Say what? This is the face of a (very attractive) guy that didn’t know what a Dragon Boat race was until today. And that little lady in his sunglasses? Clueless 🙂
Thank goodness we had the Colorado Dragon Boat Festival to show us what it’s all about!
This here’s a dragon boat. Actually, make that two of ’em. And them there dragon boats? They race eachother. That’s right…and all y’all are welcome for that little nugget of info 🙂
In all seriousness, the Dragon Boat Festival was a really cool thing that I’m so glad we went to! It was more of an Asian celebration festival (even cooler in my opinion) where all the different Asian nations came together to share their food and love of culture with the state of Colorado. Awesome, right?!
I wish this could be my Halloween costume:
We saw so many cool things: every type of food under the (hot, scorching) sun, costumes, incredible make-up, people of every race and nationality (AWESOMENESS), break-dancers, water and sand (a rarity here), and the largest number of Port-a-Potties in one place I’ve ever EVER seen. But my favorite moment of the entire festival? Had to be this hula dancer on the main stage:
You know when you see someone doing something they truly LOVE to do? Something they were practically born to do? And it makes you tear up just knowing that they are blissfully happy in that one moment…
And because of their blissful happiness, YOU become blissfully happy? That was what this woman did for me. She’s a little older and doesn’t have the exact body of a hula dancer that we automatically think of. But she was born to do the hula!
Sorry to get all mushy on y’all, but it honestly moves me to see people doing what they love to do. ONWARDS! There were so many gorgeous, vivid colors out today! I loved all of the umbrellas and hand-held fans:
And the rice paddy hats. I don’t know what these are called, so I’m really sorry if that’s not PC, but there were TONS of these hats everywhere! The awesome friends we were with bought some and I was secretly jealous the rest of the day 🙂
We hung out for about 2 hours and then went home because I have been OH SO tired all weekend! We made sure to start dinner off right with a pina colada:
Before shoveling amazing chicken fajitas in our faces! I’m telling you, there’s nothing like a homemade Tex-Mex dinner!
The rest of the night we watched some TV, I wrote for a while, and then hit the sack early! Thank goodness…I think last night was the first time I’ve been in bed before 11pm in almost 3 weeks. Crazy, right? Tell me about it!
[Side note: I was totally lame and forgot my camera for the incredible baby shower I went to this morning for my friend Jan and her beautiful baby girl Piper June. I will say that this was only the second shower I’ve ever been to! It’s always so fun, and I ALWAYS learn something new about childbirth and pregnancy. Sometimes it’s scary :)]
Any firsts this weekend? Tell me what y’all have been up to! Has anyone ever been to a dragon boat festival before? Better yet, has anyone RACED in a dragon boat before?! That would probably deem you the coolest ever. Just sayin’ 😉
Wow looks like so much fun!!!
xo
WOW that is so cool! I NEVER would have thought of a dragon boat festival… very unique!
LOVE Your dinner! i havent had tex mex in too long!
What a cool experience!!!!!!! I love learning about other culture’s traditions!
Mmmm I love Pina coladas. I just ordered some Baha Bob’s low calorie pina colada mix and it’s SO GOOD!
Very neat!!! I’ve never been to a dragon boat festival, but I know there’s a big one here in Baltimore. I’ll have to check it out! 🙂
That looks like such a cool event. Different things like that are so much fun. And I had to laugh at finding out about new pregnancy, birth, baby things and some being scary. LOL
There is also a dragon boat festival here in Boston (specifically in Harvard Square, Cambridge). I’ve been to several and they are always fun! Aside from watching the actual race, I particularly enjoy the food and shopping stalls 😉
Wow, this looks so fun!
That’s really cool! I’d never heard of dragon boats before.
We had our first married couples themed dinner party last night!! What a blast 🙂 Rockband is definitely a good tool for bringing peeps together!
~Alyssa
I have been to a dragon boat festival, and they are amazing!! I agree there is nothing better than homemade mexican food… and pina coladas of course!
There was dragon boat races yesterday in Saskatoon! I had NO IDEA what they were but they are actually pretty cool 🙂
Glad you had a great weekend!
I went to a brewfest solo and I biked 13 miles before church. Fun & tiring but I’m confident that I didn’t gain any weight from the weekend drinks.
I’ve never commented before, but I was really excited to read your post on dragon boats. Back in high school I raced two years in a row in the youth division of the CO dragon boat festival. The boats look easy to row from afar but they actually require a lot of coordination and muscle to get it moving. It was a great experience 🙂
omg how fun!!!!! I want to see the dragon boats/festival!!!
I fried okra and made pralines, both firsts! 🙂
This looks like fun! I love the dragon boats!
I love learning about other cultures! It’s fun to see how they live and what they do and eat.
A first this weekend…we took the plunge and are re-doing our kitchen. We have only been in the house a little over 2 years, but we are getting granite countertops and putting new doors (raised panel) on our oak cabinets for a facelift. We love our house but the solid surface countertops were horrible. The “first” is that we are going to attempt at putting the new backsplash tile in ourselves…scary!
The second best thing to visiting other countries is having them come to your city and put on a performance…that is awesome and so much fun. Exposure to different things/cultures makes our lives so much richer.
I always forget about Pina Coladas…what a great drink!