Bobby_CP_#6

This past Friday I went to the Downtown Get-Down and First Friday with my conversation partners. After picking up Mohammad and Badah from their apartment we went to the Greyhound Bus station in downtown to pick up Mohammad’s cousin who was visiting from Jacksonville. I intended to take them to First Friday originally and had no idea that Downtown Get-Down was even happening, so when I saw the block party I assumed we were at the right place. We walked around a bit but it was early in the evening and it was still pretty dead, so I checked to see where the First Friday actually was. Once I found the location we made the 20 or so minute trek over to the warehouse studios where people were displaying their galleries and creative pieces. We walked around for a little while, but they were clearly bored so we took a cab back to Downtown Get-Down. That was a bit more entertaining since there were more people there, but again all we did was walk around and people watch. Badah had some other friends who were telling him that one of the servers from Café Shisha was displaying her art somewhere, so we took my car to the location he was given. Turns out it was First Friday. More people had arrived by now so we walked around some more and looked at some of the art. Mohammad saw the colors or pattern on this scarf thing that represented Saudi Arabia on a tarot card readers table, so we talked to the guys about it for a little bit. Mohammad was beginning to have trouble with English. I think his brain may have just had enough. Badah seemed especially unenthused with the event and Mohammad’s ability to speak English was quickly diminishing, so I dropped them off at Café Shisha and went home.