Beer Fest at 17th Street Farmers Mkt (November 4, 2012)

 Went to the beer festival at the 17th Street Farmers Market today. I enjoy those sort of events, for one thing the market is a cool place to be with a number of events occurring outside there, and usually some really good bands during the year so far. The neighborhood is also pretty cool, a lot of history there (not far from there is a very old train buried in a train tunnel collapse many years ago)  I thought this building with the art on the side was neat. You see a lot of that in the Shockoe Slip/Shockoe Bottom part of Richmond, and I like that. One thing you can say for Richmond, it is certainly unique.
  

 As for the festival, it was pretty good. Good celebration of beer (at $6 a pop) but have come to expect that here. Beer and food tends to be really pricy here, though in general its just expensive to live here in comparison to a lot of other places. Band seen at top was really good, and got to enjoy some craft beers from Virginia. Nice crowd and some friendly people, which made for a good day in the RVA. 

Wall at left is a favorite of mine, another example of the wall art common here. I also like the cobblestone streets of the alley here, you see a lot of that in this area.
I have been to Shockoe Bottom quite a few times, and I always find it interesting to be there.Along with nearby Church Hill, the area offers a lot of interesting and fun events to enjoy year round.  
As weekends go this was a really good one - visited some favorite places and had a blast doing it. Looking forward to the next weekend in the RVA.