Instant Event

We have become huge food truck fans.  When it's just Iain and I on Wednesday nights, we walk to the food trucks in Virginia Highland with a blanket and sit on the asphalt, or when Tom is with us we drive and sometimes take our folding chairs.  Tom and I have been to the soup cart at the Goat Farm once for lunch, and the food trucks are one (only one) of the highlights of Atlanta Streets Alive.  The great thing about food trucks is all you have to do is park them somewhere and you have an Event, and that's what happened last night at Morningside Presbyterian Church.

Lynsley had given us a heads up this was in the works, so we could put it on our calendars.  There was a great turnout from the church (at least that's who I assume most of the people there were) but lots of neighbors were there too.  There were three food trucks (one of which was out of action before the evening was over - I don't know if they ran out of food or had a mechanical problem) and a King of Pops vendor, some folding tables and chairs for the people who didn't want to eat standing up or sitting on the grass, and lots of people with blankets and at the picnic tables.  There were people playing cornhole and there was time to chat about kids and dogs and what teacher your child got in their new grade at Morningside Elementary while you were in line for your food, waiting for your food, eating your food, or just being sociable.  Tom and Iain and I were all there for various parts of the evening and ended up seeing lots of our neighbors including a few who we talked to on the way there and back.  Everyone that I talked to said pretty much the same thing --  "They could do this every week."

Public place + food trucks = an Event, and people come and they have a great time.  It was fun, and we didn't have to cook.  Thanks to Morningside Presbyterian for arranging this, and for inviting us!  And they *could* do it every week.