We're Bag People

Every year, our town has a cute little street fair called Good Old Days. It runs for a couple of days in the spring and takes up several blocks of the main street. There are booths with crafts, food, paintings, handmade soaps, kiddie rides, a petting zoo, bands, a parade, and every variety of wholesome fun.

Best of all, it all starts directly in front of our house. Lunchtime comes around and we just pop out the front door and get falafel, ice cream, bratwurst, cotton candy, or whatever. It's always fun to browse through the craft stalls, too, and see what's new.

This year we passed one of the booths and stopped to do a double-take. "Hey, that's my house!" Sure enough, one of the crafty people was selling cloth bags that she'd silkscreened with various patterns, once of which was labeled "Pacific Grove" with a picture of... yup, our house. We're a logo!

We talked to the nice lady at the booth, who explained that the artist had taken some photographs around town and then made a silkscreen from her favorite. We definitely wanted one of the bags, and hinted that maybe she could give us a special deal? No dice, so we paid full price.

Harrumph. Next time we're collecting a royalty.