Tonight is opening night of
Provincetown, Massachusetts Portuguese Festival and Blessing of the Fleet. This is a big weekend in town that celebrates Provincetown Portuguese heritage and the towns fishing fleet.
Our restaurant is once again invited to make and serve up the opening night dinner. Dinner for 250? No problem-o! Hubby, I and our crew are making our restaurants famous clam chowder, salmon, shrimp, scallop and veggie kabobs served over Portuguese rice (hot and spicy!) and I just finished making and baking 300 assorted cookies for dessert. It's a pretty casual event but fun. We get to drink some great Portuguese wine and beer too! Neither my husband or I are of Portuguese descent so it's an honor that we keep getting asked to make the food for the event.
Other happenings in town this weekend include a fishing derby, kids games and a cookout, Portuguese soup tasting, lots of food and drink, a block party, a parade (of course,
Puma Park will be represented!) and the weekend culminates in a mass and the blessing of the fishing fleet on Sunday. Pretty fun stuff. Now, if only the
weather will cooperate....
I've been busy gearing up for a big two day show...the Wellfleet Oyster Festival and getting the kids settled into their first week of school...which went very well! Re-entry into the schedule is always hard after a fun, schedule-less summer, but it's good for all of us to get back into the groove of a routine. 
