Art, food, music, friends and of course cucumber punch at Gifford Lane
Once a year, in our little village, we have what’s called the Gifford Lane Art Stroll — it’s about art, but it’s also about food, music and friends — it’s an old fashioned block party and it’s a place where everybody knows everybody else.
I took a Freebee over, it’s a little golf cart that drives people around town, and the driver told me, “The whole town is there!” And that’s the way it’s been for 21 years. It’s one of our favorite events of the year.
Money raised through the art, food and cucumber punch — the best part of the event, goes to two local charities.
My friend Dave and his wife Trina, who started the event so long ago, open their house to visitors. The green cucumber punch is ladled out in the kitchen and people stroll out back to their tropical back yard. It’s old Florida.
A funny thing is that Dave calls out to people as they obliviously walk by, “Thank you for coming! Take all the punch you want!” If I said it, that would be sarcastic, but he means it. And that’s part of the charm of the whole thing.
Originally published at tomversation.com on March 1, 2020.
