FEAST Your Eyes On This
St. Anthony’s Feast begins in my neighborhood this evening. The lights and decorations have been up for a few weeks (but the lights haven’t been turned on yet). Even the beautifully tacky stage has been erected around the corner. Last night as I got home from work the city had already blocked off my street, and many of the surrounding streets, in preparation. The canolli, pasta and sausage carts are already setting up shop on the street. Things officially begin this evening at 7:00PM. Then they run through 11PM on Sunday night.
But it doesn’t end there. At that time, it becomes St. Lucy’s Feast and runs through Monday night at 11:00PM when a candlelight procession will carry a statue of Santa Lucia to it’s permanent home on Endicott Street (which is the next street over from mine).
It’s going to be chaos. But I suspect it will be fun chaos. I love this sort of unique atmosphere. Then again, it’s going to be really difficult to get to my apartment through the masses of people so there’s a chance I’ll start getting frustrated by Sunday. Although when I think about it, I’ve only lived in high tourist destinations (Cape Cod, Salem, San Francisco, Boston, Newburyport) and at least this is just a long weekend and not an entire season.
My only fear is that I’ll lose power. Just a week ago my neighborhood had problems with manhole covers popping and underground fires causing the North End to lose power. So with all of the wires dangling from buildings to light the decorations, stages and vendors’ booths, there’s definitely going to be some major power surging into the area. EEK! I must say – it does look like a fire hazard. I’m sure I’ll be taking pictures of the actual festivities. But I may snap a few of the pre-historic wiring with hundreds of wires going into one little box on the side of a building. Then again, if I lose power, I won’t have a way to download the pictures. ugh
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Well Karl you could always go to Home Depot.
They sell hard hats with the Patriots logo, and you go by yourself a big flashlight.
Don’t walk on the manhole covers whatever you do. All that electricity; you don’t want to wind up like one of those unfortunate canines who gets zapped. Sheesh.
Those sausages & peppers sound damn good to me. I can smell it now… jealous! Have fun, take pictures, talk to you soon!
LOVE LOVE LOVE the feasts in the North End. So nice for you to live there. I know the traffic/tourism can be a pain, but it’s only once a year – and so well worth it. My favorite time of year is when it’s St. Anthony’s in the North End. Salute! 🙂
Ironic that you might lose power and lights while celebrating the feast day of Saint Light (ie. Lucia)!
Have a great time, Karl.