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5-18-2025 MY WEEK: chasing ribs and rainbows

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it was a week for the smell of smoke lingering in our hair, from bonfires to rib burnouts. we tasted some pretty gory gin and tonics, and some greasy sandwiches and pulled pork nachos. it's festival and fair season, y'all. it's the time the voice in my brain turns into anthony bourdain's narration and we end up people watching - guessing who is a couple, and who might be just a mother chaperoning her kids. let's indulge - the fairs are totally an american pastime. what says american better than country/rock bands, and extreme barbeque choices? sib and i got to go to the takashi murakami exhibit preview using my fresh new membership cards for the museum. and my sandals matched the colorful florals on display. i kind of wish we went the day prior, as murakami himself was at the museum. either way, it was interesting  looking at the disturbing and cute artwork.  saturday evening, sib and i simply had to go to the downtown willoughby rib cookout . we were accompanied b...