ah, the festival. ithaca at its best. except for "ithaca's only traditional brazilian samba band!", which was absolutely rancid. seems the only requirement for the lead singer spot was fluency in portuguese. but the rest--mmmm. macgillicuddies, classic rock-n-roll, elvis-style. half the town was swing dancing in front of the stage. oculus, alternative/techno/punk/etc., massive crowd. (strange coming to them after macgillicuddies, i must say...) the infamous drum circle, which gathers after dark at the alternative community school to rhythmize. tents upon tents of really cool artsy-craftsy/tie-die stuff, none of which i bought, because i had a grand total of $5.00 in my wallet. international food, in one place for the only time all year. the the skinny german juggle boy, accompanied by a bunch of gnomes and some talented elephants. (ha, you think i'm kidding!) a whole afternoon outside, in the sorta-sun (hey, it's still ithaca), with anible, who caught a toad.
i love this city.