Miscellaneous
Scenes at Jazzfest
There are a lot of food booths at
Jazzfest serving mostly creole and
cajun specialties. Most of the food is provided by restaurants and
caterers. The quality is very high and the prices are reasonable - a
typical lunch-sized serving is only $5. There are usually lines, but
they move pretty quickly.
Crawfish Monica - a
pasta dish with crawfish in a mildly spicy cream sauce - is one of the
most popular dishes at Jazzfest.
The pheasant, quail and
andouille gumbo from Prejean's Restaurant in Lafayette is my favorite
Jazzfest food. It's a filé gumbo, meaning it's thickened with
powdered sassafras leaf instead of with okra.
The crowds at Jazzfest are
huge, so it can be hard for people to find each other if they get
separated. Some people bring poles on which they put something unique
to help their friends find them. I could do a photo essay just on these
poles.
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One of the second-liners
in Economy Hall had a peace umbrella. As you can see, there was a dove
on top and peace signs dangling from the edge. The umbrella was covered
with buttons containing anti-war slogans (for example, "If You Want
Peace, Work for Justice," "Help Cure America's Military Industrial
Complex," "Bread Not Bombs," "Arms Are for Hugging" and "Close the
School of the Americas."
This art car was near
the entrance where they let the shuttle passengers into the
fairgrounds. All the art is done with Mardi Gras beads.
Another anti-war slogan.
This button was very common all over the fairgrounds.
