Happy Carnival!

Every spring CMU hosts their Carnival featuring rides, booths, buggy rides, and of course FOOD! And what's the best food to get a carnival/festival/amusement park? Funnel Cake! Warm, deep fried, sugary goodness.... quite simply my favorite warm weather treat.

Spring Carnival 2013

The Main Event

First Time Festin'

It’s Memorial Day weekend so you know what that means...UCLA JazzReggae Festival! This year Dani was able to attend and enjoy the great music, food, crafts, and vibes that the festival has to offer.

Our lunch for Jam Day,
Shabazz Fried Catfish & Shrimp with Fries
* a Reggaefest tradition*

Fresh Blueberry Lemonade

Funnel Cake topped with powdered sugar and strawberries

Dani’s lunch for Reggae Day
Carnitas Tacos from Rastacos

My lunch for Reggae Day,
Spicy Tobouli Salad- parsley, green onion, lemon, olive oil, tomatoes

Fresh Strawberry & Mango Smoothie

Dani enjoying the smoothie and taking a little break from the heat.

Festin' & Feastin'

For the second year in a row it is time to blog about the UCLA JazzReggae Festival. This year the headliners were Lupe Fiasco on Jam Day and Steel Pulse on Reggae Day. This year was different than last because Michelle and Josh were able to come with Francis and I to join in on the good music and good eats. Well enough of the talk, here are some of the pics from the weekend.




Here are some collages that summarize the feel of the festival


Not only was the music and atmosphere great but the food vendors were also great, packed with tons of variety. Here is a collage showing the highlights of our festival eats.

In clockwise order: Mahi Mahi rice bowl with Cajun cream sauce, Fried catfish and shrimp platter with French fries, deep fried Twinkie with whipped cream and strawberries, and jerked chicken plate.

Just some pics of us grubbin'.

'TIL NEXT YEAR !