...up in the Berkshires last weekend.
Not that W.A.S.P. (unfortunately). The kind indigenous to the Northeast, who swarm (har har) to see the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA, on summer weekends. With all the crowds gathered outdoors, eating and drinking in anticipation of the main event, it was kind of like tailgating for an LSU game.
Except it was the complete opposite.
I exaggerate, but a few of the ways the crowd at Tanglewood contrasted with Tiger tailgaters were the presence of raw vegetables, a prevalence of innumerable cheeses, probably zero percent of which had names ending in -Whiz or -eeta, and the general lack of beer in favor of wine. (We opted for beer, the impracticality which was soon evident. If you don't have a ride-on cooler, wine is just more portable.) But you don't want to have that glass spill over, so best get a set of these wine-glass stands from Williams-Sonoma.
These gents rolled with a portable picnic table and tablecloth.
And this guy three-upped everybody with his candelabra setup. For dining alone.
Overall though, as a scientific conclusion judging from this crowd, WASPs are not very exciting. They don't like to dance, so there will be no pictures of a Macarena in progress, such as there are when I've seen Tiger tailgating sessions. If anyone got intoxicated here, they must have turned it inward on themselves rather than put on an entertaining display.
Oh yeah, and there was also a live musical program of Mozart, and numerous shooting stars, for those who were looking.
the countryside looks gorgeous, but there is nothing like a LSU tailgate.....
now down to serious business, is the BFS amenable about coming to Baton Rouge...we can probably get the Evil Twins to referee the match!!!!!
Posted by: vl100butch | August 18, 2008 at 02:47 PM
I never figured you as being the WASP type, either way.
[Okay. A little more on the '-Whiz' or '-Eeta' Metal WASP type...but still...]
Posted by: Lioux | August 19, 2008 at 08:37 AM
"What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got little save pitiful portable picnic players. Come with Uncle and hear all proper. Hear angel trumpets and devil trombones. You are invited."
/third photo caption made me do it
What was the program?
Posted by: Trey | August 19, 2008 at 10:18 AM
The candlelabra may actually somehow fit into the other wasp concert. I never get tired of seeing those professional types whether it's at the beach with a five course meal or apparently a wasp concert.
Posted by: kartek | August 19, 2008 at 06:22 PM
Butch, I have not heard back yet from BFS, which makes me say WTF? No response to exciting shotgunning adventure?
Lioux, yes, def more the metal type.
Trey, it was like, Mozart? That's about as specif as I can get when it comes to classical.
KarTek, good point! It would have worked at both!
Posted by: cokane | August 20, 2008 at 09:45 AM