post #101, or how lilith fair was not so fair

i could go on and on and on and on and on about how yesterday's lilith fair was the worst festival i have ever attended from an organizational stand-point, but i will save most of that rant for all the poor people who i can subject to my live rant, with full facial expressions and arm-waving gestures.

here, i will bemoan only the beer garden.
organization should not be that hard a concept to harness for a major promoter.  but apparently it was.
i should not have spent 6 of my 8 hours at the festival in various line-ups, but i did.

the beer garden was not overly large
it was not well set up inside
it was not well situated in the park itself

two line-ups, which thank you to the lovely people actually working in the less than ideal conditions kept moving quite well - major kudos to them

first line up was for beer tickets
$7.50 each
limit of 5 tickets per person

second line up was for the beverages themselves
limit of 2 per person

both lines for most of the festival were insanely long and snaked their way around the entire beer garden

i spent an hour in these two lines to get my initial 3 drinks
and those initial three drinks were not beers
no my friends, i opted for cider and palm bay rather than drink the swill they were offering as beer
molson canadian or coors lite
those were the "beer" options

red wine, white wine
peach cider, wildberry cider
palm bay grapefruit or orange coolers
a much better array of alcohol for my $7.50

i did switch to beer after approximately 6 ciders and palm bays
the sugar was not making me feel too happy
and i will admit that the beer tasted almost delightful by that point in the night
almost...

on the plus side, the molson canadian cups were compostable

(oh for the people who run the vancouver folk festival to be consulted on all other music festivals the world over - those are people who make it look effortless to make everyone happy and run a well-organized event)