Garlic!

It wasn't Gilroy, but it was pretty good. Sarah and I took in the Chehalis Garlic Festival on Sunday. Lots of food, featuring garlic of course, and lots of crafts, some garlicky and some not. A lot of people, but not a huge crowd (an advantage of Chehalis, I think). We had garlic fries, garlic pasta and, best of all, a garlic beef sandwich. That sandwich, wet and messy, filled with beef redolent of garlic and herbs, was one of the best I've ever had. It seriously rivaled the Italian Beef sandwiches of Chicago, which is high praise. It was a simple thing, a piece of French bread, thick slabs of beef and a rich, tangy and garlicky au jus running all over it. Simple, but excellent. Worth another trip to Chehalis for next year's festival.

Sarah tried to find the person in the garlic suit to get her picture taken with him/her, but after we first came in (you can see the person in the background of the top picture) we never saw garlic guy again.