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My NIOSA nite:
Had a freking BLAST!!! Worked the horseshoe sausage booth in fronteer town so we got in for free and even got comp food and drink tickets. The best part is the dude who runs the booth had a cooler full of beer in the back, so we kept sneaking back there for refills. We had this little cave area behinfd the restrooms that was blocked off from the world and we just sat back there and got our drink on, and finsihed off a lot of his beer. (hey I sweat over a grill for 2 hours tho, so I worked for it). Then we ate sausage on a bun and left. had a few more beers, had shrimp on a stick. Hung out in the chinese area. Then headded over to the new african area and had Mr. Chicken and malt liquor (I am so not makign that up, its the new african american area and those old white ladies that ran it went WAY over the top trying to make it culturally relevant.. to the point that it was almost offensive. I mean, if youre having an area of african american foods, why does it have to be the ONLY place in the whole damn area that servs Malt liquor? And the worst part is that it was just Smirnoff Ice, but the damn sign said "MALT LIQUOR". Between the Fried Okra Booth and Mr. Chicken. I mean, I'm not black, but I'm almost offended by that. Anyway...So then we went to the Mexican area and hung out and watched the kids get busted for MIP's. THen went to the German area and I felt at home with my peeps. Since I was with my friend Heather (who's of Polish descent) I kept telling everyone that since I was german, I was either going to invade her around midnight or call up my russian friend and we'd split just share her. lol. Sat there, heard a bucnh of umpah music, did the chicken dance about 10 times and drank reisling and zigenbock. I ate Brautwurst and kraut and it was awesome. Then we came home. Love some NIOSA!!
Tomorrow (Friday) is Battle of Flowers!!! Whoo Hoo!
*Edited to add I paid some old broad in the german area $4 for the coolest Fiesta medal EVER. Its very Otto von Bismark. The ribbon is Black, Red and Yellow (Like the german Flag) and the medal is shaped like something all WWI'ish and reads "Orden des Deutschen Udlers, 2004" Which I think translates to Order of the German something 2004, lol." its also my first Fiesta pin ever. I've never been into collecting them, but this one looked really cool and I had to have it.