"Winterfest" 2012 Boat Parade

Jungle Queen, pic courtesy of MondoVacilando

This year was our first Fort Lauderdale Christmas Boat Parade and man did we have great seats!! Without even having to leave the comfort of our home because our canal, just off the ICW is where all the boats go by! We had drinks, music and good friends aboard as we sat back and enjoyed the show for a good two hours! It was fun to look out for friends of ours, who also live aboard, that were lucky enough to be in the parade aboard 160' motor yacht, "Caprice", that was fully decorated, sponsored by the Galleria Mall. Overall, we learned it's not the size of the ship that counts but just how many lights you had and how good your sound system was that counted the most!!

Art Festival Recap

The Coconut Grove Art Festival was incredible, colorful and encompassed a large section of the main streets of the town. What seemed like a lock down for the residents of the Grove was in fact a huge income producer for the town. I think we can live with a little bit of inconvenience for the sake of art and revenue. The locals have it down to a science by now anyway, and I should have followed suit. I heard friends say to go on Monday because there is significantly less foot traffic. We, however, went on Sunday around noon and there was barely room to walk among the tents. Gia and I weaseled our way around to get a view of some of the most spectacular pieces. Here's what we liked!

Using a potter's wheel and drawing his inspirations from nature this artist had some cool pieces!

Who doesn't love yard art? Even if you don't have a yard, it's pretty cool!

This jewelry artist gave us some great ideas for wire wrapping!

Last but definitely not least these lovely ladies. Overall, the Art Festival was music, food and art that left nothing to be desired. It was great fun and I think next year we will volunteer with the festival, get in free and rock those cool volunteer shirts!