Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in
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> Wayne > tip tapped
> :
>
>> Dog3 <dognospam@adjfkdla;not> wrote in
>> 4:
>>
>>> Hey Brian, are you hitting Strassenfest this weekend? I'm going
>>> Sunday.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> Michael, is Strssenfest something like Oktoberfest?
>>
>> AND, a very happy birthday to you! Many happy returns!
>>
>
> Not really. St. Louis has 2 very large ethnic communities, along with
> several smaller communities. The 2 major groups are German and
> Italian. Strassenfest is brats, buckets of beer and polka bands.
> Oktoberfest is a little bit of everything from all ethnic groups. Both
> are a lot of fun AND the Greek Festival will be coming up soon if it
> has not already taken place. I've been so behind the past few months
> I'm not sure of the date of the Festival. All of them offer up great
> food, lots of booze and fun people.
>
> Michael

All sounds like fun. Your Oktoberfest is much different than any I've
been too, then, where only German food and beer are served. They have
brats, schnitzel, sauerbraten,potato pancakes, strudel, etc. Greek
festivals were generally held only at the Greek orthodox churches, but
are usually wonderful. We also had an Italian festival in Little Italy
that had a long-standing history.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

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