Archive for September, 2010
Le Hot Jazz and Vintage
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Live jazz, free refreshments, local lovelies in vintage bathing suits, prizes ~ come join the fun!
THIS Saturday, Oct. 2, from 5-7 PM
at Fashion & Art Revival, 116 N. Polk,
Jefferson.
We’re honored to host the Kickoff Party and Membership Drive for Jefferson’s Opera House Theatre Players as they begin their 22nd season!
* Live Music
* Models wearing vintage swimsuits & other oddities
* Popcorn and cold drinks
Party open to the public. This is our opportunity to show appreciation for your patronage and support.
Come – have fun and enjoy a visit with your theatre friends!
This event is free. Membership sign-ups and donations are optional. All proceeds go to support The Opera house Theatre Players of Jefferson.
Call Ellen at Fashion & Art Revival for information – 925-366-7360, cell.
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Two Weekends for Motorcycle and Car Enthusiasts
Sunday, September 19th, 2010
Over the next two weekends Jefferson will host two big motorcycle events and a visit from the Model A Ford Club.
Next weekend, Oct. 1st – 3rd, the 26th Annual Lake O’ the Pines Rallye comes to town (I know, Lake ‘O the Pines is not IN Jefferson, but the lake is a Jefferson “suburb”). And, the Dallas Model A Ford Club will be visiting our little town.
The following weekend is the BIG event, the Boo Benefit Run, that pulls 30,000 or more people to town. For blocks and blocks, the streets are lined with multiple rows of motorcycles. The town sets up multiple stages for music and a tented beer garden. A major fund raising event is the auction of a brand new Harley and trailer. It is an event-filled weekend with runs to various destinations.
With just a little luck the weather this year will encourage even more people to town. We are due for an autumn cooling and can hope for bright, clear weekends.
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Come One, Come All to “The Old Tyme Marion County Fair”
Wednesday, September 15th, 2010
October 21, 22 & 23rd at the Kelleyville Community Center
(4 miles West of Jefferson on Hiway 49)
Jefferson is the only city in Marion County. For Jefferson, with a population just under 2000, hosting the County Fair is a big undertaking. Beje Foster, and the Marion County Fair Board solved this problem brilliantly with an intentionally old fashioned event. There is a pig chase, a greased pole climb, syrup sompin’ contests, chicken judging, and wood cutting events. Men, women, boys and girls, young and old compete, laugh, and cheer. Everyone has a great time. If you missed this year’s fair, be sure to come next year. The fair is not promoted much outside of Marion County, but the event is so pure and enveloping, it would make a perfect destination for tourists, day-trippers, and weekenders.
21st and 22nd are mostly for organized school field trips. The big public day is Saturday, October 23rd - 6 AM – 5 PM
| Schedule:
6 AM – Country Breakfast |
Entertainment:
County Fair Idol |
| Hot Air Balloon County Fair Idol Jolly Jumper Chili Cook Off Syrup Sompin’ Competition Hot Dog Eating Contest Scholarship Raffle Cow Plop ($500 cash prize!) Chicken Drop |
Greased Pole Climb Farmyard Petting Zoo Tug ‘O War (age groups – challenges) Woodlands Contest (2-person crosscut & chainsaw) Scavenger Hunt Library Pumpkin Patch Horseback Riding Children’s Rodeo Games Pig Chase |
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The Fun Just Keeps on Comin’!
Friday, September 10th, 2010
2010 Pulpwood Queen Cruise:
The following announcement comes from Kathy L. Patrick (www.pulpwoodqueen.com and www.beautyandthebook.com):
Pulpwood Queens-
I am pleased to announce the first annual Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend Getaway Cruise! Don’t miss your chance to hob-nob with authors (details to be announced later) and have some fun in the sun with your fellow Queens!
We will sail aboard Royal Caribbean’s Majesty of the Seas departing Friday June 24, 2011 from Miami, visiting CocoCay and Nassau, Bahamas, and returning to Miami on Monday June 27, 2011. Interior cabins are only $465.67 per person and Oceanview cabins are only $505.67 per person (both prices based on double occupancy).
From now through October 1st, you can reserve your space on this cruise for only $50! After October 1st, a $200 per person deposit will be required to book space on this cruise. Final payment will be due by March 1, 2011.
Space is limited! To reserve your spot call BROOKE IVEY at 812-320-5423, toll free at 800-881-3157, or email brookei@mei-travel.com to have Brooke call you at your convenience.
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Coming Events
Thursday, September 9th, 2010
Until now, I have only blogged about Jefferson’s events after they happen. It has been nearly impossible to post predictive articles because I am so new to town (just over one year) that I have not known enough about annual events to write informatively until actually experiencing an event.
Starting today I am trying to change that. I start with a relatively new event that has been on pause and is restarting in October, the Carriage House Inn’s Sunday Test Kitchen.
For a small fee (yet to be announced), guests are asked to evaluate new recipes while enjoying the relaxed luxury of the Carriage House B&B dining room.
Here’s what BnBFinder.com posted about the Test Kitchen:
Taste Test. The Carriage House Bed and Breakfast in Jefferson, Texas, has whipped up a creative way to give guests a special dining experience on Sunday nights when not too many local restaurants are open—they turn their kitchen into one giant experiment. For a small fee, if the guests can’t go to a restaurant, the restaurant comes to them, well, sort of. “Sunday nights we prepare food and test it out with the guests. These are brand new recipes or recipes we’ve been preparing but we’ve changed something,” explains innkeeper, Stephanie Lester. At the Sunday Night Test Kitchens guests are then supposed to give raw feedback on whether they like their two-or-three-course meals; they’re encouraged to be as specific as possible with suggestions. It’s the guest input that helps set the menus for the inn. At many gatherings a townsperson will be invited to come and mingle and add some local flavor; recently a steamboat captain came to dinner. Among the favorite recipes to make it past the group is a hand-me-down from Stephanie’s husband’s grandmother. Tom Lester remembers his grandmother’s cooking with a dash of nostalgia. Mama Ronchi, as she was called, came to the U.S. in the 1920s via Ellis Island from Italy and was rumored to be a seamstress for the mob who used to make a killer scrambled egg breakfast. One day the Lester’s found her recipe on an index card and tested it on a Sunday crowd. Today Mama Ronchi’s Mafia Scramble is a hit.
Stephanie Lester, owner with husband Tom, added this recently on her blog:
I just took another phone call inquiring about our Sunday Night Test Kitchen. Unfortunately, we have had to our suspend our Sunday Night Test Kitchen until first of October due to …a puppy. I know. I know. How can a business operation be suspended for a puppy?
Sunday afternoon is the quietest part of the week. All of our weekend folks have already gone home and our weekday folks have not shown up. So Ladybug, the pup, and I head out for puppy school at 3:15 Sunday afternoon for an hour of learning. I consider this staff training. Every business needs to have a well trained staff that knows how to perform (behave) when duty calls. We are no different. Dixie, the old lady Golden Retriever, knows when to sit, stay, lay down, and roll over on command. Ladybug has to get to the same place.
Ladybug and I graduate the first week of October and we will resume the Sunday Night Test Kitchen again. Call (903) 665-9511 to reserve your spot today.
This sounds like a great way to spend a Sunday! Give the Carriage House a call.
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