july

The City of Victoria will disinfect our water using chlorine rather than chloramines starting Wednesday, July 1, for a period of approximately one month.

Mutts Day Dog lovers come hither. Time to celebrate all those mutts who aren’t the fancy, expensive pooches and other dogs. Take them for a walk, bring them presents, or spoil them rotten. What type of dog do you have? What is your favorite type of dog? Which animal do you not like?

Flitch Day A flitch is a side of bacon known as a slab. On this day, trials used to be held and any married couple that could prove that they had been faithful in the last year to each other would be awarded a flitch of bacon. Some say this is where the phrase “bringing home the bacon” comes from. How many people do you know wouldn’t bring home the bacon? How would the holiday would in today’s wor

National Caviar Day Something smells fishy. Enjoy some fish eggs on caviar day. Whitefish and Salmon make cheaper caviar but sturgeon produces the most expensive. Did you know that the most expensive caviar is in Russia in the Caspian Sea? What is a food that you would never eat? What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever eaten?

Peach ice Cream Day For only about 4 weeks there’s Peach season. Everything is peach including ice cream, and because she loves peach flavor, my wife Sweetie loves this time of year! What limited time ice cream or food do you go crazy for each year? What do you have peaches in? Where can you get the best ice cream in town?

National Personal Chef Day Don’t you wish you had a private chef to cook for you at any time? This is the day to celebrate those who have a passion for food and love sharing it with people. If you could have a private chef cook you one meal, what would it be? For me personally, it would probably have to be something Italian or Mediterranean.

I think there's just something rather symmetrical about a new month starting on a Monday.  To me, it just kind of starts off the month in an "orderly" fashion. But, that's just me, I guess! Anyway, with a brand-new month upon us, I thought I'd share some little-known designations for the days of this month, starting with July 1st.