I really had a fun weekend at the 2010 Bite of Oregon. The weather was totally agreeable. The Bite had a couple new additions this year: a Dessert Pavilion and the Portland Food Cart scene was represented by five local carts.
Opening day, which was on Friday, August 6, I went by myself and just did some walking around, getting acquainted with all the vendors, and shot some video. Since it was only the first day and pretty much right when it opened, there wasn’t a huge crowd there yet. That’s always nice for me when I’m just trying to get things started.
I talked with a few of the food vendors on video and then went over to one of the entertainment stages and got some footage of a steel drum band called the Trinidad Vipers. You can check them out on their Facebook page. When I make an event video of this sort, I tend to shoot a song from a band that acts as an audio overlay when I’m in the editing stage of putting everything together. That’s what I had in mind when I shot the Trinidad Vipers. I spoke with them, they consented to my using them in the video, and we exchanged business cards. That was Friday.
Saturday, I took a day of rest. I was simply exhausted from the previous week and needed some real down time. I know I probably missed some good stuff, but, hey, I can’t do everything! 
Sunday, I took my wife to the Bite. It was her first time ever and she seemed to really enjoy herself. By then, the crowds were in full-force, but it was fine. I did a bunch more video, especially with the chef demos and the Wine Pavilion. We then just made our way around and I shot things here and there that I found interesting. Chef Brian Boitano from the Food Network did a demo of a couple really yummy looking dishes, so we both sat and enjoyed that. I also video’d the entire demo so that my daughter-in-law could see it. We also enjoyed some great blues tunes from Atomic Gumbo.
After a full day there, we grabbed something to eat and hopped back home. I will be working on putting together the 2010 Bite of Oregon video this week and hope to have it up on the Uniquely Portland Oregon website and my YouTube channel soon. I’ll let you know.
Tony
