Taste of New Paltz never tasted so good!
This Sunday, September 14th, was Taste of New Paltz, an event that took place at the Ulster County Fairgrounds right here in our town!
I only stayed for about an hour and a half, but that definitely was enough time to sample some scrumptious food. It was 5 bucks to be admitted into the fair with a super-cool shiny wrist band, and one dollar per ticket to taste food. I just bought 10 tickets and that was enough to experience a plethora of yummy things.
Oh can I just tell you, that Sunday was SO DARN HUMID OUT! I felt like my skin was melting off as I walked from tent to tent at the Fairgrounds. Thank goodness I still had my hair up in that French diagonal braid from the Ren Faire. It made the experience less sweaty, to say the least.
So let’s go over the food that was there. That’s the important part, right? So I used ALL my ten tickets, of course. First I ordered a chicken taco at the Acapulco Grill stand.
Oh and I kinda went crazy with the desserts. Normally I try to feed my body healthy choices, but ya know, these were all small samples of really good tasting food, so I indulged! I picked out a hot crisp apple sundae, which was refreshing since it had ice cream on the bottom. Once I ate that, I saw people walking around with other forms of ice cream, and I don’t know if it was the heat, the taste of sugar on my pallet from the previous dessert, or a combination of both; but, I was hooked! I wanted some ice cream, pronto! I waited in line at Babba Louie’s for some pumpkin ice cream! OH MAN was it delicious! It truly hit the spot on that shweaty Sunday! I had three tickets left so I decided to get a filling piece of pizza at the Pasquales Pizza booth, which actually has it’s restaurant right down the road from campus, across the street from Stop n Shop.
And who wouldn’t want a slice of that?
I would absolutely recommend all to attend this event next time it rolls around. I don’t think that will be until next year, sadly, but it was just a great time! Also, they even had free rides for kids, a small petting zoo, and booths to purchase fun things like jewelry. There was a live band playin’ funky Mo-Town hits. As I walked around, I saw couples or friends mouthing the words and dancing with each other. It made me smile. You know what else made me smile? There were these two kids chasing one another around in the shade with water bottles, soaking each other to the bone, laughing all the while. I wouldn’t have minded doing that with my friends’ right about then. Sometimes, I feel it’s the kid within all of us that makes this world that much more enjoyable.
So that was a small section of my Sunday. I saw so many familiar, happy faces despite the heat. OK well hang in there everyone with your work load this week. The word on the street is that there’s lots to be done. YIKES! 
