This time of year there are a lot of arts festivals. I went to a couple last weekend and this weekend, a friend and I were going to hit the Lake Worth Street Painting Festival, but we never made it.
It’s just too far for some of us who never seem to leave our own village these days, so I do regret not going, but there’s always next year.
Here are a few images from years past.
Years ago I used to drive 100 miles a day – going back and forth with my friends- from home to the beach, then back home again, then going out clubbing all night, bar hopping all night, then back home again, then to work and back. Now I don’t like driving from home to the grocery store and back.
In my village, there’s a three-day arts festival. I only made it one day, where in the past I was there all three days from opening to closing. A couple of years ago, I never made it at all, which is sacrilege in these parts.
When I was writing the local news, I was everywhere. I used to sometimes feel self conscious about it. I felt like people would just expect me to show up and say to themselves, “There’s Tom again.” But I needed to cover the news.
I was at every city council meeting, village council meeting, committee meeting, planning meeting, store opening, restaurant opening, art installation, etc. I was getting tired of seeing myself everywhere. I covered the daily news, and I also wrote for the Huffington Post, so that was a lot me being spread out all over. Now I don’t want to go anywhere.
A friend and I have been selling hats on Etsy. I don’t know how it started, but it’s been going well.
Some that are really selling well are these “great” hats. What I mean is that they say things like, “Italy has always been great!” or “Ireland has always been great!”
They are a play on “Make American Great Again” hats. We have Great Britain Canada and Mexico, too. The Italy ones seem to sell the most. Interestingly enough, we don’t ship outside the U.S., yet these foreign hats sell a lot here in the U.S.
One lady had a hat sent to a friend with the name on the address going to: “Capo di Tutti Capi,” which means “Boss of All Bosses,” we found that funny so we made a hat that says that.
We also have Port Wenn, in honor of my favorite show, Doc Martin. The real show, not the knock-off. And we have “Quints” hats, from the Jaws movie.
Another hat that is popular is the Hamptauk hat, which stands for Hamptons and Montauk, which are interchangeable in the summer. I like the Port Wenn one, I wear it often.
Till next time . . .
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