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Folklife Festival
5-25-09/Day 81
Today, after I did 5 loads of laundry (yes, 5), I decided to head down the hill to the Folklife Festival in Seattle Center with my camera. Last year I went with a friend and her husband. It was pretty good, but I found it difficult to try to coordinate with two other people, all of us trying to negotiate the crowds as a unit. That kind of thing isn't my cup of tea. Everyone has his or her own idea of what s/e wants to do or see, and how long s/he wants to stay there. With just one, you go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do, and for as long as you wanna do it.
It seems like all outdoor, public festivals are the same in some ways: overpriced food (I couldn't find much under $7), shirtless guys, half-naked girls, marijuana-scented areas, families with small children, fundamentalists holding banners, and so on. Today I noticed a lot of teens holding cardboard "Free Hug" signs, or variations thereof. I also noticed lots of other people with nice cameras taking pictures.
This is my friend Sarah, a fellow Michigan native, doing face-painting.
Folklife Festival
5-25-09/Day 81
Today, after I did 5 loads of laundry (yes, 5), I decided to head down the hill to the Folklife Festival in Seattle Center with my camera. Last year I went with a friend and her husband. It was pretty good, but I found it difficult to try to coordinate with two other people, all of us trying to negotiate the crowds as a unit. That kind of thing isn't my cup of tea. Everyone has his or her own idea of what s/e wants to do or see, and how long s/he wants to stay there. With just one, you go where you wanna go, do what you wanna do, and for as long as you wanna do it.
It seems like all outdoor, public festivals are the same in some ways: overpriced food (I couldn't find much under $7), shirtless guys, half-naked girls, marijuana-scented areas, families with small children, fundamentalists holding banners, and so on. Today I noticed a lot of teens holding cardboard "Free Hug" signs, or variations thereof. I also noticed lots of other people with nice cameras taking pictures.
This is my friend Sarah, a fellow Michigan native, doing face-painting.