It's that time of year again. The Alaska State Fair is kicking off today.

Generally, the fair means rain, although today was quite nice in Anchorage. The forecast for tomorrow and the weekend is more traditional for the fair -- cloudy and possible rain. Here's hoping that we have a change of pace for the fair this year.

Some of the musical performers heading to Palmer include Seether, Creedence Clearwater Revisited, the Beach Boys, Bucky Covington and David Archuleta.

Other events include the giant vegetables, a lumberjack show, racing pigs, a demolition derby and food -- lots and lots of food ... turkey legs, deep-fried halibut (heck, deep-fried just about anything), roasted corn, peach pies, reindeer sausage, kettle corn, seafood gumbo, gyros, soft pretzels, oysters and plenty of espresso.

Some people live for the two weeks of the fair. I'm not one of them, but the fair does signal a turn of the seasons. So for that it's memorable.

-- Steve