Festival day

The second Saturday in April was an exciting one for us. The civic center hosted the inaugural Alt Con festival, a mini sci-fi convention complete with a full-sized Tardis prop with weeping angels,

and a replica R2-D2.

Megan was so happy to be with her fellow nerds, she was tearing up throughout our time there.

When we'd exhausted our inner nerds, we headed to the other side of town to the Italian Festa. This was the third annual Italian festival, and it was complete with Italian vendors,

food,

wine and beer and Italian ice,

and performers, including marionettes,

opera singers, and Italian pop performers.

They also had Italian cars and motorcycles for viewing.

The highlight was a sidewalk art contest, and the winning drawings were remarkable.

After the two festivals, we were a bit exhausted from the sun and fun. It was the best day ever, as Megan said.