International Street Fair

Today we went to the farmer's market (only on Saturdays from 10 - 1) and and bought some bread and a sweet roll and a yummy chocolate/almond tart from Robin Dewey. She is another agent at Athens Realty that we have gotten to know, and we like her alot. We like Carole too, but Robin took us out one day when Steven was up several weeks ago when Carole was in Cleveland, and she also took care of us during our renegotiation after inspection on 308 State. Nothing major is wrong, but it is an 81 year old house, so a bevy of little problems had to be negotiated. We verbally still have a deal, as of yesterday, but have not signed anything as yet. I guess we'll do that Monday. Anyhow, Robin's husband Matt used to own this great place we never got to visit called Big Chimney, which was his catering business and weekend haunt of Athenians seeking a nice brunch. At the Farmer's Market they mostly sell fresh breads, rolls, and sweet things. Now Matt is the Executive Chef at OU. I think Robin will be a good friend, we'll see if we really have dinner with them after all this house stuff is over.

After all that we walked into town, stopping by a bunch of garage sales on the way, and checked out the International Street Fair. Mostly this or that student organization cooking food, with a big bandstand in the road and music, bellydancing, and all kinds of hippie treats. We had Kebabs from the Muslim Student Organization, stuff from the Korean Smiles Club, lots of Chinese food, and there were many wares and crafts for sale. Click on the title of this post to see all the stuff hosted by OU as part of International Week here.

We also went to some stores we've been wanting to check out, like this great hippie shoe store where Steven got some new running shoes on sale. And Athens Underground, a super duper vintage store a la Stefans in L5P, but with more than just apparel.

And Friday night, we went to a free concert at OU, the Spring Jazz Concert. It was really great, a wide selection of stuff, from Pat Metheny to Thelonius Monk.