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The vendors were put into a large tent in front of the church. With hot weather predicated I hope it was a repeat of last year’s hot, hot temps under the tent. Saturday proved be better where more Greeks came out. I packed a lunch with a few bottles of water that quickly ran out or were too frozen to melt. Our new freezer really worked well...almost too well. I cut the bottle with a scissors just too get the ice cube to get a lick. It was pathetic. I was busy, sometimes too busy, sweating profusely. Drenched and quite hungry....

Greek festival in Niles, Illinois proved to be a good spot.

What I sold at the St. Andrew Greek festival.

Greek Orthodox of St. Demetrios reminded me of the many architectural models that were designed by this Architect.

This past weekend July 7-8, 2012 Kantyli participated in its first years  Greek festival. I had finally felt comfortable enough with had some time, almost a week, to prepare...and usually a week is not enough to FULLY prepare but that's all I had. So many things to do. Typically try to decide what items to bring and what would sell the best and sometimes new products are introduced. This time, the Greek wooden spoons (the koutala) and Greek magnets were bought by many that visited my booth. The last factor is to see how it's all going to fit in...