{"id":1487,"date":"2010-03-23T17:26:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T17:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathycasey.com\/blog\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2010-03-23T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T17:26:46","slug":"clam-gun-razor-clamming-license-and-rubber-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"Clam gun, razor clamming license, and rubber boots!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2716\/4457805976_74616dacc4_m.jpg\" alt=\"03.22.2010 - clam fest logo (blog)\" width=\"269\" height=\"280\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 269px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 269\/280;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These are my top three things* to bring with me while I head down to Ocean Shores, Washington for the<a href=\"http:\/\/oceanshores.org\/clams.html\"> 4th Annual Razor Clam Festival<\/a> for this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>The weekend starts\u00a0 off with me hosting a VIP cocktail party at 5:00\u00a0pm on\u00a0Friday March 26th at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quinaultbeachresort.com\/\">Quinault Beach Resort &amp; Casino<\/a>, followed by the Family Dinner and Coronation Ball (dinner &amp; dance) featuring the crowning of 2010&#8217;s King &amp; Queen Clam, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiloinns.com\/\">Ocean Shores Shilo Inn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This Saturday March 27<sup>th<\/sup> from 10:00 \u2013 6:00 pm, I will be the host and emcee for the day\u2019s events at the Ocean Shores Convention Center, including the Clam Chowder Cook-Off. The Chowder Cook-off has two divisions, Amateur and Restaurant Chef, and offers a year&#8217;s worth of bragging rights. I can\u2019t wait to try out all the tasty chowder entries \u2013 last year it was a\u00a0tough competition!<\/p>\n<p>For only $2 (kids under 12 get in free), you can enjoy a fabulous day filled with lots of great clam-tastic events and fun activities for the entire family.<\/p>\n<p>A Firefighters&#8217; All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast will precede clam fest activities from 7:00 \u2013 9:45 am. For $5, you get your fill of pancakes \u2013 but also get to mingle with the hot firefighters flexing their muscles serving breakfast! Zowie!<\/p>\n<p>Events will also include live music all day long, an Artisans&#8217; marketplace featuring northwest artists, contests for the best decorated clam shovel &amp; clam gun (one of my favorites of the event!) and a Kids Zone with lots of face painting, balloons and a visit from the Ocean Shores Pirates. And of course there is lots of great food, Bloody Mary\u2019s (I hope they are there again!) and many a clam chowder to sample!<\/p>\n<p>Keep your fingers crossed \u2026there is also a clam dig scheduled for this year, (pending final approval from <a href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/fish\/shelfish\/razorclm\/season.htm\">Washington State&#8217;s Department of Fish and Wildlife).<\/a> Saturday, March 27, (5:19 p.m., -0.1) Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks, Kalaloch (check the site for Friday and Sunday digs!)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m looking forward to a great weekend of good old fashioned small town fun!<br \/>\nI hope to see you there!<\/p>\n<p>*Other items that I plan on bringing with me: fishing gloves (you\u2019ll thank me later!), clamming nets to hold in our bounty of clams, flashlights, a hat to keep my head warm and to keep me dry if it rains, rain gear, and LOTS of warm clothes. Don\u2019t forget the snacks for the drive to and back from Ocean Shores (3 hours\u00a0south of\u00a0Seattle!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These are my top three things* to bring with me while I head down to Ocean Shores, Washington for the 4th Annual Razor Clam Festival for this weekend! The weekend starts\u00a0 off with me hosting a VIP cocktail party at 5:00\u00a0pm on\u00a0Friday March 26th at the Quinault Beach Resort &amp; Casino, followed by the Family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11760],"tags":[924,487,877,878,492,925,926,927,11857,928],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dishing-with-kathy-casey-blog","tag-bloody-marys","tag-clam-chowder","tag-competition","tag-cook-off","tag-ocean-shores","tag-quinault-resort-casino","tag-razor-clam-festival","tag-razor-clams","tag-recent","tag-shilo-inn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dishingwithkathycasey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}