Sunday, November 29, 2009

Black & White: Elise's 1st Girls' Nite

Hilo puts on this great festival called "Black & White Night" that showcases all the different businesses in town, as well as various musicians. The stores offer all sorts of free treats and sweet deals. I wanted to get to know the town a little and my SIL wanted to hear the music.
They call it the 'Hilo's biggest strolling party' because everyone just walks all over to the different shops, listening to great bands along the way. We had a blast listening to jazz, sipping on lemonade, and getting our face painted for free! Elise was thrilled to be out with the girls' and has had some issues going to sleep since. She now knows we have fun after she goes to bed! We went with Jacelyn, Aaron's sister and Lala, our cousin.
Elise won 20 dollars in the keiki (kay-key) or children's costume division. True, there were only 4 contestants, but it was a highlight of our night. She won second and an amazing little guy who dressed and danced like Micheal Jackson won first prize.
After the festivities, we ate at Cosmic Cones a local diner and then went to a Dollar Theater. We had a wonderful time and it was fun to be out with the girls, including my sweet girl.

1 comment:

treen said...

Fun times - that's so cool that you have street festivals like that! That cracks me up that Elise won't go to bed now because she knows about the after-hours fun!