Giveaway: Two Season Passes to the State Fair of Texas

Posted on October 17th, 2012 9:00am by Carol Shih
Filed under State Fair, State Fair of Texas

Christi Erpillo of The Dock restaurant has been kind enough to give me two season passes to the State Fair of Texas. Usually, these passes are for employees, but she’s made a very special exception here. With these magical passes, you can get into the fair for free and every day until the Fair closes. Didn’t like Erpillo’s fried Samoas the first time? Go again. And again. And again.

To enter this giveaway, just state your favorite thing about the State Fair. (Please keep your comments clean.) I’ll enter all your names randomly into a drawing and pick a winner by 5 p.m. today. You can either come to our office to pick up the tickets or we can mail them to you. You pick.

70 comments

  1. My favorite thing about the state fair is the great opportunity to see my Sooner beat up on the Longhorns.

    @ 9:19 am on October 17, 2012

  2. My favorite thing about the State Fair of Texas is the Texas Rats!

    @ 9:22 am on October 17, 2012

  3. Fletcher’s Corn Dogs

    @ 9:24 am on October 17, 2012

  4. My favorite thing about the Texas State Fair is the memories I have from attending as a child and the salt water taffy.

    @ 9:40 am on October 17, 2012

  5. What I love the most about the fair.. I would say the rides and getting to have some fun time with my son :) he love getting on the kiddie rides!!!

    @ 9:45 am on October 17, 2012

  6. My favorite thing about the Texas State Fair are Fletcher’s Corny Dogs!

    @ 9:46 am on October 17, 2012

  7. Fletcher’s Corny Dogs, hands down

    @ 9:51 am on October 17, 2012

  8. The cinnamon rolls in the Tower Building! The best anywhere!

    @ 9:55 am on October 17, 2012

  9. I would say the car show, trying the newest fried foods and the light show. The kids love the baby animals the best.

    @ 9:58 am on October 17, 2012

  10. Food.

    Well… maybe Fiber.

    @ 10:02 am on October 17, 2012

  11. C’mon now…two words: pig races.

    @ 10:13 am on October 17, 2012

  12. BIG TEX is my favorite thing about the fair…and fried EVERYTHING! I like the Midway Barker guy…he has always freaked me out…Football! Games! FOOOOOOOOD!

    @ 10:15 am on October 17, 2012

  13. Corny. Dogs. Duh.

    @ 10:17 am on October 17, 2012

  14. Funnel Cake!!!

    @ 10:21 am on October 17, 2012

  15. The Butter Sculpture and low priced Texas products in the GO TEXAN building

    @ 10:22 am on October 17, 2012

  16. Figuring out with a group of friends where the best fried foods are =]

    @ 10:22 am on October 17, 2012

  17. My favorite thing is gorging yourself beyond belief on fried heavenly goodness then riding a swirly ride only to get nauseous enough to make more room for another Fletcher’s corny dog.

    @ 10:24 am on October 17, 2012

  18. Corny dogs + funnel cake

    @ 10:31 am on October 17, 2012

  19. The infamous ferris wheel of course! And the mounds of greasy, crispy fried food is obvious.

    @ 10:32 am on October 17, 2012

  20. My absolute favorite thing about the Fair is the people watching. No other event in Dallas provides the absolute draw-dropping parade of cleavage, butt cracks, big hair, color blocking, and craziness!! I LOVE IT!!!! :)

    @ 10:38 am on October 17, 2012

  21. Fletcher’s, everything else is secondary.

    @ 10:40 am on October 17, 2012

  22. Living directly across the street and eating dinner there. Every night.

    @ 10:40 am on October 17, 2012

  23. I love photographing farm animals at the Fair. Also enjoy people watching and nibbling on a few bites here & there.

    @ 10:51 am on October 17, 2012

  24. Fletcher’s corn dogs and people-watching

    @ 10:52 am on October 17, 2012

  25. My favorite thing about the fair is everything.

    @ 10:52 am on October 17, 2012

  26. fried foods – especially the jalapeno fletchers corny dog ::drool::

