1999

FOUND!!! �By posting my Carnaval pictures to the 'Net, Chris (on the right)
was able to find me after all these years!!! �WOW!!!
This year's theme had to do with the birth of my great-nephew
just a few days before Carnaval was celebrated in Austin,
so I included the 'It's A Boy' theme along with my Mambo King outfit.
�I wore a plastic 'It's a Boy' flag pinned to the back of my shirt,
and made a necklace of cigars, baby booties, a rattle and teething ring!

Although tickets were sold out by the time I decided to purchase my ticket,
I stood in line outside the door for only a short while. �A Hawaiian-dressed young lady
sold her extra ticket to me, and I was in like Flint in no time!
I had a great time, though I mostly observed from the bleachers;
like last year, the music was hot, with Sambaxe playing some killer batucada;
and there was a fair share of wildly dressed (and undressed) revelers!

Click for a close-up of the necklace