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Blue Moon Festival

Friday evening, in celebration of the Blue Moon, Holladay hosted a "Blue Moon Festival" at the Holladay town plaza.  My friend Stephanie works for the City, so she and I, along with her two girls, walked down to check it out. 

It was my first time getting out to a Holladay City function, and it was a great evening.  It sounds like this was a first of it's kind event, and Holladay pulled it off nicely, despite a little controversy over having a beer garden.  There were more people there than expected, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.  There were booths of artwork, jewelry, music, and fun things for the kids to do - art projects, and a build-your-own jump rope booth.  Of course the girls needed to get one of those!  

We walked around for awhile, and then walked across the street to what is likely to be my new addiction - Top It Frozen Yogurt.  It's one of those places where you pour yourself your own soft-serve yogurt, pick your favorite toppings, and then place it on a scale, where you're charged by the ounce.  For a few bucks, I was able to get a chocolate/vanilla combo with a little hot fudge, and let's just say that I will have to work hard to not go down there every night from now on.

After stuffing ourselves with yogurt, we walked home. Along the way, I snapped this picture of the Blue Moon rising over Mt. Olympus.  


It was a perfect summer evening. And next weekend there's another festival to Celebrate Holladay.  Of course, I may have to walk down and maybe celebrate Holladay with a little treat from Top It.

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