2 posts tagged “funny”

My kids and I are enjoying Season One of The Muppet Show on DVD. (fond memories of my own childhood when laughing with Kermit, Fozzie and the gang was a weekly tradition, right after Saturday night bathtime) Show #2 features special guests Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street. Bert croons the classic lyric "Some Enchanted Evening / You may see a stranger ... " and my almost-5-year-old daughter Caris pipes up with "Hey, that's not right ... you're not supposed to talk to strangers!"

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I recently heard about the Taste of Marin festival near where I live, and it reminded me a little of the Taste of Chicago, near where I used to live. My sister is there, although with her current training schedule I doubt that she showed up at the Taste this year ... unless Pockets was there. Maybe by next year she'll be running her own booth selling custom cookie creations at the Taste.

What struck me about the two Tastes is how the differences between them reflect the culture around them. In Chicago, the Taste means turkey legs, gyros, beer, and lots of other delicious but not necessarily healthy indulgences, paid for with tickets purchased in strips of 11 for $7. In Marin County, CA, the Taste is a $150-per-person fancy formal dinner with organic food and guest speakers talking about environmental issues. Similar names, very different events.