St. Joseph’s Bazaar
This weekend we walked across the block to St. Joseph’s school. They were having their yearly fundraiser featuring an extended flea market and “old fashion midway”. We had seen them setting up behind the church for weeks and we were glad to finally walk over.
There were no thrill rides, but there were many “games of chance”. We had no luck with bingo. We also had no luck with “Ham & Bacon”.
How does “Ham & Bacon” work? There is a wheel of fortune marked with all sorts of numbers. You buy a paddle or two for two spins. Each paddle has at least one number on it. All of the booths had different prices. For pork products (and cheese), two paddles for two spins were $1, but for the cake booth, you could get six paddles for two spins for $5.
We spent way too many spins at the “Ham & Bacon” booth then went over to the cake booth and promptly won. We walked by the hat booth they said we should go over and win a hat. Then I put the lemon cake with cardboard doily platter and cellophane wrap on my head as we walked by. There were also raffles and a silent auction going on. We ran into our landlord at the “Cheese and Sausage” booth, where he just kept winning.
Finally, the food was awesome. The BBQ was tasty and the carnitas burritos were so juicy. Sorry no pictures of that, my camera batteries died. We had to take these cake pictures when we got home.