Farmers' Market in Yorktown

Yorktown had a wonderful farmers' market down on the waterfront all summer on Saturday mornings. We'll have a couple more before the season ends.

We always have a chef's tent for local restaurants or others to use to prepare some item for the public to sample.

They asked me to be the "Celebrity Chef" last week, and here are a couple of pictures of that.

I fixed "almond stuffed biscuits" which I often prepare for breakfast--and is one of the most popular items I fix!

Last night was another great concert on the waterfront by a military band--the Air Force band. Our Celebrate Yorktown Committee sponsors them for 5 concerts every summer on Tuesday nights. And our group enjoys fixing a nice box dinner for the performers and the supporting crews--they tell us that we're the only ones who do such a nice thing for them, so that makes us feel really great! We think they entertain even better with full stomachs!

Sometimes it's a smaller ensemble group--but one concert is always a big group--and last night was 35 performers! And they were great!

We've lucked out on the weather and last night was a wonderful night with a great breeze off the river.

My guests walked down and used my folding chairs---then went to dinner at the Riverwalk Restaurant.

Today's events

We were having breakfast this morning as usual and, as often happens, the Coleman Bridge was preparing for an opening. Two ships had been at the Naval Weapons Station all week, and both were leaving port today.
As usual, my guests jumped up from the table, got their cameras, and went to the deck to watch the event. I tried to give them as much information in advance as I could, and I told them to look at the silouette of the ship, and find the number so we could identify the specific ship that was departing the river.
As it approached us, we were able to identify the ship and to our surprise it was the USS Cole.
The Cole was the ship that was bombed in Yemen in 2000 and the even was a predecessor to the bombing of the World Trade Center September 11, 2001.
The Cole had been here on and off since it was built, but its notoriety in that tragic event made our seeing it even more interesting for us today.


This Sunday, the Watermen’s Heritage Festival is being held down on the waterfront just below me at the Watermen’s Museum. The workboat races can be enjoyed from the deck of the Presidents’ Room.
This annual festival includes displays, activities, programs, wonderful food, and other things related to the present and historic Chesapeake Bay. The festival is free and available from 11 til 5 on Sunday.