Music and Dancing and Coffee Samples, Oh My!
Today, around 1pm, we went to the Lowell Folk Festival!
.... Well, sorta. Pidge and Okaa-san and Attitude did. Gracious and I went with Otou-san, and ended up sitting around in the back of a home improvement store in New Hampshire for almost two hours. We even ordered lunch from a local pizza place and had it delivered there! ;;>_< But eventually, we ended up in Lowell.
It was raining when we found a place behind an old mill to park, but it let up fairly soon after. We found Okaa-san, Pidge, and Attitude without any trouble; they were in the front yard of a church, listening to a Celtic band. To get to them, we had to walk down a whole row of crafts-people displaying their wares. But when I went back for a closer look, they were all packing up. :P One good thing about going back to see them was that Pidge and I ran into Aunt K and Ron Weasley her BF, who told us that there was dancing happening on a stage not far away. When Okaa-san heard this, she led us to a big tent with chairs and a dance floor and a Puerto Rican band! Latin music is so much fun! ^_^
I was the only one (of our family, that is!) who went out to dance. Okaa-san, Otou-san, and Pidge sat at the edge of the tent, and the twins wandered off. When the band packed up, I tried some iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts. It was surprisingly good! I also tried what I think was a frappucino from Starbucks, but it was too sweet for me. I'll stick to the watered-down coffee, thanks.
........ Anyways, after dancing, we went off in search of the twins. Instead, we found a group of drummers and a whole big crowd of people following them! Okaa-san said I could join until they got to the end of the street (too short a time! :....( ), and to meet them at the church yard. I did, and then we set off to find Aunt K.
After much walking, we finally settled in a small Southeast Asian restaurant that had an all-you-can-eat buffet. I am very proud to say that I have finally mastered the chopsticks! w00t! At the under-21 table, there was much discussion of various Mary-Sue fanfics and flame wars and other fannish subjects. And on our way to the car, the four of us decided to write a group fanfic -- a RuroKen/Atlantis crossover. I'll be sure to let everyone know when it goes up, in case you're interested.
P.S. This is the last time I will be online/near a computer until Tuesday. Why, you ask? 'Cause everyone (minus Otou-san and the dog) is going camping in Arcadia National Park until then. So, yeah. Talk to y'all then!
.... Well, sorta. Pidge and Okaa-san and Attitude did. Gracious and I went with Otou-san, and ended up sitting around in the back of a home improvement store in New Hampshire for almost two hours. We even ordered lunch from a local pizza place and had it delivered there! ;;>_< But eventually, we ended up in Lowell.
It was raining when we found a place behind an old mill to park, but it let up fairly soon after. We found Okaa-san, Pidge, and Attitude without any trouble; they were in the front yard of a church, listening to a Celtic band. To get to them, we had to walk down a whole row of crafts-people displaying their wares. But when I went back for a closer look, they were all packing up. :P One good thing about going back to see them was that Pidge and I ran into Aunt K and Ron Weasley her BF, who told us that there was dancing happening on a stage not far away. When Okaa-san heard this, she led us to a big tent with chairs and a dance floor and a Puerto Rican band! Latin music is so much fun! ^_^
I was the only one (of our family, that is!) who went out to dance. Okaa-san, Otou-san, and Pidge sat at the edge of the tent, and the twins wandered off. When the band packed up, I tried some iced coffee from Dunkin' Donuts. It was surprisingly good! I also tried what I think was a frappucino from Starbucks, but it was too sweet for me. I'll stick to the watered-down coffee, thanks.
........ Anyways, after dancing, we went off in search of the twins. Instead, we found a group of drummers and a whole big crowd of people following them! Okaa-san said I could join until they got to the end of the street (too short a time! :....( ), and to meet them at the church yard. I did, and then we set off to find Aunt K.
After much walking, we finally settled in a small Southeast Asian restaurant that had an all-you-can-eat buffet. I am very proud to say that I have finally mastered the chopsticks! w00t! At the under-21 table, there was much discussion of various Mary-Sue fanfics and flame wars and other fannish subjects. And on our way to the car, the four of us decided to write a group fanfic -- a RuroKen/Atlantis crossover. I'll be sure to let everyone know when it goes up, in case you're interested.
P.S. This is the last time I will be online/near a computer until Tuesday. Why, you ask? 'Cause everyone (minus Otou-san and the dog) is going camping in Arcadia National Park until then. So, yeah. Talk to y'all then!