    @ 10:54 am on October 17, 2012

  27. Corn dogs, lemonade, & all things fried.

    @ 10:57 am on October 17, 2012

  28. I have never been to the state fair but if I was dreaming for a second I would say riding a Farris wheel with someone you truly care about and getting to the very top, high enough to see the beautiful sun set and sharing a romantic kiss or hug. It would leave butterflies in my stomach. Today is my 21 birthday, twenty one year’s ago today I was brought into this world. I have had a challanging life. My ten year old brother was hit by a car while ridding his bike at a friend’s house,April 2011 I watched him on his death bed as they told my mother in four days she would need to make let him go and take him off life support. The day before we had to do that he twitched a arm. They could no longer reject him and everyday we work with him to get him back to order. Itwould be nice to get some free time on my birthday. I have helped my mother everyday because she is a struggling single mother in a rough position. Looking on the positive side I’m finally 21!

    @ 11:09 am on October 17, 2012

  29. My favorite thing about the State Fair is our annual photo op with my son next to the “Live Giant Alligator” sign. That’s how we measure the boy’s growth. Hope that attraction keeps returning.

    @ 11:10 am on October 17, 2012

  30. My favorite thing over the past two years is attending an OU/Texas game where OU leaves a smoking hole for what used to be the Horns fan section. Oh, and attending with my kids…they love the animals and food!

    @ 11:14 am on October 17, 2012

  31. Best part is all of the fried parts.

    @ 11:14 am on October 17, 2012

  32. Pig races. Bar none.

    @ 11:18 am on October 17, 2012

  33. I love the State Fair!! It’s the perfect way to celebrate the fall season in Texas :) I look forward to it every year!

    @ 11:22 am on October 17, 2012

  34. jalapeno corn dog!

    @ 11:40 am on October 17, 2012

  35. The food, big tex, everything!

    @ 11:43 am on October 17, 2012

  36. The rides! And the salt water taffy.

    @ 11:43 am on October 17, 2012

  37. This is easy. Feeding the little giraffe.

    @ 11:44 am on October 17, 2012

  38. i love that on a whole – the civility that the love of the state fair can bring between very varied groups. — rarely do you have such a large group be so respectful – thank you’s – pardon me’s etc — seems those who love the state fair are all bonded somehow. — we always end up chatting / laughing with complete strangers. — where in normal every day life – complete strangers are ignored — it’s the power of big tex – he’s magic.

    @ 12:04 pm on October 17, 2012

  39. The very, very creepy Big Tex.

    @ 12:11 pm on October 17, 2012

  40. My wife and I making our own rankings of the Big Tex Award winners.

    @ 12:12 pm on October 17, 2012

  41. The best thing i like about the State Fair is to see people come together (no matter race/background/religion) to enjoy themselves .

    @ 12:17 pm on October 17, 2012

  42. Gotta be the corn dogs.

    @ 12:21 pm on October 17, 2012

  43. I’d be lying if I didn’t say the food (a corn dog, some fried alligator, and a little of whatever is new for this year), but a trip to the fair (or several, in this case!) wouldn’t be complete without riding the Ferris Wheel.

    @ 12:23 pm on October 17, 2012

  44. Without exception is the dog show. Who doesn’t want to see a cute trained pooch in a tutu driving a mini-mini cooper and then jumping through a ring of fire?!

    @ 12:34 pm on October 17, 2012

  45. The YUMMY and random FOOD!!

    @ 12:41 pm on October 17, 2012

  46. People watching!

    @ 12:53 pm on October 17, 2012

  47. Deep fried jambalaya
    Bacon cinnamon roll
    Fried cactus bites
    Fried picnic on a stick
    Fried mac ‘n’ cheese sliders
    Fried pork wings
    Fried Kitty-Kat
    Fried cow patty
    Fried cotton candy
    Fried sugar
    West Texas fried apple pie
    Deep fried chicken and waffle
    Deep fried baked potato
    Fried chocolate candy-coated bacon
    Deep fried red velvet cupcake
    Pulled pork sliders
    Cup of Trash
    Deep Fried Samoas

    ……Did I mention fried food?

