Fall Colors and Black & White and Hydro Street Brewery

Well - it's been a while. Last week was get'r done week for the big art fair in Door County, wait . . .did I say ART FAIR? . . .no no it was a re-sellers dog puppet marshmallow shooter fair and a BIG one. Cars were backed up literally for 5 miles getting into Egg Harbor. In front of my canopy was a line of people 3 wide standing still on the sidewalk and I was a half mile from the main crowd.

The weather was awesome considering that two years ago it was snowing on that date. The colors were amazing - way way way better then down here (more on that later) and what did I see for colors for 10 hours a day?

Here was the odd thing.  All but one $20 transaction was in cash.  Everybody had cash.  In two days I made about 20% less then a good one day show.  BUT - we were in Door County so . . . it was fun.  Another odd thing was I was all ready to sell these outstanding shots of Door County.  Iconic images that people were really excited over but what sold?  Everything BUT Door County.  I actually started to bring out Madison shots that people loved.    We had one person come by and proclaim "OH my - I HAVE that on my wall at home" as she looked at Rainy Day in Madison.

ANYWAY - I did not take one photo in Door County last weekend until I got to Limbaugh field on the way home.

There I took some requests for shots of Curly who stands next to Vince.  Not the easiest guy to take with funky background.

 

And while doing these I was in some sort of B&W mood I guess.

and another one of Vince

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"Out of left field" - ever wonder where that saying came from?  Cub fans should know - (BTW - a lot of Chicago people in Door County and MOST of them are pretty down on the Bears)!

"Out of left field"  arose at the second West Side Park, home of the Chicago Cubs from 1893 to 1915.   At times some of the insane would wonder into left field.

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Anybody see the Ken Burns documentary on prohibition?  What got me was that the "dry's" were EXACTLY like the Tea Party.  It seems because the "dry's" would not bend ONE INCH, they were so so stubborn that it turned people that WERE on their side to the other side.  

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OH - did you see that big accident on the set of "Resident Evil"?   Seems 16 zombies fell from some platform and when paramedics arrived the first group were all like "OH MY GOD THIS IS HORRIFIC".   They had problems because no one could tell exactly what the injuries were,  THEY WERE ALL DEAD ALREADY  LOL.
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Took a field trip yesterday to the Hyde Mill near Mount Horeb (oh yea - I have Hydro Street Brewery news also).  Fall colors are DEAD.  Barely any leaves on the trees at all. 

 but this is the one I really like

 

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Hydro Street Brewery - had a sit down and drink with the Sandye and Aaron and drank some smoked porter which was very good.  They are waiting for the brewing permits and construction is moving along.   There will be a mug club and food and all sorts of good things.   Here is how it's looking at the moment.  These two really have it together and it's exciting.

They will have a 1 barrel system (about 30 gallons) with 15 to 22 fermentors going at once.  The big concern is the first few months as "we" expect the beer to be sold out from demand.  There will be coming out parties for new styles and rating sheets for each brews.  Very friendly and open and I suspect very busy.   

This is a pretty big deal for Columbus.  Can you see people eating at Napoli's and walking to Hydro Street for a brew?  Oh man, this is a catalyst and will be such a huge boost to the downtown area.   Columbus used to have the largest brewery with The Kurth and FINALLY we will have a brewery again.  

No date has been set yet.  Official papers are still running through the system.

This is getting long so I better stop.

Cheers

Rod