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The Mermaid Parade Today we’re going to look at a local community event that takes place in Coney Island, NY once a year: the Mermaid Parade. Coney Island Mardi Gras According to the event’s page at coneyisland.com, the Mermaid Parade was “founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces [...]
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If you’re a regular reader of drivingandining, you know that I’ve decided to feature some of the tasty (and sometimes surprising) foods you can buy from concession trailers, carts, or counters. If this is your first visit, welcome! Check out some of my other concession obsessions: the hot dog cart, the corn dog, funnel cakes, [...]
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Other Confessed Concession Obsessed If you’ve been here before, you know that I am a pretty huge fan of concession food. If you can buy it from a trailer, a cart, a food truck, or a concession counter – I am probably writing (and drooling) about it here at drivinganddining.com. Once in a while I [...]
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It’s Apple Season It’s apple season and my husband and our two daughters headed out to our local apple festival. Next year, we will arrive early because we got there an hour before the end and they had sold out of apples! They also didn’t have any apple pie left. Sigh. On a happier note, [...]
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Concession Obsession: Farmer’s Markets This year I am trying to grow my very own vegetables in our backyard for the first time. I’m growing a little bit of everything this year – sort of an experiment. If things go well, I will expand the space next year and grow some serious amounts. Right now I [...]
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Memorial Day Memories Memorial Day began as Decoration Day, a day to honor soldiers who died during the Civil War. A Federal holiday, Memorial Day grew to become a day to remember all men and women who died during US military service. Traditionally people visit cemeteries or memorials to pay tribute to fallen military personnel. In [...]
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German Street Food: Potato Pancakes and Curry Wurst My parents were both born in Germany, so I think that’s why my taste buds love almost every German food. Last time I was in Germany, an impatient shopper actually rammed me with a cart because I was blocking the aisle at the supermarket. I barely noticed. [...]
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