The BMX Pros Trick Team was most awesome this afternoon at the Red Poppy Festival. Go see them perform their bicycle stunts if they happen to be in a town near you.
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Red Poppy Festival
Today’s fun was had at the Red Poppy Festival in Georgetown. The best performances were Kimberly Dunn and Tracy Lawrence. Chet Garner from The Daytripper also made an appearance to pass out awards for the cooking contest. The Georgetown square was popping at the seams with all the people out to enjoy the evening.
Doug Sahm Hill
In the same vicinity as the Long Center for the Performing Arts is a park with a small, steep hill that has a nice view of downtown Austin. If you take the circular path to the top of Doug Sahm Hill, you will be rewarded on nice sunny days.
The Jungle Book
Since it rained so much in Austin today, I retreated to the IMAX theater. The Jungle Book was playing and it was a pleasant surprise. You have to wonder, though, is there such a thing as too much CGI in a film even if it is done really well?
Texas Chili Parlor
What is better than chili on a wet, rainy day in Austin? Frito pie!
Austin Reggae Festival by Night
Austin Reggae Festival by Day
Here is the best plan for attending the Austin Reggae Festival. Walk in to the festival and do some people watching. Admire the Austin skyline. Get as close to the stage as possible. Check out the band. Cruise by those dudes with the marijuana flag and the inflatable sofa. That sofa is perfect! Go for some food and make friends with the guys working the Crepe Crazy stand. Order the Chicken Basil Pesto Crepe along with a bottle of Topo Chico. Share a bench with some festival goers and eat dinner. Wander through the pop-up shops and enjoy the setting sun and those two groovy people who brought a hammock. Head back to the front of the stage in preparation for the headlining Reggae band from New Zealand. Snap a photo of the sun as it sets behind the trees that line Auditorium Shores. Rock out to some Reggae music and then call it a wonderful night. After all, the festival lasts for three days and you can always come back on Saturday or Sunday. 🙂
Wednesday Walk
Wednesday evening. Go downtown, take a walk, stroll by the water tower, stop in for an orange shaved ice with sour spray, walk some more, admire the bats flying out in the moonlight, and finish off the evening by creating run-on sentences with too many commas.
Voodoo Doughnut V
This Voodoo Doll doughnut wasn’t feeling so well. I put him out of his misery and ate him. Voodoo Doughnut is a most awesome place on Sixth Street to drop in for a snack. 🙂
Wall of Death II
A motorcycle show that always amazes. The Wall of Death is complete with motorcycle riders riding to the top of the wall and grabbing dollars from customer’s outstretched hands. The wooden facility is shaking all through the act with fans shouting on their motorcycle heroes as they defy gravity and race along the wall.
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