The Orange County Fair

As wierd as it was for us to go to a county fair with no livestock, Brent, Steve, and I decided to go anyway. We spent a lot of the time explaining to Steve the differences between the Orange County Fair and, say, the Iowa State Fair. The ratio of livestock to rides is like 90/10. In Iowa, livestock would be 90%, but in the entertainment capitol of the world, rides are the majority! It's not that I'm saying that one is better than the other, it was just funny to realize the differences between the two places. Brent and I have been to both kinds of fairs; it was nice to have someone there that understood my puzzlement...

Here is the terrifying Haunted Mansion, complete with a mural of the scariest creature of all: a BUXTOM BRUNETTE!!! AAHHHhhhhhh...



Here is the Chicken Charlie's Deep Fry stand, made famous by the Mark and Brian Radio show on KLOS. They gave a glowing review on the air, and as a result, every time we passed it, the line was five deep! They even had deep fried pickles.....ugh.....we weren't brave enough.


I had to take a picture of this because it's hilarious. Heehee...I love the B52s.


This was a show that stopped us in our tracks. Literally, this is what happened:
Brent: "So, what do you want to do now?"
Steve: "I dunno, why don't we go ....over to the..... wait....what are those people doing!?"
Me: "Oh my god, is she..?"
Brent: "She's balancing champagne glasses on her head."
Steve: "No, no she can't be."

Well, she was. And each time she stacked up another layer of glasses, Steve would say "ok, that was it, she can't do anymore.", then..she would. That happened about three times, then Steve stopped talking altogether when she stepped up on a chair that was balancing on one leg and didn't spill a drop. Sigh, this picture doesn't do her justice.