This weekend was a busy time for both Classic Party and Abby rentals. A fair by the park in N Beach on Saturday, an event by St. Francis of Assisi Church on Vallejo, and the
Moon Festival in Chinatown. The ¡Ándele-¡Ándele army was out in force setting up what had to be every white tent, chair, and table in the warehouse. The Autumn Moon Festival was packed to the gills on both days and pretty much spilled into the surrounding area. As usual, a neighborhood event for the family, the kids, grandma, and the neighbors, has turned into a corporate extravaganza. Once, long ago, you had your choice of
moon cakes at one of the little shops. A buck and change bought you a
sweet bean cake (my personal favorite) or one stuffed with pork or any of twenty others, along with a napkin and the room to eat it. In the new and improved now, you can stand in line at the Safeway exhibit and get a cellophane wrapped package of ten, containing a stabilized high-fructose substance, with genuine oriental flavor, and a shopping bag for use at the other exhibits. Not quite the same, but the secret is that when the weekend's over, the corporations go away and the little bakeshop remains.
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