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So Tell Me Mrs. Rita...

Tempe Festival Of The Arts - And A Tarot Card Reading

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We headed down to Mill Ave. late this morning for the Tempe Festival Of The Arts. It worked out good that we left early, as we ended up spending most of the day there, which we hadn't necessarily counted on being the case.

Parking was an absolute pain in the ass, which involved a lot of circling around before giving up and parking on First Street. The walk was nice, and it did at least meant that I spotted the new location for The Headquarters.

Right off the bat Katie scored a free shopping bag, which certainly worth going down there right there. We also noticed that Mrs. Rita had a stand out on Saturday and Sunday according to the program. It was a nice day of walking around, looking for Christmas gifts, and pretty much looking at a whole bunch of great art that we can't afford right now.

Photobox ImageOnce we got down to 7th Street, it became apparent that Mrs. Rita, despite it being Friday, was actually out with a stand. Pretty cool to, after all these years, to see the Mrs. Rita. Complete with a sign proclaiming "The Famous Physic - Mrs. Rita". I like it - when a band has written a song about you, use it for all you can. Despite having been out here before, I haven't done the Mrs. Rita's thing, I think due to the idea that it was no longer the original Mrs. Rita. However doing some research, only last week, I'd determined this was misinformation, and that it's still the original Mrs. Rita. Which seemed like good timing on that discovery, given that Mrs. Rita was set up today, almost on the corner of Mill and 7th. More on that in a bit.

Walking around the Mill area was nice, and ironic, given that only on Thursday had we come down to explorer that which is Mill Avenue, in a little more detail than I have before. Crossing 7th Street, it was amusing to me overhearing someone on her mobile phone say "You know the pizza place on Mill? It's closed". Uh, honey, it ain't just the pizza place (Unos). Take a look around - everything is empty. On that note, it was actually a nice opportunity to be walking around a more bustling Mill Avenue today, as opposed to the more or less ghost town that it normally is during the week. I'm sure the businesses, the ones that still exist on Mill Avenue that is, were pretty happy with the sight of people which the festival brought today, and probably will over the weekend. Similarly it was kind of nice literally walking down Mill Avenue and the surrounding streets, since it was closed off to traffic. I don't know that I'd necessarily want it closed off to traffic, but it was definitely a good way to experience Mill.

After getting some shopping done, with our feet pretty sore from walking, we trodded down towards University to see what the status on Mrs. Rita was. There was still no sign of how much readings were, but Katie finally got up the gumption to ask. $20. Just as per the CD single cover from 1992! Nice job keeping inflation at bay! [wink] So that was pretty much the extent of encouragement that I needed, and took a seat and finally got my cards read by Mrs. Rita. Or probably her associate in reality, while Katie had her palm read by Mrs. Rita herself. Certainly an interesting experience, and I think it's pretty cool that my first tarot card reading ever was by the one and only Mrs. Rita. Details of the reading will have to stay between myself, Rita and the cards.

After the reading, we headed back down Mill, for what felt like the umpteenth time (probably because it was), to the car, and then over to The Headquarters to check of smoke prices - which incidentally are quite painful out here in the valley. If there is anything I miss about the midwest, it's certainly the price of cigarettes! [smile] And such wrapped up a really great day at the Tempe Festival Of The Arts.

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