Rib FEST!~

So perhaps due to the fact that I realize I'm getting older, I have decided that anytime I can dress up I will. Last week was Halloween, so I dressed up like a Hippy. (By the way<-- this is Sarah, a Teach For America Teacher- after she and George, a 5 year old got into a scuffle!)
Yes yes, as most people tell me on a regular basis, it really wasn't much of a stretch, and the temporary tattoos are still stuck to my leg and refuse to come off regardless of how much scrubbing I do, BUT it was cool at the time.This week, there was a festival in Homestead, a town south of Miami. You drive through it on the way to the Keys. Homestead is like driving back into America from Miami. They is TONNES of land and country, HUGE parks, and farms, and they have these really cool redneck festivals.
This week it was RIB FEST, so as an extension of halloween I dressed up as a redneck....OK not really, but I went looking for some cool clothes at goodwill. We have this really cool goodwill superstore next to our apartment and i found a cowboy hat, and even some pink cowboy boots. Unfortunately, the only purchase I made was the hat, as the boots were sadly made for people with feet WAY smaller than mine. So although I probably looked more like a latina wearing a cowboy hat, I felt like I was dressing up, and felt like I could have entered the Miss Rodeo Queen competition or something.
So down we went to Homestead for some fun and ribs, I have to say there weren't all that many people there, and the food was a little expensive, BUT the ribs were pretty amazing, and the band was ROCKIN. We all grabbed ribs from different competitors who funnily enough ALL were "Defending Champions", and held our own rib competition. Our winner? Big Boned!!! I have to say all the ribs kind of tasted the same to me, it really came down to the sauce, which my dad and brother are pretty convinced does not even come close to the Barreth Secret Family recipe!!! Who knows...keep your eyes out, you may see the Barreth Family competing at some rib festival coming to a town near you!