Brookside Art Annual 2012

This may be our last time at the Brookside Art Annual and we went in Lois’s memory. It’s very different going w/​Alan, who doesn’t enjoy the experience in the same way Lois did and I do, but he was a good sport and was even the one who defined it was a memorial for her. We didn’t do the entire festival, as it was hot and we wore out, but we saw a lot. I was surprised to see a couple of jewelers had not yet set up their wares, despite it being after 5:00 when the fair opened. We found the perfect wedding gift for friends who are getting married in November and Alan bought me a lovely pair of earrings from a jeweler from… Napa! I bought myself a commemorative t-​shirt and will imagine all the work I didn’t see.
I noticed when checking the website to write this review a notice discouraging people from bringing their dogs to the Art Fair. It’s been a few years since we’ve been to Brookside because of our travel schedule, but dogs have always been a part of the crowd. Sometimes they did get under foot and I assume some bad canine behavior precipitated this change. Tonight the stroller brigade was out in force and I have to say that I have found the strollers more of a tripping hazard over the years than the dogs. But you can’t ban strollers.