Post festival wrap-up « Philly Expatriate

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Post festival wrap-up

My observations of not just the festival I attended last night, but of the format in general:

drinks are usually a huge ripoff, but people still pay the full freight anyway. $3 for a bottle of diet coke or water. Say WHAT?!?
Food is also a ripoff and not nearly as good as it might be if you were sitting comfortably at a table savoring the item instead of crouching on a curb trying to balance a small paper bowl on your lap.
Port-a-potties? Ick; luckily last night, it was so hot that I think I sweated out all of the soda and champagne and I was drinking.
Fashion victims abound - this year, likely the most offensive was the cheap maxi-dress that most users wore with flip flops but did not bother to hem the damn dress, thus stepping all over it as they walked with their overpriced plastic cups of beer and ethnic-kabob munchables in hand.
Ladies: tube tops are ALWAYS a bad idea! This is an outdoor music and food fest, not the set of Three*s Company.

The bands we saw last night were, overall, quite good. I was disappointed that UO did a number of very dull, quasi-jam tunes that no one knew (they said it was new material) and that they only played 2 songs from Supersonic Storybook.

Other than that, we had great weather and it was an enjoyable - if not expensive - evening out in Chicago with my daughter.

Posted at 10:06 am by brandy101


	jerry June 22, 2009 06:04 PM PDT Tube tops were not a good idea for Chrissy either.


	Miss Ginger June 22, 2009 07:37 AM PDT LOL at tube tops and maxi dresses. The next time I go to our Six Flags here, I'll take pics and post 'em. That is where bad homemade tattoos go to partayyy. Men with mullets, cut off t shirts, short shorts or frayed jean shorts. I saw a guy one year with "Jeanne" tattooed to his bicep, but it was crossed out, followed by other names, also crossed out!! Klassy peeps.

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