The Weekend

So, this past Saturday morning the boyfriend and I were looking for something to do.This is generally the same occurrence every weekend because we don't often plan much in advance. I, being unemployed at the moment, did not want to spend one more second inside our apartment for fear of cabin fever consuming me, forcing me to go on a murdering rampage of some sort like in those movies. So anywho, I was looking up events and stuff online, and discovered there was to be a Pumpkins In the Park festival that very day! Oooo what luck-haha! The festival was right here in downtown San Jose at the Guadalupe River Park Gardens (right outside the Children's Museum). We didn't know if it would be lame or not, but at least it got us out of the house and walking for a bit. It is about a 20 minute walk from our apartment to the Children's Museum, but lord knows we could use the exercise.

So, feeling very healthy and enjoying the fall crisp air, we ambled to the Guadalupe River Park to partake is some lovely Fall activities. As we arrived close to the event we could see that it was bustling with children everywhere! We kind of expected this, and thus confirmed our suspicions that it might just be hyperactive, sugared up kids with sticky hands running around the place and, well, it was. Buuuut, it was actually really fun too. There were tons of activities and it would be fun if we had children to entertain, but it fun to get out and about somewhere where everyone was enjoying themselves. This is definitely a great place to bring kids, but that doesn't mean us adults can't have a good time too-especially ones who haven't quite grown up yet.

So, we were very happy to find there was no admission fee because lets be honest, otherwise we would have turned around in a flash, and they gave out all sorts of stuff for free! We were planning on going to eat after we went there, but after all the free samples, we were honestly full and completely sugared up just like the kids. They gave out free bottles of Martinelli's apple juice-as much as you want! Some people were even taking a whole box full. They were also giving out little cups of fresh squeezed apple cider, and they had an apple tasting booth. The boyfriend also decided to purchase some honey sticks from the very nice honey lady at 5 sticks for $1, and so this did not help with the sugar consumption. There was also some sort of athletic company giving out free fruit snacks and snack bars as well, which were surprisingly delicious.

Enjoying our sugar

They had tons of activities for kids (some free and some not) and live entertainment, but he best part was the giant "pumpkin patch" though. A fenced in area with pumpkins of varying sizes scattered around. Of course, this was filled with kids and their embarrassing parents trying to pose them in different cutesy positions for some tacky Fall family photos. But this did not stop us from taking similar cheesy photos of each other sitting on pumpkins.

All in all, this was seriously one of the better festivals I have been to here. This whole festival was definitely created for kids, but it was great for us too. Now that I think about it though, it was a stupid thing to do considering swine flu is a deadly epidemic or something. Those pumpkins were probably covered in germs, and I touched them. Well, anywho it was fun and next time I will remember to bring my hand sanitizer.