Pittsburgh

It's only Tuesday, but I'm already looking forward to the multitude of festivals this weekend.

There are so many in the Bay Area alone that I can't decide whether to hit up the Santana Row Pear Festival, the Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival, or the Monterey Wine Festival. I suppose I might just rock them all!

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• San Francisco, CA: Wine & Spirits Top 100 Tasting — Oct. 14
• New York, NY: At the Table: New York — Oct. 14
• Torrance, CA: Oktoberfest at Alpine Village — Oct. 14-20
• Circleville, OH: Circleville Pumpkin Show — Oct. 15-18
• Monterey, CA: Monterey Wine Festival — Oct. 16-18
• Tulsa, OK: Tulsa Oktoberfest — Oct. 16-19
• Crowley, LA: International Rice Festival — Oct. 16-19
• New York, NY: 6th Annual Gourmet Institute — Oct. 17-19
• Paso Robles, CA: Harvest Wine Weekend — Oct. 17-19

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Two east coast food stories caught my eye and the juxtaposition of them is downright comical. The two stories seem to encapsulate the tensions of trying to live the healthy life in this modern age.

First the good news: New York City will be issuing new permits for mobile fruit and vegetable stands – 1,000 of them in fact. This is the Big Apple's latest attempt to combat obesity and bring fresh produce to low income neighborhoods where fruit and veggies are scarce. There are currently about 4,000 permits for produce stands in wealthy Manhattan, so the neighborhoods like the South Bronx and Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn will have access to these "green" carts too.

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