Sunday, October 07, 2007

Applegates, Apple Days

Kat and I got out of town this weekend, up to the nearby mountains of Julian. Its a pretty little mountain town, kind of old-westy in a very tourist gift-shop kind of sense, about an hour from our place.

We went up for the Julian Apple Days festival, which we learned has a long, albeit spotty, history up there. Basically it comes down to "Apples in season + San Diego people yearning to experience even the slightest NIP of Fall = $$$"

We duly did our part and joined in the fun!

2007-10-06 Julian (1)

2007-10-06 Julian (3)

2007-10-06 Julian (4)

Lots of good stuff going on up there. They had the pumpkin patch and beer gardens, polka music and bratwurst, and lots of eccentric people hawking antiques. Our favorite part of the day had to be talking to the vendors and hearing their stories... It takes a lot to start a business selling solar powered decorative wood lamps.

That, and pie. Mmmmmm... Warm apple pie on a cool day. A Julian must. Kat and I got the crumb topping. Is there anyone who could convince me of the superiority of patry topping on Apple pie? I challenge you to do so!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Oh gosh, Julian apple pies. I do remember them well. Yum yum. I hope you had plenty of them!