This year I happened upon a booklet with a whole list of activities going on this year at the Birthday Celebration, and I was EXCITED! Fun stuff to do in Laredo?! What up!
I told my husband that we were going to Jamboozie whether he wanted to or not. Maybe I wasn't that bossy about it, but I really did want to go and see what it was all about. Also,I found out that if we went before 6pm it was free, and I'm all about free stuff. If you showed up later than 6pm, you had to pay $10 a person. We went before 6pm, obviously. "Free" is a great word.
I honestly didn't know too much about Jamboozie. I knew there would be bands and food vendors aaand that's about it. When we first came in, we heard a really, really sad-sounding Bob Dylan wannabe, and I wondered what the heck we had gotten ourselves into. As we wandered around, though, we found a rock band singing about cheeseburgers and that made up for the terrible Bob Dylan guy. I also found this gem at a vendor's booth.
I dont' really care anything about football, but ROLL TIDE! :D
Later we found a cool jazz band that my daughter and nephew cut a rug to. There was a steel drum band that totally rocked! We also found a place giving away FREE sno cones. Rock on!
We found these guys in the street doing some cool stunts.
We walked by a church and saw what we thought was a wedding exiting the building.
WRONG! That limo there? It says, "Happy 15th!" Wow, Quinceaneras... they never cease to amaze. :)
Eventually, though, our kids kept complaining about how hungry they were. I looked around at the vendors, and festivals in Laredo have a different variety of food than the ones back in Alabama... tacos, menudo, corn in a cup, tortas, and a bunch of other Mexican dishes I can't remember. I was looking for nachos, hot dogs, hamburgers, and FUNNEL CAKES! There was ONE booth selling funnel cakes, but the line was so stinkin' long that I decided not to wait... It was a sad day for me because any day without a funnel cake is a sad one :(
NOTE TO JAMBOOZIE: MORE FUNNEL CAKES, PLEASE!
The torta I got was awesome, though. I love me some tortas.
We had a really fun time while we were there. We even got a free mask with my torta, The kids had fun with it.
Lauren's one eye cracks me up.
My only complaint is that some of the bands weren't very "family-friendly" if you know what I mean... I was just glad my kids didn't realize what they were singing about like I did.
Will we go back next year? Meh, I don't know. If it's free again, then maybe. It was fun enough for a free event.
But I would encourage those who are new to Laredo to at least check out some of the other activities going on with the Celebration in the next few weeks. Laredo knows how to par-tay!
