Columbus Day Weekend at Strawberry Park

Looks like a pretty nice forecast for the upcoming holiday weekend, which for the last couple of years has ended up being a perfect fall weather weekend. Plenty going on here, with a bonfire on Sat night (Gopherbroke), a teen dance, a dance on Sunday night (after Karaoke--hopefully nothing like what happened at Bobby Valentine's Sports Bar in Stamford "6 women arraigned in attack on karaoke singer" (AP) Six young Connecticut women have been arraigned on assault charges accusing them of beating up another woman because they didn't like the way she was singing karaoke.) and 4 Bingo sessions. Also, we will have 2 ceramic sessions, our annual Pot Luck Dinner and the Bocce Tournament (trophies for top 3 teams). For any wine lovers, the first Preston vineyard/winery opens this weekend, located near Amos Lake, on the site of the former Pitch and Putt Par 3 Golf Course. Nice article in the NL Day on their big opening, with tastings and such happening all weekend. http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=ca4ea00a-57e0-45b2-beaf-803b15a402b2 Also, a nice time of year to go apple picking (Maple Lane is just 2 miles, while Holmberg Orchard is over the Ledyard border, about 15 minutes--we went with the boys yesterday and discovered Reed likes apples, but not the leaves).