A few thousand words (a pictures post)

Last night, I got my sick self out of bed, walked two and a half miles, and attended a free concert for the grand reopening of the It was a star-studded evening.
Wow. Just wow.

From Stina:
On Sunday last (same day as the good busking day), on the way home from busking we heard shouts coming from about a block away and went over to investigate. Brendan thought they were protest shouts, and he was right. A protest denouncing the bombing of Palestine was underway. Hundreds of people were marching down Decatur, waving Palestinian flags and signs that read
Later, the protesters claimed the ampitheater where the hip hop dancers perform and held an enthusiastic rally.