5/21 Memorial Day Weekend Rundown: Strawberries in the OC and Crawfish in NY

The long weekend is here!  Go out and have some fun in the sun!

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

If you’re in the OC, there’s a strawberry festival happening in Garden Grove.  The 51st running of this annual family-friendly festival is happening throughout the weekend.  It’s free and wholesome fun.  Excerpt below taken from the web:

The four-day event, which is the second largest city festival in the Western United States, will be
held at the Village Green between Main Street and Euclid Avenue in downtown Garden Grove. Last
year’s attendance was over 250,000.

Highlights of the event includes the  Friday evening official giant strawberry cake cutting
ceremony at 6:00 p.m. when free cake is served to over 1,000 people.  Saturday morning is a parade which starts at 10 a.m. with floats, bands, equestrians and Warner Bros. Roadrunner as well as Knott’s Berry Farm’s Snoopy. Many celebrities and healthcare heroes will be honored in the parade, and many stars will stay after the parade to sign autographs.

All four festival days will include all new, bigger carnival rides, contests, lots of food and sales
booths, games, music and live entertainment in the amphitheater and Showmobile.  Contests include the Berry, Berry Beautiful Baby Contest, Redhead Roundup, Strawberry Idol Karaoke, and Tiny Tots King and Queen.

NEW YORK

If you’re in the big apple, my friend Alex has a ridiculous weekend planned full of crawfish, BBQ, and many other good eats.  Check out his blog entry and also this post from Serious Eats.

MOVIES

Opening this weekend is Terminator Salvation, Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian, and Dance Flick.

I’ll be hosting a friend in town while hitting up a few bday parties scattered throughout LA on Friday night.  Planning on some Disneyland over the weekend too.  Enjoy your long weekends!