Seriously?? Are you kidding me?!?

Seriously? Are you kidding me?!? Hey there "that guy", not in my town. 

May one not ruin it for all. By now you know Cocktails and Glitter LOVES festivals and all things Richmond. It's also no secret that we are in very good company with our fellow Richmonders. 

Richmond is lucky to have not only the variety and great number of festivals in our city, but so many of them are high quality/well organized events! We are lucky to have such talented local and national acts grace the stages, not to mention the seemingly endless number of unique and beautiful venues. We are lucky to have wild and wonderful, kooky and brilliant and pure genius themes for our festivals. (Genius and brilliant clearly describe the up coming and new festivals of RVA Streets Alive and the first (hopefully annual) Bacon Festival.)  We are very, very lucky and very, very spoiled to have these quality events in our backyard, so let's not take it for granted and not let "that guy" ruin it for the rest of us. 

(We are using "that guy" in a generic sense for any and all guys or gals who choose to be the poorest representation of themselves and end up connecting their idiot behavior to Richmond.)

Hey there "that guy," you do not have permission to misrepresent our town with "that guy" behavior. If you can't be a positive part of the awesomeness that is Richmond, then stay home. Don't be that one person who ruins it for the masses. Don't be the one to make our awesome city look bad.

For those of you set on being "that guy" congratulations, you are an idiot.  May the decisions you make at 19 not follow you through life forever....oh wait, felonies are forever. If all your aspire to be is a belligerent, drunk, idiot with YouTube hits, film yourselves at home not at our festivals. Yes, that is directed to "that guy" from Shamrock the Block, you too are an idiot. Also, making the idiot list is "that guy" who vandalized the Virginia Tourism LOVE artwork, seriously, are you kidding me!?!

People work extremely hard to organize and bring these events and festivals to our great town. Don't insult their hard work. Maybe part of the punishment for "that guy" who makes a mockery of RVA events should be required to work without pay from start to finish on an event. Once you learn all the work that  goes into make a few hours awesome, maybe you'll think twice about being "that guy". 

Luckily it sounds like "Toots" won't hold a grudge against River City, even with his souvenir of 7 stitches . We hope to see Toots & the Maytals back soon

"That guy" goes far beyond the bad behavior that make it to the local (or national) news. If you pay to attend a concert, don't talk loudly during the entire performance or shout at the stage every time. The folks sitting around you payed to hear the music, not you. And if you plan on drinking gallons of beer that requires many trips to the beer tent and port-o-potties, hang out on the edge of the crowd, not in the middle. Nothing disrupts a rock out moment like "that guy" stepping on your toes for the 5th time, or worse, spilling beer on you! Remember, this event is not just for you, it's for everyone to enjoy.

Iron and Wine at Groovin' in the Garden. Can you spot "that guy"?

For those out to have a good time at all the events and festivals over the weekend, we hope you enjoyed yourselves and really hope that "that guy" did not ruin your fun. We did not let anyone ruin our weekend festival fun! We enjoyed the jams of Iron and Wine at Lewis Ginter's Groovin in the Garden concert series on Thursday, had dinner at the Lebanese Food Festival on Saturday and heard all kinds of great stories about the Riverrock run on Friday and cool water events all weekend. 

Just around the corner is the Greek Festival & Broad Appetit, two of Cocktails and Glitter's favorite festivals! Keep an eye for our posting about that in a few weeks.

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day weekend!

Cheers!
K&H 

PS- Share your most irritating "that guy" experience in the comments. Get it out of your system!