Viva Fiesta!!

Ok, Maybe "Viva Fiesta!" is a bit of a stretch here. Fiesta is a two and a half week party celebrating the loss of the Alamo. Yeah, pretty much.

Lots of music, vendors, food, parades, carnival, drinking . . . . . most of which cost a surprising amount of money.

Many people talk it up. I know I'm not very cultured but I just kind of don't get it. I want to, but am pretty unwilling to spend $50 to see a parade.

Several years ago Michael and I headed downtown one evening during Fiesta- music, dancing,  drinking, and El Mercado tripled its size out to the street. Granted we weren't going to an 'official event' but that experience makes it hard to spend money to try something new.

Anyway, I heard there were some Fiesta dresses on display at one of the local museums. Since this year's theme was "The magic of make believe" I figured it was right up our alley.  Even better, the museum has a free entry every Tuesday afternoon. We rode the zoo train to the museum (just for fun) and then walked around a bit.

Some friends joined us for the excursion.

 There was a little 'textile room' that had fiesta dresses on display.  They were all based off a fairy tale or story.  The one inspired by the Princess and the Pea was my favorite.  The train is hanging up on the wall.  They all had lovely detail.  This particular dress was much simpler than the others, and that may be another thing that drew me into it. Rylee liked the Mermaid dress (which I didn't get a photo of) but the dress itself was pretty cool.

 They also had a pile of dress-ups for the kids to wear.  This little headdress took me back.  There was one in my own dress up box growing up. It was my favorite!

 We walked around the other parts of the museum.  We were sad the HEB Treehouse (kids section) is under construction.  Maybe we'll go back this fall (apparently its a mad house in the summer). Rylee's favorite was the train. Go Figure.

So, yeah.  Go ahead and "Viva Fiesta!"