Ruby Tuesday - Art Gallery

Inside the Gallery@37...captured by Patti

Ruby Tuesday 2 is back with its simple proviso - red, a lot or a little. Plenty or minimal, ruby is all about us. Today it is a look at our favorite local arts venue, the eclectic Gallery@37 in Derby, with its current red walls, slightly washed by the flash. It is different from the normal eggshell or ecru hues on gallery walls. In that sense, the bold paint is a fine backdrop to the artists wares. I like this - a lightbulb may be a symbol of an idea, so this is great for RT2...see more artisic rubies at this fun meme!

Whimsical Windows - Frowny Face

A large half-moon window at the iconic Sterling Opera House, Derby Connecticut

Toby hosts the fun meme Whimsical Windows/Delirious Doors where we look at unique portals and frames from serious to...a frown? This giant window is part of the once historic (and haunted some say) but now in disrepair Sterling Opera House in Derby. Patti captured this view which may be sad (hence the toothy grimace) or happy (invert it for a smily face...). It all is a matter of perspective!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Street fair signage

Shadow Shot Sunday 2 returns for us shadow hunters. Our intent in this fun meme is to look for these in any venue, Today, it is the street fair Derby Day held last Saturday on a beautiful day of sunshine, low humidity, blue sky and of course, shadows...

Antonio's Original

Bar None street eats

Along the small city's main (and closed to traffic) thoroughfare Elizabeth Street, local restaurants set up fair fare signs promoting various tasty foods...and it was not just the vendors on the streets that had shadows - a few of the regular storefront dining establishments offered a shadowy menu too

Bar None facade

I hope to try their Shrimp and Grits soon...

With plenty of savory eats from antipasto to pizza and even more, perhaps an ice cream treat from the blue and white truck on the city green would make for a fine desert

Pizza cooked on a truck

Desert awaits...

See many more shadows that span the globe at this great meme!

Tina's Pic Story - Exotic king of the neighborhood jungle

The king surveys his jungle 

Tina's Pic Story is back, and we are ready to play along with the weekly theme which this week is exotic. What passes for this subject may be disputed, so our jungle cat is here surveying his lands with the same hardened and steely look as his cousin, the lion keeping peace (and well fed) on the Serengeti. Naturally, the big exotic jungle cat hunts for and dines on wildebeest and oryx, the suburban exotic cat is satisfied with capturing the slow flying moth...the graceful hunting any and all jungle cats define exotic very well (sort of :)

Ruby Tuesday - Street Fair Fare

Ruby reds

The staff awaits

Ruby condiments...

Ruby Tuesday 2 takes us back a mere two days to the Derby Day festival in our neighboring town. It was a stunning day of blue sky, low humidity and a pleasant temperature about 77° (25°C). Naturally a street fair has many food vendors, and the choices were many. With the point-and-shoot in my possession, I searched for not just where to get lunch, but for rubies among the thousands who attended. 

Here at the biggest tent, rubies were all over. The specialties including a fried onion bloom and sausage and peppers. Many chose this place, although we had wraps elsewhere. The requisite reds were the main course here...