Comments on: Will you be attending the Watermelon Festival?

By: beth

beth — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:31:01 +0000

I went and it was fun but way too crowded. Maybe the festival should be stretched to two days (like the Irish festival) to mitigate the crowding. I may or may not attend next year because it was simply too crowded and too hot.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:25:35 +0000

LOVE the community garden idea. When can we start?

By: Fiona

Fiona — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:18:28 +0000

RE community garden…the triangle of land on Grayland where the street becomes one sided (at McCloy) is RMA easement…might be a good spot for cheap or even free since it costs them to mow it now (when they bother)..also, by Grayland Tot Lot between house and fence on East side, that “empty lot” is part of the park property even though it is outside the fence. would look better as a garden than a random parking area (of offense to nearby neighbors that might be using it for that since parking on that part of Idlewood is scary)

By: lp

lp — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:56:56 +0000

i just moved to this area and it was the best idea ever. I do want to know about maybe starting a community garden. Yeh?

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:43:25 +0000

to clarify…the trash was in the street and on sidewalk…not Viva Mexico, which was quite tidy as always

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:41:46 +0000

didn’t make it back in time to attend the festivities but Sunday when we got back in town went to the Mexican place for dinner… cleanup had just begun and there was trash ankle deep in places…that is gone now but there is a disturbing amount of flotsam and jetsam about still as of Monday noon. Not sure if it was the City or the event company that was supposed to handle the cleanup but whoever it was didn’t do a very good job by the looks of things…

though I did miss most of the festivities there was proof that at least one attendee had a spectacular time…got to see a guy in a hollowed out watermelon “helmet” walk across the Boulevard at about 5:30 or 6 PM…it was upended over his head with eye holes and a mouth opening…with the pink polo shirt it was quite a sight…glad he made it safely across, though he seemed to have a hard time of it…either he had one too many adult beverages for the day OR he should have cut his eye holes a little larger

By: Jimmy Ray

Jimmy Ray — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:32:21 +0000

This will be my first. I am looking forward to the event and people watching.

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:43:11 +0000

The festival does keep improving each year I have been. Good that my only real complaint is the oppressive heat and humidity that usually accompanies the festival but GREAT that it looks like it will be giving melon lovers a break this year for a change. Am so sad I will be missing the various street food and the crazy cheap sale at Plan 9. Not sure why crispy spring rolls and somosas taste better from a little cart but they certainly do.

By: chris

chris — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:20:23 +0000

75 degrees when it starts? 85 by mid afternoon and low humidity? This is going to be the best ever this year.

By: Carter

Carter — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:57:00 +0000

Don’t be too quick to judge… (granted, it’s been going on for 25 years but…) It’s being organized by a professional event company this year for the first time (in conjunction with the Carytown Merchants Association). Vendors were more carefully screened and it’s way more organized.

Plus, it’s only supposed to be in the 80s this year. Yeehaaa.