Where do we begin? As we make our first pass down the block aromas waft from some 40 kettles of simmering chili. We are making our way through the 26th Columbia SC 5-Points chili cook off where well known chefs and local wannabes compete. I tried a non-traditional chicken bacon cheese version, a really hot ground beef and bean, a sweet/bell pepper beef tips version, and a pretty awful shrimp rendition. Kent experimented a bit as well. The smoky brisket version he picked was unconventional but pretty good. It was our first cook-off. We just might try it again some time.
Top it off with some local Blues bands. A street Blues Festival featured some pretty good bands. Reggie Sullivan the Swamp Cabbage were the best one we heard. It was not all what I could consider Blues but very listenable. It was a fun way to spend a beautiful afternoon. On yeah, there was festival food too. It had been a long time since I have had a funnel cake. Not bad.