It appears that it might be quite the cultural weekend here. Today as John described, it was the anthropological study of the bizarre characters of Wal-Mart, the wing place, and the Bates Hotel.
Tomorrow will be a multicultural event. John and the boys are attending a boys scout meeting then attending a Indian Powwow. And I don't mean Chief Wahoo, either. The local college is hosting a Native American Powwow. We drove by and they had erected a huge Teepee. Now, it has been a good many years since my 8th grade Ohio History class, but I do not remember any of the indigenous people of Ohio residing in Teepees.
While the boys are delving into Native American culture, I will troop off on my own to attend the Polish Festival with a couple of my friends that live in the neighborhood where it is happening. This will be a culinary wonder I am sure. One of the main reasons I am going is the church that is hosting the event acquired one of John Paul II's mitres and have it on display. They also have apparently had an Icon of John Paul done. This fascinated me to no end, because I did not realize that there were still people that did iconning or whatever it is called. So I will go check it out.
Because the State of Ohio is obviously anti-Italian, the boys do not have off for Columbus day. (even though they go to Catholic school, the public school has school too). This means John and I have a free day. We are both off. I have tried to convince John to go over to Cleveland's Little Italy for their Columbus Day parade, but he is being a killjoy. I feel this would be a wonderful way to end our weekend of culture. Indeed, I have almost convinced myself to go alone even if others rather just sit about and do not celebrate their heritage.
Today while at Wal-Mart, I had to purchase Pringles. Yes that's right had to. Mojo is doing something at school and needs a Pringles can. Lucky for me, the Pringles were on special 2 for 2 dollars. And not only were they Pringles--some of them were EXTREME Pringles. My particular favorite was the Dill pickle flavored. I almost wanted to buy them. I have seen Lays in this flavor and have pondered why they thought this was an appropriate flavor for chips. I believe I will suggest wasabi for the next flavor.