Mi.a.mi Ca.rn.ival: Part 2

15Oct07

Saturday we went to the Mac.hel’s alternative concert. This was the first let down of the trip. First, it was in a club. Soca fêtes and clubs do not go well together. Or rather this location was a bad location to have a soca fête. Also it was not really an Alternative Concert. He basically did the same set as the night before. I was kinda pissed. Usually the AC Show is well…alternative. But I still love you Machel.  

*beginning of rant*
I hesitate to call anyone bougie. I am often called bougie. Buuuuuuuut, there were too many bougie girls up in that party. Stop acting so damn social. Social people always want to post up and not be touched. You are at a soca fête. Do not be wearing your open toe. 4″ heels and trying to look cute. You will get your toes mashed. End of story. Also, do not go into the crowd and the cross your arms and set up your face. You will get bounced around. You are in the crowd by the stage. If you want to stand undisturbed go stand at the back.
*end of rant*

Sunday we slept in and then hit the parade. I love mas. I was sad that we didn’t play mas, but if I go next year I will be jumping up. Hear me now! I LOVE MAS. Love it. We went to the Broward Carnival, which was another mistake, but I still had a good time. Everybody was representing their country and I spent the day talking to a very nice Bajan boy. Cute, tall and I love the Bajan accent. My grandfather is Bajan so we chatted a bit about the area where my grandfater lived etc. There were a few performances, but we left when the rain started to fall. We were sick of getting rained on! It rained quite a bit this weekend in Miami. It was not cute. Not at all. I got my first good night’s sleep on Sunday. I got an entire six hours. It was a beautiful, beautiful thing.

This girl was wining on the big truck while he passed through. I had to snap a pic.

This dude was killing me in his speedo. He has also received a few comments on Crackbook.

Here are some flags. The Israeli flag really threw me for a loop. Mas is truly international.

On Monday we went to the Last Lap again at the Bayside Hut. It was Machel HD. We also got quite a bit of dancehall at this show as Tony Matterhorn and Mr. Vegas were there.  

Pics of the perfomers:

Mr. Vegas doing his thing:

Mr. Dutty Wine himself. You know they brought up girls on stage to do the dutty wine. Luckily there were no casualities. Heh.

More of my boyfriend Machel:

We were tired, but the show was too much fun. Again many cute West Indian boys and dranks. We got in at 6:00 a.m. I took a shower, ate some breakfast, packed my stuff and went to the airport. I was exhausted, but I could not sleep. I am not one of those people who can sleep while being transported. I just don’t like it. I like to be aware of my circumstances. Then in a blink of an eye I was home. So sad.

Still Loving M.ia.mi Ca.rni.val,
Miz JJ

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