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I thought that going to Labubu Fest would be fun and I'd get some cute pictures. Oh dear god.... it was so crowded I literally gave up and pushed through some people to see more than one booth. There was lines 15-20 deep just to *look* at some booths and if you tried to sneak a peek to even see what they sold, people were not chill.
Also, when I left I walked by a guy in silver pants, a white tank top, a giant purse with a whole colony of Labubu on it, power walking towards the fest and puffing on a vape as hard as he could.
Anyway, I typically would not post pics like this from events, I don't post pics of just what people sell I try to have that not be the focus on a shot, but I did snipe a picture of the samples at the tattoo booth and also I went around the back of the tooth gems booth to see a Labubu being worked on:
I had planned to do a do a youtube short. I had hopes of cute pictures I could give captions to. That is not how the day went. The Labubu crowd is feral.
Then I went up to the Fremont Fair, which was a neighborhood street fair with 150 vendors. It was cute.
On my way home I hit up some stores I'd been meaning to hit, and also went to the Portland Aquarium. The Portland Aquarium is small, unremarkable, but I'd always meant to drop by:
Saw a shark:
I liked the glowy sea spider:
And I got some very Portlandy stickers and a pin:
The back of the souvenir guidebook has a timeline of Mike Bennet's careers from his days of 'guy who makes random art' to Crypto-Zoo which was a covid-safe project during lockdown where he made a walk-through 'A-Zoo' of cryptids in North Portland to give kids an activity to do, and then shows his other projects since then including Wonderwood Springs, Dinolandia and now an aquarium that benefits conservation efforts. Amusingly, some of my pictures of his work pre-date what's in the guide in the back.
Also, when I left I walked by a guy in silver pants, a white tank top, a giant purse with a whole colony of Labubu on it, power walking towards the fest and puffing on a vape as hard as he could.
Anyway, I typically would not post pics like this from events, I don't post pics of just what people sell I try to have that not be the focus on a shot, but I did snipe a picture of the samples at the tattoo booth and also I went around the back of the tooth gems booth to see a Labubu being worked on:
I had planned to do a do a youtube short. I had hopes of cute pictures I could give captions to. That is not how the day went. The Labubu crowd is feral.
Then I went up to the Fremont Fair, which was a neighborhood street fair with 150 vendors. It was cute.
On my way home I hit up some stores I'd been meaning to hit, and also went to the Portland Aquarium. The Portland Aquarium is small, unremarkable, but I'd always meant to drop by:
Saw a shark:
I liked the glowy sea spider:
And I got some very Portlandy stickers and a pin:
The back of the souvenir guidebook has a timeline of Mike Bennet's careers from his days of 'guy who makes random art' to Crypto-Zoo which was a covid-safe project during lockdown where he made a walk-through 'A-Zoo' of cryptids in North Portland to give kids an activity to do, and then shows his other projects since then including Wonderwood Springs, Dinolandia and now an aquarium that benefits conservation efforts. Amusingly, some of my pictures of his work pre-date what's in the guide in the back.
