On July 18, I received an email asking me to be a judge in the Corpus Christi 4th Annual Pierogi Contest. You would have thought that I was given a million dollars with how excited I got. Not only would it be an extraordinary experience, but I’d also get to eat pierogis! I immediately added the event to my Google calendar, but I knew that the date would be permanently engraved in my noggin!
Waiting for today was like being 5 years old again waiting for Christmas day to arrive… but, it came. I made sure that I ate very lightly and left early enough to get there with out any conflicts. Oh, and by the way, I had my wisdom teeth removed on Tuesday. The doctor wanted to schedule it for yesterday, but I refused, as I had a big event that I could not miss.
Upon entering the Dozynki Festival, the happiness was contagious! People were laughing, eating, drinking, and dancing! I was very familiar with Polish music, as I grew up around it. I registered, participated in the Chinese Auction, and sat down anxiously waiting for the contest to commence. There were about 12 judges, including myself, all of which are Buffalo-centric and active in in the community in some way. I believe that they were all just as excited as I was. I got the wonderful pleasure of sitting across from Ben Siegel. Ben is an editor and designer for the Block Club magazine and he also works to help small businesses with design, marketing, web, and social media needs.
I had such a wonderful time at Corpus Christi on Saturday. The food was out of this world. Everyone at the church is to be commended.
The festival, food, people, and beer were great. The mass on Sunday was beautiful too. Sitting in church was a storm was rolling in was pretty wild.