Wish I was HERE!

Okay, I admit it. I've been in bit of a posting funk. I'm sorry.

First off, finding out that the North Georgia Bigfoot sighting wasn't real just totally stomped on my buzz. You know what I'm talking about? Of course you do. Admit it, you wanted to believe it too! I do think it's funny that when the gig was clearly up "RickMat" mysteriously disappeared. They should have issued another press release - one that said "got ya, suckas!"

But in reality, I've just been lazy and busy at the same time (yes, it's possible!) and enjoying the tail end of summer in any of my downtime.

But this story required a post.

Do you know what today is? No, not just the day we discuss Hillary's orange pantsuit. Today was the Annual Tomatina Festival in Bunol, Spain. What's that you ask? Well, it's a festival of mysterious origins that started in the 1940s. While it's a week long party, the big event is on a Wednesday where there's a big old foot fight and people basically chuck tomatoes at each other. It has grown into one of those cool events that up to 40,000 people travel to from across the globe. Sweet!

The Tomatina Festival's main event always takes place on the last Wednesday in August. So, plan to meet me there next year on August 26 and I'll promise here and now to chuck a tomato at yer face.

And before you ask, Bunol is located southeast from Madrid - about 40 kms outside the lovely coastal city of Valencia. You can easily reach Bunol by bus or train from there.

Ah, I wish I was there lounging around with my tomato facial now...

Spaniards enjoy Tomato fest [The Sun]
La Tomatina [Wikipedia]

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