Dexter Daze, 2014

Our little town puts on a good party a few times a year, and the Dexter Daze bash is probably the biggest. Of course it's no Ann Arbor Art Fair, but it's still a rocking good time, and every year it gets a little bit bigger. I miss out on most of it, because I'm always in the library basement working the library's biggest used book sale of the year, but the two guys in my family always make the most of fair time. When I joined them for the chicken lunch at the Episcopal church this year, they had their afternoon time planned down to the minute, and when they picked me up at the close of the sale they were hot, tired, and totally happy. And for evening entertainment? Live music and good friends.

Plus, small towns know how to party and still have parking.