San Mateo County Fair 2023: A Romance On Your Menu

San Mateo County Fair 2023: A Romance On Your Menu

After the pandemic, romanticizing your life idea trends in social media. When you go to a restaurant, you don’t order food, you say “Give me your menu.” So you can choose what you want. It’s like life what you order it’s what you want. People after Covid wants happiness. Two kinds of happiness eudaimonic relating to your purpose and meaning of life; hedonistic relates to momentary happiness that changes due to circumstances like eating an ice cream, then pleasure fades away but it’s the small moments in life that contributes to your meaningful life.

Romanticizing a life is a paying attention to mundane things one overlooks, like the morning sunlight, a blade of grass with gradients of green hues, placing a dandelion in a pretty vase, drinking water in an elegant wine glass.

You can experience heaven like in the song “It’s heaven when you find romance in your menu.” in the song “What A Difference A Day Makes”. You don’t need to die first to go to heaven to experience heaven. Research biologists found the fountain of youth is in your cells. At the end of the DNA is a telomere, as you age the telomeres grow shorter but when you’re happy, telomerase, an enzyme that activates the telomeres grow a bit longer
Romance is not necessarily between a man and woman but exploring mystery, unknown, new experiences releasing happy endorphins, oxytocin.
Research biologists say to release telomerase is to be “in love” everyday, a choice between love and fear. Being “in love” means paying attention with passion something you enjoy like gardening, painting, playing music, collecting stamps, cooking favorite menus, studying wines, learning a foreign language.

The award-winning San Mateo County Fair give residents a chance to put Romance in Your Menu because you pay only low cost for your tickets.
For schedule and activities:
https://sanmateocountyfair.com
Lots of fascinating activities and events:

Safeway Live Concerts Series : Foghat, Remember When Rock Was Young(The Elton John Tribute),Abel Sanchez & The Song For Cesar Band, Fleetwood Mask, Smash Mouth,Dia de la Feria(Las Fenix, Grupo Bryndis)

Special Events:Daily - Black History Museum, Family Pride Day, Honoring Our Veterans, Meet PJ Masks, Meet Dino Ranch, Pacific Islands Day, Dia de la Feria

At the Expo Hall :
Agriculture/Floral Arts/ Garden Landscape, Creative Home Arts, Culinary Arts, Department of Innovation, Farm Heroes Exhibit , Fine Arts Galleria, Optical Illusions, San Mateo County Library Bookmobile, SkyRiver Butterflies, Youth Exhibits, The Lost World of Dragons.

The kids had a lot of fun creating their art from a box , the pounding on tables are heard by attendees; lots of Lego bricks for kids to assemble objects. The San Mateo County library had Bookmobile; they had bean bags where you listen to stories and earn a book for free.

Like the Dinosaurs Exhibition of 2022, the 2023 Lost World of Dragons animatronic with movement and sounds engages and educates the attendees to explore the legendary beast histories.

At Fiesta Hall: Shopping Area, Family Game Zone, Robotics Zone, Model Railroads;

Don’t Forget: Food courts(funnel cakes, barbecue, hamburgers, teriyaki,ice cream, tacos, popcorns), Carnival Rides and Games, Livestock arena, Fair Farm, Domini Hoskins Black History & Learning Center, Petting Zoo, Silver Starlets Aerial Acrobatics Show; the most packed show is the Alaskan Pig Races. There were also scheduled eating contest everyday.

The Farm had contests among livestock; Champion chickens, pigs,goat were on display. Even 49’er QB Brock Purdy had a Pork Purdy named after him.

I enjoyed the Butterflies show inside the tent; you’re given a Q-tip before you enter to be dipped in a solution that allows a Sky river butterfly to perch on the top. I was able to perch a black and Gold Butterfly on my Q tip.

For artist’s perspective:

I almost didn’t submit my art this year since April I was busy the entire month participating in a writing booth camp where I need to write at least 1500 words a day, and also attending an International STEAM Summit. The passion to create is built-in.

I was happy my piece “ Seven Dimensions of Wishes” an abstract in acrylic and pastels based on the poem I created with same title was a winner.

But I was happier when I saw my piece in the Calligraphy/Lettering category had a SOLD label. I created the piece “You R Just My Type” contrasted with President Trump famous “She’s not my type”. On the other hand, God tells 8 billion folks on earth with a sky banner “You R Just My Type” on a superbloom landscape because the creator made people in his image. I did just for the fun, spontaneous playfulness with no thought of monetising or getting an award; the art host in the gallery said winning a judge ‘s ribbon is an award, also when a buyer buys your piece is also an award independent of a judge; he said Van Gogh sold only one painting in his lifetime but collectors who bought his art made him renowned. Van Gogh once wrote a letter to his brother Theo, what could he do to make his art more commercial or saleable.

I had sold art pieces in other exhibits, fundraisers, auctions but not at this fair. On my third year at the fair someone bought it; the 45th President who always said “Not My Type” helped sell my piece “You R Just My Type-God”. Even my pieces who had ribbons for the last two years did not sell. Thousands art and photography were on display but only a few with Sold label. If you want to sell your art do it for fun!

To all San Mateo County Fair attendees a serenade “What A Difference A Day Makes” that motivates you to put “Romance On Your Menu”.

Dinah Washington classic original

https://youtu.be/OmBxVfQTuv

Angelina Jordan , a young generation interpretation Norway’s Got Talent.

https://youtu.be/XHnkVextoQw

Laura Fygi, Jazz interpretation