{"id":779,"date":"2013-10-23T11:58:43","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/?p=779"},"modified":"2013-12-04T11:39:39","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T15:39:39","slug":"on-the-taste-of-easthamptonhomecoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/2013\/10\/23\/on-the-taste-of-easthamptonhomecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Taste of Easthampton\/Homecoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeffrey E. Pilgrim \u201881, Director of Alumni Relations<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-799\" alt=\"2013_10_Pilgrim, Jeff_alumni event_Taste of Easthampton_Laughing Tomato\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Laughing-Tomato.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Around 45 alumni returned to campus on October 19 for an afternoon of athletic contests and the first ever Taste of Easthampton! On the soccer fields, cross country course, pool and football field, the Wildcats took on Taft School, Pomfret, and Wilbraham &amp; Monson. Particularly exciting was the varsity football game against Wilbraham &amp; Monson, which ended with a 55 to 14 win.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-798\" alt=\"2013_10_Pilgrim, Jeff_alumni event_Taste of Easthampton_Tandem\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Tandem.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The day started slowly, but picked up steam as it went on. SugarBakers sold out of their cupcakes and had to go back for a second supply, which they also sold out of.\u00a0 Their salted caramel cupcakes were YUMMY!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-797\" alt=\"2013_10_Pilgrim, Jeff_alumni event_Taste of Easthampton_Bistro bus\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_Bistro-bus.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Bistro Bus was great to work with. After homecoming, they drove up to the Head of School\u2019s home and provided dinner to people at the alumni cocktail reception that followed. Their BBQ pulled pork grilled cheese sandwiches with caramelized onions were outstanding!\u00a0They made a point of asking me if they could do this again next year (as did SugarBakers).<\/p>\n<p>The Laughing Tomato did a brisk pizza business and I was psyched to see opposing teams purchasing things before hopping back on the bus to go home.\u00a0 I also saw a large number of townspeople there which was great.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_soccer-girls-with-treats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-802\" alt=\"2013_10_Pilgrim, Jeff_alumni event_Taste of Easthampton_soccer girls with treats\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_soccer-girls-with-treats-216x300.jpg\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_soccer-girls-with-treats-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_soccer-girls-with-treats-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/files\/2013\/10\/2013_10_Pilgrim-Jeff_alumni-event_Taste-of-Easthampton_soccer-girls-with-treats.jpg 924w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>The vendors did such a great job, that I&#8217;m planning to ask Laughing Tomato, SugarBakers and the Bistro Bus to cater the Friday night Reunion dinner on June 6, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The always popular Mt. Tom\u2019s Ice Cream was also there to sell ice cream (when the sun was out), and candy (when the clouds rolled in and the temperatures dropped).<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks also to the Physical Plant staff, especially Paul Bricker, who did yeoman work and supplied plenty of extension cords (700 ft) and tables.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeffrey E. Pilgrim \u201881, Director of Alumni Relations Around 45 alumni returned to campus on October 19 for an afternoon of athletic contests and the first ever Taste of Easthampton! On the soccer fields, cross country course, pool and football field, the Wildcats took on Taft School, Pomfret, and Wilbraham &amp; Monson. Particularly exciting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/2013\/10\/23\/on-the-taste-of-easthamptonhomecoming\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On the Taste of Easthampton\/Homecoming<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[185,187,184,186],"class_list":["post-779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","tag-alumni-event","tag-homecoming","tag-jeff-pilgrim","tag-taste-of-easthampton"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":804,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779\/revisions\/804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}