What a month and a half.
Seasons in Florida are a little backwards. In most of the country, people hide inside during the winter, and come out to play in the summer. Winters in Florida are limited to a handful of cold snaps. Summers consist of 95 degree weather with 90% humidity and afternoon thunderstorms for about 5 months solid. As a consequence, we do most of our outdoor play during the winter and spring, while our outdoor time in the summer is generally limited to the warm nights. March always seems to have the most going on as far as outdoor festivals go, and this year was no different.
From March until now, this is a partial list of the events we’ve attended:
- Gasparilla Arts Fest
- Gasparilla Music Fest
- Alton Brown
- Cigar City Hunahpu Day
- Tapas & Wine Tasting
- Carmen
- VNV Nation
- MacDill Airfest
- 3 days at the St. Pete Grand Prix
- National Geographic Live
- 2 Lightning Games
- Festival of Speed
- Dinner at Berns
- A class on making sushi
Sue skipped the Hunahpu day, but she went to everything else. Many of these events were back-to-back, so for example a concert one night was followed by getting up at dawn the next morning for the airshow.
There are still some things coming up, but it’s calming down a bit as summer draws near.
Time flies when you’re having fun.