royalty of Europe to show off owning a glass greenhouse in the 17th and 18th century, but they still taste yum. Today we can all afford scented geraniums at Lowes which seems like a wonder gift to home gardeners. Seems fitting as looking into more AI fabric zero waste dying which seems to be geared for knitting, specifically reimagining traditional woven patterns with 80s flair. Scottish tartan and plaid patterns would be the most useful for homeknitting machines testing out AI fashions as we’ve all seen NYC displays over the years that wrap window displays in...
Planting fall edible pansies this week and putting down wheelbarrows of mulch. Feels very English cottage garden. Had a number of conversations with people in the business about where AI fashion will go. Don’t know the future, but my new favorite machine being rolled out is digital yarn dying. The largest growing segment of the craft market, especially knitting, is guys making custom hats. Skater dudes. Obviously an early model which you can see here with Twine, but there’s going to be a version that rolls out and allows people to program in the EXACT colors of garments they knit for someone modifying it for the home market on demand. Yarn people are absolutely crazy in the best way about color,...