Either that or the meal was catered, and all Willie had to do was heat it up. Even if Willie had learned how to cook well enough by this point that he could have made a delicious meal for himself, I just see Barnabas being selfish enough to not want his servant to eat that well, so he would have subsisted on the canned gak that I mentioned earlier. I sense that Willie would have to beg for money to buy food (and maybe a pack of smokes every now and then) and Barn would throw him a twenty and tell him to get what he needed. I could be wrong though, since Willie had to work hard to restore the place, it's possible that Barnabas was a bit more generous with his food and he was able to eat better. Things like this would be a matter of each viewer's perception.

I thought about the catered angle, but it doesn't make much sense. It seems that whenever anyone ate out, they went to the Blue Whale -- I mean, really! What did they eat? They were always ordering steak, it seemed, although burgers were more apropos for that venue. The only other place? The Collinsport Inn -- and that would have been so ironic, given that Maggie had been a waitress there.

[spoiler]Since Barnabas was recreating 1795 when he and Josette were engaged, it would be logical to assume the food would be appropriate to that time. So, what could that be? Mutton? We know that Barn had English roots. However, Josette was of French descent, so what would be served? Some sort of rotten meat with some gelatinous, gloppy sauce to cover up the rottenness of it, as was common practice in France?[/spoiler]

As you said, Alondra, this is up to the viewer's perception, but it's delightful to conjecture about!

I think dan had a thing for SYT's. With Julia Dan wouldn't let Julia Change and be who she was. 

As far as that goes, Grayson Hall was brilliant as Julia once she got her footing with the character. Although confined to the storylines and scripts, she always put her own creative touches in. It was her idea to portray Julia as being in love with Barnabas, and when Dan and Co. caught on to what she was doing, they went with it, acknowledging how well it played.

This is definitely a no-brainer -- it's Desmond hands-down. But in poor, bumbling Peter's defense, he did tell Vicki he was only studying law and not a full-fledged lawyer yet.

BTW, the clown pic is hilarious! Suits him to a T!

That is not at all true, David.  Those who run the festivals are not there to babysit.  They are there to help run the festival and have some fun themselves.  It's not a paying venture.  Those who run the festival pay for their own room and food.  The code of conduct at a festival is the same for attending a football game, a dance -- any public function.  Nothing special.  I've assisted at the festivals for many, many years and have been one to have had disruptive people escorted out.  Still, having said that, I've never seen anything like what you describe happen publicly.  What happens between other fans is a personal matter.

I'm with you, Nancy. For the most part, attendees are adults -- most of us Baby Boomers. A code of conduct? By that age, I would assume they'd know how to mind their manners, and if they don't, shame on them. I don't see those who work the festival as having to be father/mother confessors, baby-sitters, or what have you. They very generously donate their time, from what I've seen, to make sure the festival runs as smoothly as possible and to provide the rest of the attendees with a good experience.

My favorite was actually 1995.  The best part was trying to figure out how Barnabas reacted to spending two weeks with Julia where, for all that time, she ate, slept, and sleuthed in that green woolen suit without once taking it to the dry-cleaners.

I actually got a kick out of 1995. Here it was supposed to be the future, and of course, it was, but everything was the same. I mean, no one blinked at that famous green suit, which would be hopelessly out of date, and files were still in old-fashioned filing cabinets, etc. Sure, I realize the writers couldn't possibly imagine computers and such, but absolutely no effort was made to make anything look different with the exception of Collinwood in ruins.

How about Adam pining after Carolyn and getting so jealous he [spoiler]attacked Tony Peterson after he saw Tony and Carolyn kiss?[/spoiler] That was another unrequited love, although I always thought Carolyn had a thing for Adam. It was those god-awful scars that put her off.

As far as that goes, Carolyn running after Burke made me want to cringe. The girl had no dignity whatsoever!

Now, as to Carolyn's "wild" ways, I always felt it was inferred she slept around -- definitely with Buzz and at least once with Burke. Of course, it being the '60s, TV soaps were pretty tame in that regard and only hinted, unlike today where love scenes are like soft porn!

My evidence of Carolyn and Burke: [spoiler]Joe found her in Burke's hotel room. She was cuddled up on the couch barefoot.[/spoiler] To me, that was sort of a euphemism for what had gone on between them earlier.

No one's said this yet, but I will: I would have definitely did something different with the Adam storyline. I've said so here on this forum in other threads, but here it goes: [spoiler]Adam and Barnabas had a special connection because Barnabas gave Adam his life force. What happened to one happened to the other. So, what happened after Adam just left, thanks to Prof. Stokes?[/spoiler] That's never, ever resolved!

Too, I wouldn't have done the 1840 storyline the way it ended. [spoiler]I'd have had Barnabas and Angelique FINALLY getting together. I surely wouldn't have had her die for him to realize he had always loved her![/spoiler]

To me, I'm with the scene where [spoiler]in 1840, Barnabas finally admits that he loved Angeique through all those years. What was even more poignant about it was, he was just about to tell her he loved her, but she died without hearing it.[/spoiler] That tore my heart out.