Yesterday I told you what to bring. Before that I told you where to park. The thing is what are you going to put on? Must haves include sunscreen and bugspray, of course, but if you forget a pair of comfortable shoes you'll regret it the next day. The better half wants you to know that arch support is a requirement for Jazz Fest. Flip flops will tortue your feet all day long and make it really hard to walk back to your car at the end of the day. Sunglasses are like sunscreen for your eyes. If you only have prescription glasses and no sunglasses (like me) then grab either the extremely cool attachable flip up lenses or make sure you have UV protection already on your lenses.Light colors and light clothing. No reason to bake in black or other dark clothes or even in a heavy shirt/ pants. Remember you'll be outside all day listening to music and dancing. The light clothes make that easier and the light colors keep the temp down.
A hat. Yup a hat is required. Without it you are in danger of quick dehydration and a scalp sun burn (which really sucks, trust me). Preferably the bucket hat style, but a regular ball cap will work as well as long as you put sunscreen on those dishlike ears.
Did I forget anything? Anything else that is a must wear for Jazz Fest?
1. Mike, flip up sunglasses lenses are cool. No way, they went out with the ark! you need transition lenses, now they are cool. Clear to dark and back again in seconds. To save a lot of money you should buy your glasses online as I did. Have a look at http://www.nuglasses.co.uk they have a lot of different lens options and you can upload a photo and see how you look in all their glasses.
Posted at 1:40PM on Apr 29th 2007 by Johnno