Night In Old San Antonio

San Antonio has a 10 day celebration called Fiesta. It includes many events downtown as well as other places around town. It celebrates Texas's independence from Mexico I think. Anyway there are several parades, concerts, eating events, and for several days Night in Old San Antonio. In the old part of down town, called La Villita, they set up lots of booths for food and drinks, they have music, and lots and lots and lots of people who walk through it and do whatever. It seemed to be a civil crowd, and I heard that people just come down to have a good time and are generally well behaved. Susie, Bob, and I volunteered at a French crepe stand which was set up for a conservation organization here in SA. Susie knew the people in charge so that's why we volunteered. Of course it happened to be the warmest day so far this year, low 90's, and we were in the sun for a lot of the time. But we survived.

To get down town we took public transportation for a small fee. We parked at the parking lot of the local school district's athletic center, and the bus picked us up there and brought us back. No hassle. It was great. Here we are being happy on the bus on the way to NIOSA.

This is the stand.

This is the plate with the crepe Suzette on it. You could also get a strawberry version.

We had to wear aprons and head cover. They provided this cute head cover for me.

Susie had her own head cover. Here she is getting ready to put a crepe on the plate.

Happy workers.

Bob visiting before the crowd arrived. Notice there isn't a major crowd yet.

This music group entertained us from across the way from our stand.

This is the sign showing where La Villita is. I guess I didn't realize it was in Spanish. Oh well. Some of you might be able to figure it out.

After our shift we walked around a little, but the people were so packed that you hardly had personal space. We just decided to leave.