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Tulip Time 08
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Tulip Time 08 The town I live in celebrates their Dutch heritage with a large festival each year. It is called Tulip Time. We have parades, rides, Dutch dancers, and of course.....carnival food!    Recently we became REALLY progressive and added a beer tent too. Red Tulip beer is yummy y'all! All the streets downtown are blocked off and the crowds start gathering hours before the parade starts. It never ceases to amaze me just how many tourists travel far and wide for some flowers. Granted, it is ALOT of flowers and I think they are pretty, but I don't know if I would plan a vacation around them.  I grew up in a small town in Iowa called Orange City. They had a Tulip Time festival too, just on a much smaller scale. It is a sister city to this town. My favorite part of the whole shebang is a toss-up between the food (duh) LOL and seeing all the different ethnicities dressed up in authentic Dutch costumes.  One of my fave pictures from when I was growing up is me and my sister in our Dutch costumes when we were 1 and 3. We are adopted. She is Dutch, had the blonde hair and blue eyes, looked the part. I am Irish, Scottish, and Indian, dark complexion, brown eyes, looked so cute with us side by side in those costumes.... I haven't attended a parade since my was young but still wander down there for an elephant ear! Damn those are wicked.  NOT on any kind of healthy eating plan LMAO!  Shelled out $5 for a large fresh squeezed lemonade too. YUM! I was cracking up at the assortment of fried foods offered though. The sign listed deep fried twinkies, deep fried snickers, deep fried oreos, etc....I jokingly said "why not just pour hot grease right down my throat!" The people next to me ordered deep fried snickers.  Anyone coming to the Michigan meet n greet tomorrow? I look forward to seeing ya if you are! See BlackHeatLust's blog for info  Pull My Fucking Hair!  |
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5/22/2008 7:05 am |
Very small world! Nope not Dutch, I'm Irish....Just love the tulips and the festival is alot of fun! Looks like we made it to the 2nd round of the Diva Poll, I went and put in my vote for you again. kisses, Morgan{=} {=} BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER{=}
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5/21/2008 6:16 pm |
Yep Pella has a big tulip festiival every year. I grew up for the most part in North Liberty, now I live about 20 minutes north of Des Moines. {=} BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER{=}
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Dutch are definitely into deep-fried stuff; it's some of the heaviest stuff I've ever eaten. I also love their licorice--salted and unsalted. Have fun at the meet. John Lee Hooker Recommended: [blog lucyjane78]
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5/21/2008 7:43 am |
Hi PURPLE, hope your having a good week!! ~~~Have Condoms, Will Travel~~~  .......Stay Happy, Stay Safe, Stay Well........
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5/19/2008 10:14 pm |
Dad gum all we have down here is deep fried turtle, Possums, armadillo, and alligator, I wish we had something with sugar in it>
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5/19/2008 4:34 pm |
Did you ever make it to Pella for the tulip festival there when you lived in Iowa? Just have to say a big Iowa hello  to ya!{=} BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER{=}
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I attended that event in Holland about twenty years ago. The day was so cold that I darn near froze to death because I didn't have a warm enough coat with me. AKA The Clit Whisperer.
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oh does that bring back old times ...........found my kids wooden shoes in a box in the closet last week they don't want them lol. Oh just wanted to say hello neighbor keep smiling
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5/17/2008 7:52 am |
You gotta Love America we are so rich in many cultures glad you had a good time and enjoy the LesbianPersonals roaming the cyber streets of blogland  
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5/17/2008 5:55 am |
I was in Holland a few years ago for a graduation my niece was graduating from Hope College..I had never been to Holland during the festival..oh my heavens what beautiful tulips we took the tour that is something I will never forget..In fact yesterday I was telling a friend about it wondering what happened to my pictures..while we were there I had bought tulips in all different colors they sent them the fallowing year to be planted..they came up so very pretty, when we moved a few years back I forgot to dig them up  wish I had...you live in a beautiful city, enjoy it...
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5/16/2008 10:38 pm |
Hi Purp! What is an elephant ear? Never heard of it! The festivities sounds like soooooo much fun! I do love tulips....need to plant some one of these days, lol! Wish I could have been there! I love that kind of stuff....especially the food!!! That beer sounds yummy too!!! I love beer Hope you have a fantastic weekend, Sweetie!!!  Sometimes we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
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5/16/2008 1:54 pm |
Sounds like a nice thing to celebrate spring is here. I trust your word on the tulip beer but sounds kind of flowery. : ) Have seen the deep fried just about anything. Think these ideas come from college students with a fryer and just enough money for the vending machine.
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We have a lot of odd festivals around as well as some obvious ones. We are celebrating Minnesota's Sesquicentennial this week. There is Kolache Days, Oktober Fest, Aquatennial, Winter Carnival, Jesse James Days, Raspberry Festival, Dylan Days, Renaissance Festival, Studebaker Festival and hundreds more. One of my grandfathers loved going to see steam powered farm equipment. Somehow I have missed trying Elephant Ears. I also haven't tried some of those deep fried things and pork chops on a stick. At our State Fair you can get alligator, ostrich and buffalo meat among other things.    The perversity of the universe is unbounded.
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5/16/2008 11:00 am |
Nothing better than a good old greasy elephant ear. Sounds like the zits will wake up from their long nap and start popping up all over the place when the festival is over. Is that the Holland Festival? Do they sell wooden shoes as well as wooden dildo's?
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An elephant ear is a HUGE piece of fried dough with cinnamon and sugar on it, then you can add toppings too if ya wanna ....like bavarian cream, cherries chocolate etc...wicked! 
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