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This Is What A Fall Festival Looks (And Sounds) Like
Can't make it out of the city this autumn to experience one of our Top Three Town Festivals For Fall Foodies? Don't worry, we went to one for you this weekend, after trekking from our usual roost in New York City to Northwest Ohio for the Grand Rapids Apple Butter Fest.
The freshly-churned apple butter, piping hot apple dumplings, bean soup and buffalo burgers aside, fall festivals such as this are truly the epicenters of the culture surrounding autumn. We can go crunch the leaves in Central Park whenever, but being surrounded by crafters who do wrought-iron cornstalks and stalls selling candles scented like pumpkin vanilla is a concentrated fall experience. But it's not too late to head to one of these festivals on your own!
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Give Us Those Ruby Slippers
This week Judy Garland--lovers felt a disturbance in the force when one of the four existing pairs of ruby slippers used in The Wizard of Oz was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The shoes, insured for a million dollars, were on loan from a former child actor who collects memorabilia. The only other pair on display to the public are those at the Smithsonian. Here's hoping they're keeping an extra-careful eye on them.
Related Stories:
· Wizard of Oz ruby slippers stolen [BBC]
· Judy Garland Museum [Official site]
· Dorothy's ruby slippers walk away [Contra Costa Times]
· The Ruby Slippers of Oz [Fan page]
