way back a couple of years ago we decided to try out the gilroy garlic festival. now, i am a huge fan of garlic, and i know that farmer’s markets and food festivals ought to be really promising out here since this is such a big “ag” area with likely many local growers and sellers.

so i was more than a little disappointed, i guess, when we arrived and it was just your typical generi-fair, complete with 50% of the space being taken over by fried food stands that didn’t even really have anything to do with garlic. and the fairgrounds were just filthy. i think at one point i stepped on a sanitary napkin. :((((((((((((((((((((((((

anyway, here’s some pics.

nosh with sara and karl beforehand

we can never resist a good couples portrait

y’know, in my day we didn’t have these newfangled “trip bus”es. we had to trip all on our own. and we had to buy our own shrooms. andwe had to walk uphill both ways to get to the shroom store.

karl shows off his fancy-pantsy google shirt.

sara examines what is likely the best thing at the garlic festival.

and then we all fondle a giant tiger.

this is what we call an art series.

srsly? srsly, 7/11?