    @ 1:01 pm on October 17, 2012

  48. Corny Dogs! If I go to the fair again this year I’m not going to waste precious stomach space on anything else.

    @ 1:10 pm on October 17, 2012

  49. the fried foods abd people watching!

    @ 1:15 pm on October 17, 2012

  50. I loved seeing my 1.5 year old son’s face when he rode his first ride ever. I would love to do it again, so please pick me!

    @ 1:16 pm on October 17, 2012

  51. my favorite thing would be if you gave the passes to amy anderson who typed that she had never been.

    @ 1:21 pm on October 17, 2012

  52. Deep Fried Nutter Butter cookies. I find most of the deep-friend items to be kind of terrible or, at best, nothing more than X + fry, with no real marriage of flavor. The Deep Fried Nutter Butter cookies are different. The batter binds with the cookie, which just yields to the bite without being soft or spongy, and peanut butter flavor intensifies 10 fold. Simply life-changing.

    @ 1:30 pm on October 17, 2012

  53. Fletcher’s corn dogs for sure :)

    @ 1:46 pm on October 17, 2012

  54. The fair makes me feel like a kid again because it brings back so many good memories. I love going with my parents still and hearing all of the stories of when they went as kids and young adults and about when they brought us as children.

    @ 1:48 pm on October 17, 2012

  55. Fletcher’s Corny Dog and Jack’s Mexican Food-love their green hot sauce. Car show is favorite attraction (besides eating).

    @ 1:57 pm on October 17, 2012

  56. The smells – but in a good way! I mean the aroma of fried foods, mustard, cotton candy. The animal barn. Autumn. It always brings back such happiness.

    @ 2:01 pm on October 17, 2012

  57. The petting zoo, the tastes, the sounds and the smells. Yes, even the animal smells.

    @ 2:04 pm on October 17, 2012

  58. The petting zoo, the smell of roasted corn and cotton candy, and Boris the Giant Boar.

    @ 2:18 pm on October 17, 2012

  59. The Texas OU Game!

    @ 2:50 pm on October 17, 2012

  60. Getting a corny dog before doing ANYTHING else

    @ 2:57 pm on October 17, 2012

  61. My favorite thing is the free samples at the tasting pavilion. Free is fun. Even standing in line for a thimble of ice cream.

    @ 3:05 pm on October 17, 2012

  62. The State Fair competitions. Like stepping back into 1955. Makes me want to learn how to quilt, bake or pickle.

    @ 4:22 pm on October 17, 2012

  63. Fletcher’s Corny Dog!

    @ 4:34 pm on October 17, 2012

  64. Cajun fried turkey legs. Hands down the best way to eat a hunk of poultry.

    @ 4:47 pm on October 17, 2012

  65. Sex on bumper cars

    @ 5:10 pm on October 17, 2012

  66. My favorite thing the state fair is taking a picture of the big Texas cowboy!!!! You know you been to the state fair or cotton bowl!! The rides, food and looking at the new cars!!!

    @ 1:45 pm on October 18, 2012

  67. Hello! I go there mainly for the fried food! Can’t wait and hopefully I win! Thanks

    @ 11:05 pm on October 19, 2012

  68. I really love the ambiance. Everyone is nice and having fun!

    @ 11:06 pm on October 19, 2012

  69. OMG! The corn dogs are to live for.. Please pick me…

    @ 11:07 pm on October 19, 2012

  70. Sign me up everyday for the food. I like anything fried.

    God bless!

    @ 11:07 pm on October 19, 2012