Art in the Park

We headed down to Art in the Park on Saturday. Ryan and I go every year with my parents and we always have a great time. As always, it was totally packed! There must have been thousands of people down there. Makes sense tho, seeing as it's the 2nd biggest art fair in the state. This year, Art in the Park migrated (yet again) out further. It's in its 31st year, and there is never a lack of merchants out there. We saw some really great paintings. There was one booth that had pictures of weeping willows painted over a lake...it was stunning. We also ran into some really cool oil candles. My mom was in love with them, so I bought her one. We also saw some amazing chalk drawings. Check out this Warhol rendition:

Inside the actual park (Kellogg Park) is where all of the children's activities have ended up over the years. So, technically the "art" is no longer in the park, but rather all up and down multiple streets in downtown Plymouth. Anyway, we made our way to the park for Trina to do some kid's activities. She got her face painted, and I've got to say it looked awesome. The face painter was so taken with Trina's color choices and her cute little shirt that she asked our permission to take her picture and use her in some advertising.


Then we ran into this guy named Jim. He was chatting with my dad, and it turned out that he does balloon animals. So, he started showing my dad some of his work. I loved the apple (it's in his hand below) and he made Trina an ice cream cone!


We also had Trina do some of the activities in the park. One she chose was to make her own candle. She picked a wine glass and started filling it with all different colored waxes.



She managed to leave Art in the Park with a brand new teddy bear (made out of Alpaca fur), some new doll clothes, a sheepskin walking worm, and a myriad of other things. I almost wanted to buy myself one of the teddy bears -- it is SO. SOFT. I could have stayed in that booth all day touching all of the different things. But, the one bear was pretty darn expensive, so we decided to just get one. Then, we headed to Cellar 849. We wanted to pick up some of our favorite wines and cool off a little bit in the air conditioning (it was a scorcher). Here she is at Cellar 849 showing off the full face paint.


After Art in the Park we headed back to my parents' house to cool off for a little while. Then we decided to head to Gaucho's for dinner. If you've never heard of it, you should totally check it out. It's a Brazilian Steakhouse. There are no menus (and no prices, so be careful, it's pretty pricey). They have a "salad" bar. It's not really a salad bar, but more of an appetizer bar. I absolutely LOVE their apple salad, and the crab salad on cucumber slices. Yum! After your salad bar, they bring over mashed potatoes and fried bananas for the table. The fried bananas are to die for!!! And then dinner begins. They come around with 16 different types of meat, and you take as much or as little as you want of whatever you want. Everything is spectacular. Trina LOVED it. She was so excited to try everything. Her favorites were the chicken options. Then, you can have them bring out a dessert tray (again, no prices available). All of the desserts I have had there are amazing. Trina was quite taken with the lava cake she chose:


All in all, we had a fantastic Saturday! I know the little one did, she was devastated when we had to take off her face paint before bed. She wanted so badly to keep it on until Monday to show all of her friends at camp :) I hope everyone else had a fantastic weekend!