Lowell Folk Festival

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 by Marianne 2 Comments

Last weekend was my favorite weekend here in Lowell – Folk Festival Weekend! The fun started on Friday evening with a BBQ with Katy and Yovani. We chatted, drank some delicious wine and ate a very tasty dinner. Then, as good friends are wont to do, we tricked Katy into going to the Folk Festival. See, we promised her ice cream at Gary’s but ended up at Art in the Courtyard. We said hello to Amanda, Candace and Liz and checked out their wares. I also kidded myself that I wouldn’t buy anything because I’m trying to be better about my spending but you’ll see how that turned out – I am truly helpless in the presence of crafts *ahem*

After checking out everyone’s wares, we headed down Merrimack Street to check out Humanity, a new boutique here in Lowell. It was super-cute inside. I especially loved the origami tree.

Humanity sells a lot of cute clothes and accessories at a really reasonable price. My only criticism (and the thing that hinders my ability to shop there): they don’t carry any larger sizes. If they did, I’d definitely be buying!

On Saturday, Nance came up. It was the first time she’s seen our new place which was exciting. The reason for her visit was Gist’s birthday present – she and Gist got mani/pedis. While they were doing that, I made lunch and then we just hung out and chatted until it was time to head over to the Festival. We walked around, ate and listened to some music.

On Sunday, Kristin, AJ and Morgan came up to go to the Festival with us. First we’ll talk about Morgan and how much she’s grown. Morgan last year:

And this year:

What a difference a year makes! While we were at the Festival, we ate – which is the real reason to go – listened to some music, walked around, bought some crafts, and Gist and AJ had a box hockey re-match.

I think the contentious match ended in a tie. I held out in my craft-buying until Sunday, but this had to come home with me.

We finally had to leave when the daily monsoon came through – it was a doozy and I’m glad I made it home before it started! When we got home, we had to have some Rock Band action – we did a good job. Our line-up? Vocals – AJ & me, Guitar – Gist and me, Drums – Gist and Nance.

After Kristin and the kids left, Nance, Gist and I had a YUMMY dinner at Blue Taleh.  Nance and I started with cocktails – she had a Reverse Cosmo which is a cosmo with white cranberry juice and mine, which I forget the name of, had Hendrick’s, peach schnapps, Sprite, and julienned cucumbers.  It was delightful!  Gist and Nance ate sushi and I had lots of appetizers and miso soup – YUM!  It was a tasty ending to a very fun weekend!

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