The Eastern Exposition Fair, aka The Big E, was all that I'd hoped for and more. While I could probably only handle (and quite literally stomach) such an event once a year, it was well worth the coffee-fueled early trip. We had a good group of people, a crazy-beautiful day, and the right attitude (think leggings and other expansive clothing). Here's my friend S (in a classic denim jacket with a camel sweater by Gap), all smiles as she poses next to her favorite creature in the animal world, an elephant. Even her home is decorated with some cool black-and-white prints of these charismatic mammoths, so this was a fitting photo op. 
{We had to start the day with golden-crusted fried items. Some went with fried dough and marinara, some with fried Oreos; I went with a classic hot-dog as a warm-up for the next few innings.} 
{One of my favorite parts of the fair was the abundance of manic-looking cartoon food characters, beckoning to me with their unexpected hands and rather expressive faces. It was like being in some kind of caloric Wonderland ... where you could purchase a hot tub for your home, should you desire.} 
{A delicious mayo-and-cold-lobster roll from the "Maine" exposition. Perfectly fresh and sweet lobster meat.} 
{We got down on some communal chowder, a chowder-bread-bowl, and good old fashioned clam strips with lemon and tartar sauce. I was given firm instructions to bring back the awesome 1970's daisy-print tray.} 
{The Ferris wheel is about as daring as I go, in terms of giant man-made machinery that flings people unnaturally high into the air and then dangles them precariously above building-tops regardless of race, religion, creed, or sexual orientation.} 
{Honestly, I prefer a sugar high - like the one we all got from these perfect, airy, doughy little pillows of cinnamon-sugar hot mini-donut heaven.}
{Much success! Content to slump against one another in the car in our food coma and stunna shades.} 
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