I went to the jazz festival last Sunday for the first time in 4 years... it was quite disappointing. You couldn't really do much without buying tickets. We watched a percussion group drum on random objects like trash cans, glass bottles and recycling bins which was pretty cool. We went to Old City Kites to check out some yoyos. I really hope they get another shipment in soon. A lot of people don't know that kite shops also specialize in yoyos too, even though they don't advertise it. I got a characiture done with my friend... it came out pretty funky. I kinda looked like that YouTube guy, Sam Tsui. After we did all that stuff that didn't have anything what-so-ever to do with jazz, we ended up going to a Mexican restaurant in Old Sac, La Terraza, because we found coupons attached to the restaurants advertisement sign. We got an entree for $9.99 if we ordered a drink. That basically meant we got a free drink because the entree was originally $12.99. It was really busy but we were lucky because we were seated right away. They sat us on the balcony, in the sun! I guess it was ok because we were able to watch the drummers drum while we ate. After a while I noticed they used the same 2 routines every time and just rotated every other performance. While we were waiting for our food I had to run to Macy's to get out parking validated. Because we parked in the Macy's lot we had to get it validated there. The food was really good. On our way out we stopped at the souvenir booth. They had a lot of specials going on because it was the end of the day and it was also near the end of the jazz festival. My friend got a t-shirt and sweats for $10 and I got 2 key chains for free.
My mom called; it was time to return the car back to the house. We made it back to the Macy's lot but it was locked!!! We walked around the mall, talked to a few security officers and we found out that this happens all the time and nothing can be done about it. We just had to pick it up the next morning. I called my mom to let her know the car was locked up and my friend called someone for a ride. luckily we had someone to come get us. I feel sorry for the people that got their cars locked up and they don't have anyone to come get them.
We went to get my car the next morning. I had plotted and rehearsed a plan over and over in my head to get my car out for free. I made sure I had a story and my ticket to tell the parking attendant before I got in the car. By the time I got to the attendant my ticket had gone missing! But all was not lost... I talked to the guy and he ended up letting me out for free.
That's how you you spend a not so jazzy day at the jazz festival.
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