Happy-hippity Monday!

As I mentioned on Friday, I spent the weekend at the 53rd Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, which is put on every year by the Philadelphia Folk Society.

Russ has been going every year since he was born (as have many of the attendees), but this was only my second year going.  I can honestly say that this past weekend was one of the best weekends of the summer!  The key to really enjoying Fest is to just go with the flow.  Seriously, the people that attend fest are the kindest, hippy-est, partying, sharing, and folk-loving bunch, and the only thing to do is to blend into the crowd for the weekend.

The best part about Fest, in my opinion, is walking around to check out all of the CRAZY campsites.  I really think people wait/plan all year for Fest and really go out to make their sites as decked out as possible:

I almost wanted to go up on stand with them…I was having Pool Withdrawal!

There are the strange signs and postings that you see plastered all over the campgrounds…

And speaking of the topless foot race (which no, I did not participate)..

Lots of walking around to check out the campsites, the shows, the crafts, and the food…

I had to get a BEEF tattoo after I spun the wheel…

There is a lot of sitting at the campsite with a beer and friends…

Or watching one of the many (MANY!) concerts that are going on at various stages and dancing in the fields…  

Hanging out in a hammock in Dulcimer Grove (which we did not actually do), but how incredibly nice does that look?!…  

Take a ukulele lesson (didn’t do this either.)…

Do our volunteer work (a.k.a make 1000 PB&J), which gets us our low ticket price for the weekend…

And the best part of the entire weekend- Friends!…

Until next year, fest.