I went to the Ribfest on Sparks Street again this year, but as usual I couldn’t bring myself to eat anything. I like ribs. But for some reason I find them kind of disturbing at Ribfest. There’s just…so MANY of them. Everybody’s standing around eating ribs out of styrofoam containers, and I don’t want to eat ribs standing up. Ribs are sticky and messy and I’m not coordinated enough to eat them standing up. The only thing I want to eat standing up is an ice cream cone or an apple. For ribs I want a table and chair and a stack of wet facecloths.
Instead of eating ribs, I just watched other people eating ribs. There were a lot of people who thought ribs were worth lining up for. There were long lineups at pretty much all the rib vendors. (Of course, if I WAS going to eat ribs, I’d pick one with a long lineup too. I’d figure all those other people must know what they’re doing.)
All the rib vendors proudly display their trophies, most of which have pigs on them. It’s hard to believe there are so many rib competitions. Personally I suspect the vendors just buy their own trophies.
Here’s one of the Rib Chefs. She loves southern boys.
Some people got benches, which was nice. I like how she took her shoes off and made a makeshift table out of her legs. It wouldn’t be sufficient for me, given my particular rib-eating requirements, but it’s a lot better than eating ribs standing up.
More trophies. I’m not kidding you, there were hundreds and hundreds of trophies there. Ribfest is all about the trophies. The ribs are just a means to an end.
This kid was calling in a sell order to his broker. Seriously, how come he’s not in school, and who do little kids call on their cell phones anyway?
So anyway, that was Ribfest 07 for me.
Fast forward to today:
Man it’s stinkin’ hot. It’s 89 degrees downstairs and even hotter up here. This is one of the ten days a year when I wish I had air conditioning. On the bright side, at least I don’t work in a chip wagon. I wouldn’t want to be a roofer either, working with vats of boiling tar.
Speaking of roofers, I’ve gotten three quotes for my new roof. I think I’ll go with Sanderson Roofing, unless someone knows a good reason why I shouldn’t.
Have a really detailed contract and check them with BBB.
You do open all your windows at night and close them and your curtains when you leave for work, don’t you? And use fans. Don’t open anything until it’s cooler outside than in. If you have an ON for your furnace fan, you can leave it running most of the time.
When I was little, a/c was almost unknown so we survived on curtains, drafts and fans. Wow do I sound old!
And of course you can’t leave your downstairs windows open overnight, for safety, unless you can block them from opening further. It’s a bit difficult. Take care
Thanks Gillian. I checked them with the BBB and they seem ok.
As for the heat…I do most of those things. I keep my downstairs windows open in the evenings, and my upstairs windows open at night too. But this morning it was about 50 degrees outside and 80 inside. So I must be doing something wrong! (On the bright side, it only costs me about $35/month to heat my place in the winter.)