Carolyn Gjerde-Tu's Blog: Living in Davis

The second annual Davis Neighbors' night out is coming up on Saturday, October 20, 2007.  This event is an attempt to bring together long time residents in neighborhoods with new neighbors and students in an informal gathering. The city will be full of neighborhood potlucks, ice cream socials and neighborhood block parties. 

I will be hosting my street's potluck and if you happen to be in North Davis or if your neighborhood is not holding an event, you are more than welcome to visit out potluck (just bring some food item to share).   

The city has provided a map of participating neighborhoods and all of the details about the program are also on the City of Davis site. 

The overall goal of the event is to start the school year out on a positive note…

The 2007 Village Feast, will be held this Saturday at Noon at Community Park in Davis.  The event coincides with the weekly Saturday Farmers' market.

 The feast is a  Slow Food Yolo  event, one of several the organization holds  throughout the year.  The meal  starts at noon with an aperitif, followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m. There will be approximately  300 people seated at one grand table under the shade of the Sycamore trees.  People attending are expected to bring their own plates and utensils and are asked not to bring plastic or paper products.

The slow food movement emphasizes not rushing through a meal, sitting down, eating freshly prepared food and enjoying the process vs. eating pre-prepared food thrown together while rushing to get from…