Crazy Festival Weekend

Life has been pretty good down here thus far. We've had a ton of good food, it's always sunny, there aren't anymore hurricanes coming, so, all is good. Both of us have kinda gotten into the swing of things with school and were slowly figuring out which classes need to have all the readings done and those which need minor perusing.

This weekend, we had a really good time going to three different festivals throughout the city (I think we missed about three others!). We ended up going to the Steam Train Festival, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival, and Art for Arts Sake. The rhythm festival was literally a two minute walk from our house with live music and food, and Art for Arts Sake was a gallery tour, with all of the cities galleries opening up and offering free wine and food.


I selfishly bought some mussels the other day because they're really cheap, but Lindsey ended up liking them.


Some of the music at the Rhythm Fest, there was a lot of percussion and traditional African dance.

This is one of the galleries we walked through, although this one was dumb, there were a lot of really good pieces. Also, there was free food and drinks everywhere.


We volunteered for a NoAids walk two weeks ago. We were going to be traffic cops, but then the real cops showed up so we just stood around, ate popsicles, and cheered.


This is my new buddy Joel and his girlfriend Yvette. Joel's in the Planning program as well and he lives right around the corner from our place.


We didn't spend much time at this festival, but there was a cool steam train that has been restored.


There was a lot of live music all over the streets during the Art Show.


Another gallery!


Here's a few dancers at the Rhythm Fest, which was super cool.


These kids are a group of young Mardi Gras Indians, a long tradition, that of which I know little about.