Atlanta: Inman Park Fest 2010

One of the lovely things about Atlanta is that between April and October, almost every neighborhood in town has a festival.  Last weekend was the Inman Park Festival, which may be my favorite of these events.  On Saturday, heavy rains pretty much drowned out the day, so the Sunday crowds were pretty heavy.  Here's a shot looking down Euclid Avenue, into the throngs:

After a nice walk, our crew landed on a nice grassy spot where we happened upon some other friends, imbibed a beverage or two, and generally enjoyed the day.  As you can see, Ramon and Jared sported jaunty chapeaus and, along with Henry, wore attire that occupied a remarkably narrow band of the color spectrum.  (Where exactly on the continuum of ROY G BIV does "earth tone" fall?):

As I was not on the distribution list of the memo instructing everyone to wear olive drab, I felt slightly excluded.  So, my navy blue shirt and I took a brief snooze:

The day's festivities ended with a walk to an old church near the intersection of Euclid and Edgewood Avenues where several local art curators had put together a pretty cool multi-media installation complete with film, sculpture and sound art.  (Read more here.)  Pictured below are Ramon and an unidentified festival-goer enjoying a big concave drum at the entrance to the installation that caused our voices to sound as though they were coming from all directions.  (For you 1970s film lovers out there, the term "Sensurround" came to mind.):

Intrepid LACE founder Hutch was not able to make the Inman Park Festival this year due to job duties that required him to be in Los Angeles for the weekend.  However, I would be remiss if this post failed to mention that Hutch's band Cadillac Jones recently celebrated their 10th Anniversary with a SIZZLING show at The Earl.  My band, Jupiter Watts, were honored to have the chance to open the show.  Below is a shot of me and Hutch hanging out at the merchandise booth before the show got underway:

This photo was taken on an iPhone -- not known for its stellar picture quality -- but something about this shot (taken by our friend Clay) really seems to capture the vibe of The Earl.  Good times all around!