First Friday

On Friday, my sister and I met up with some friends and headed downtown for First Friday. First Friday takes place on the, well, first Friday of every month. Downtown is always hoppin' and all the local art galleries, restaurants and music venues have events happening. It's impossible to go to everything, so the best plan of attack is to pick a few places that are within walking distance of your car. Scarlet Virginia was playing a show at Father and Sons, which is a really amazing vintage shop with three floors of art and antiques. The building is incredibly old and the floors are wooden and squeaky, and there's unrepaired holes everywhere. There's stuff to explore everywhere you look and gems to be found if you're willing to dig. It is not, however, a music venue and the Scarlet Virginia band members were quite squished. Regardless, we had a great time and celebrated the night with some MoJoe's delicious and ridiculously cheap burgers.