Monday, July 23, 2007

Jazz and Rib Fest 2007...

Columbus hosted the annual Jazz and Rib Fest this past weekend. My friend Des and I decided to take in this bit of culture Saturday evening. The night turned into what can only be described or at least how I am going to describe it as...a comedy of errors. The plan was for me to meet Des at 7pm then head down to the Fest. Well, I just made the 7pm meet. I had worked for my parents earlier in the day and late quitting time.

We parked in the City Center garage with a $3 event parking charge- petty fair I guess. We then walked down to the river and the fest. Des of course knows everyone and we stopped a couple of times to chat to her friends. We reviewed the evening’s offerings of music and decided on the Caribbean Jazz as our final destination.

We started our walk across the river to the correct stage and were directed by the mass of Columbus Police to go to the far bridge (Broad) to cross and reach the stage, a bit of a jaunt of such a beautiful night, we were off. We make it across the bridge to the stage and decide to get our fest of barbecue before the music began. We reviewed our options, decided Smoke Shake B.B.Q was our place--they did win 1st choice by the Hometown in 2005! We waited and waited and waited and waited in line. Just over an hour passes and we have just almost gotten to the front counter to order our much awaited barbecue, when it was announced they were out of all food but ribs. WHAT!!!! We had waited in line for over an hour and not barbecue as promised! Outrage! Neither of us actually like ribs we were disappointed, but decided to fest on the food with the shortest line, for at this point, we have mosted most of the jazz. We ended up in the chipped potatoes line, it may not look that great in the pic, but boy it was the bomb Saturday night. We made it to the music to fest on our chips and listen to some lovely jazz. The musicians were tremendous. The lead singer, well, I think she may have started to loose her voice. All in all we had a great time and next year I will plan to get in line for my barbecue earlier in the day.

Stage from across the river


Broad Street Brige

Barbecue Place

Cheese Chips

End of Evening-Aren't we the cutest!


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