By Jessica
Saturday night, as I was driving 3 Lush writers to The Blathering dinner at Z'Tejas, I noticed a person with Day of The Dead make-up. Then I noticed another, and another. There were women (some in dresses and corsets, some in regular clothing), men with their entire heads painted and even a giant papier mache skull tetering precariously a top some dude's head as he was walking across the crosswalk. If I didn't already have a commitment to that dinner? I so would've pulled my car immediately over, figured out what was going on and joined. I wanted some of that face paint SO BAD. Contain your shock, if you can.
So what was going on? It was The 28th Annual Vival La Vida Fest which is put on by the Mexic Arte Museum and in addition to all the Day of the Dead things themed things that were happening, they were even looking to have 100 free-tailed bat costumes for the parade. Seriously, so cool! (Do you know about the bats under the Congress St bridge?)
Next year, I will definitely be there and have my face painted. I may even pop into Tesoro's to grab one of their Day of The Dead themed items or maybe I'll make my own sugar skulls!
{Photo via Pinterest}
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