See story from today's paper on the triple-digit heat. This is one of several pieces in the NYT today focusing on extreme temps around the country.
Here's the link:
Hope, Ark., famous for its enormous watermelons (and Bill Clinton...and...ok...Mike Huckabee), has a prominent role in the piece. The town's annual watermelon festival takes place August 14:
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Oh this hurts my heart. It makes me want to do one of those dramatic movie screams where I cry to the heavens 'Noooooo!!!!!"
ReplyDeleteThis is because my deep love of watermelons.
(written about at this link)
http://cookingupamess.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/summer-lovin/