The ups and downs, the carousel

[sovay]

Technically we attended the Oysterfest at Bow Market in that we were on the premises at the same time as a great many oysters, but we were also on the premises at the same time as a great many people with beer standing in very long lines, so after a few minutes we got snacks from Buenas (their ham and cheese empanada advertises itself as "simple af" and spatch confirms that it is also that tasty; I liked the hearts of palm with fry sauce), were briefly greeted by bironic and bell and a small child who hid slightly behind their baseball cap, and did not run screaming into the night because it was about six o'clock and lazily sunny and crowded pop-up events happen. We browsed for a little while at Hub Comics. I need to catch up on Kaoru Mori's A Bride's Story (2011–). We got home and did not feel like cooking complicatedly and made breakfast for dinner in the form of ham steak and eggs over easy and challah toast on which I put raspberry-cherry-redcurrant-strawberry jam; it was not something I had ever done for dinner before and it was fun. I just realized that I've missed all but the last film of Noir City: Boston and while I am sorry because I wanted to see several of those movies/on 35 mm, I am not bolting out of the house this second to try to catch it. I do not think that makes me a fake noir fan. I am happy to learn about a new love poem by Siegfried Sassoon. I have eaten three peaches in the last twenty-four hours and should like to eat more.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I love breakfast for dinner. That's so cool about the Sassoon poem.

[sovay]

I love breakfast for dinner.

I don't, except for omelets, normally eat breakfast foods at all, so it was a new experience!

That's so cool about the Sassoon poem.

I like the poem as a poem, too.

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, sounds nice, although I'm sorry queues came between you and the oysters.

[ashlyme]

Weirdly, they were talking about that poem on radio just as I read this entry.

[sovay]

Aw, sounds nice, although I'm sorry queues came between you and the oysters.

Thank you! We weren't expecting it to be quite as much of a melée as it was, although spatch pointed out that it's a very small courtyard space to have any kind of fest in.

[sovay]

Weirdly, they were talking about that poem on radio just as I read this entry.

What were they saying?

[ashlyme]

Praising its tenderness, if I remember aright. I came into the room halfway through the story.

[sovay]

Praising its tenderness, if I remember aright.

I think that's a good thing to point out! I know much more of Sassoon's war poetry than any other kind.