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There were several pie related activities- pie judging on beauty, pie eating, and lots of pie throwing in THE PIE PIT. The last was a small ringed in area, similar to Mad Max’s Thunderdome, where there was a mele of bad behavior.

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Croquembouche for Miss Lucy
Originally uploaded by gascoynebowman

Bastille Day, and once again we were slumming at Pix- Champaign and oysters for me and sticky pastries for the kids. As Auntie Mame said, “Life’s a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death”.

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Stolen Moment

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Originally uploaded by ellsiejay

At the Pix on Hawthorne, we were informed that items in the display case were not to be photographed. True to form, Leah is an excellent photographer and rule breaker.

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Another Lost Weekend

Took the kids out to Sauve Island yesterday for tomatoes. Everything on the vine was still yellow, but for a dollar a pound, who’s to complain. We’d been out a week before with my dad picking blueberries. Xander found two frogs and a giant caterpillar nest which covered an entire tree. [...]

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