Bacon Fest! It was today! And it was awesome!
Sold Out!
Good news – Bacon Fest was completely sold out this year! I was glad to see that the tickets had sold so well and to see so many people there; it’s nice to see local theaters get the support they so richly deserve. It was also nice that it was warm and sunny this year; last year it ended up getting rained on, which while it didn’t completely dampen everyone’s spirits was still a little unfortunate.
There were a LOT of new booths up this year! Here’s just a few I snapped pictures of:
Excellent and Terrible
I particularly liked the “Sanitary Smooches” booth; in it they had wooden hoops with plastic wrap over them so you could kiss the person through the plastic. It was pretty hilarious. Some of the same booths were back from last year too like the Terrible Caricatures, Hobo Wine Tasting, Wheel Chair Obstacle Course, and Face Painting. I decided to get some face painting done this year, and was congratulated by many people for my “bacon-stache”.
Pip-pip, what?
I think you gain little in life by not being ridiculous. That’s just my opinion, though.
Also, this year the King of Pops cart made an appearance, and they had a Maple Bacon variety which I naturally had to try.
King of Pops - Maple Bacon Pop!
It looks little light on bacon – it was – but I’m not sure how tasty a popsicle chock-full of bacon would’ve tasted. Mostly it had a light and slightly sweet flavor with occasional bits of chewy bacon zing to it. I’m always willing to give the King of Pops his due; that shit is delicious!
This year The Vortex donated almost all of the bacon, DBA Barbecue cooked it all, and Pabst donated the beer. Plus the silent auction was back and again full of amazing prizes to bid on, so I’m pretty sure Dad’s Garage had another good year – hopefully even better than the last. All in all, it was a fabulous afternoon milling around with people eating bacon, drinking beer, and generally just having a good time. The actors, improvisors, and volunteers for Dad’s Garage were out in force again making people laugh and have fun, so whatever you paid for your tickets was well worth it.
It was a beautiful day, the booths were ridiculous, the bacon crispy, and my buddy Steven and I got to look old school for wearing last year’s t-shirts (in fact, someone even tried to buy Steven’s off of him). The good guys won, the bad guys lost, and everyone left full of booze and bacon.
Steven chugging bacon
I hope you all enjoyed Bacon Week at n00bcakes! Sorry it stalled out a bit due to sickness…but there’s always next year!
Mary Gezo
Formerly of both n00bcakes and !Blog, the two magically become one on Spatialdrift; expect some lazy baking and serious nerditude. Also, I love semicolons.
Everything about this post is awesome, but I must say, the bacon-stache wins the day. 😀
Looks like a great time. Were those real-life Keanu Kuotes? Cause as much as Keanu sucks, I can’t think of any silly movie quotes of his. Real life…. definitely.
Looks fantastic! And the bacon posts were fantastic! Here’s to next year – when you won’t be sick and I’ll be able to participate!
I think the King of Pops needs to use “that shit is delicious!” for promotional purposes. Awesome ‘stache, ma’am! That kissing booth idea is genius.
@Anna – Ty my dear! I thought I rocked it pretty well until it melted off of my face. 😀
@Emma – You know, I should’ve stopped to listen to it some but I did not. I assume they’re real Keanu Kuotes…a-la “Whoa”, etc.
@Emily – Next year you must come with us! It’s been a fun way to spend a few hours and contribute to Dad’s Garage. ^_^
@Jessica – Hahaha, you are SO right. In fact, I think next year’s Bacon Week slogan will have to be “that shit is delicious”. It’s totally happening.
That looks so like much fun. I love sweet and salty and really really want to try that popsicle.
sweet stach!