Floats, Boats and Beads!

3/5/2011
Matt and I started at La Villita, a cute little area by the River walk. In celebration of Mardi Gras they had a band on stage, boat tours going by and food and drinks. Matt and walked around the little village, grabbed some drinks and sat down in the grass stadium (that was surprisingly comfortable) and enjoyed the sun and tunes.                  

It was getting close to the parade time so we decided to walk the River Walk and scope out a good place to perch. Our "perch" ended up being a little Irish Pub called, "Dirty Nelly's". Although we were outside of the bar the sound of the piano bar playing sing-a-long songs and drunken singers started to carry outside. We couldn't help but laugh at the slur of "Sweet Caroline" and it was only 3pm!

Decorated floats soon came down the river. There was probably about 5 or 6 that were decorated and throwing beads. It was no New Orleans but it was cute and fun and made for a nice Saturday afternoon. =)