ting spoiled with presents and birthday cake at Matt's mom's house we went along to check it out. I love downtown Melbourne (or the CBD as they call it here). It is very similar to Chicago minus the freezing temperatures and dreadful snowstorms.
r the festival with mirrors for faces. The other visual art section was actually on the river. Artists had made various blow-up pieces. 
were Clown 1 and Clown 2 by Brook Andrew. They reminded me of somethin
g and finally I placed it....Leigh Bowery. Back in the day when I was enamored with the whole Club Kid phenom I was really enthralled with Leigh Bowery. And these were two big ole Leigh Bowery balloons. I have no idea that the artist had any intention of making a "Bowery" balloon but he certainly did.
This is actually Boy George playing Leigh Bowery in Taboo (worst show I ever saw in London). But I digress....there were some good bands at the Dream Festival and we sat in the grass listening and people watching. There was lots of good people watching. 
Later on we met Rebe
cca, Nick and a bunch of their friends up at Crown Casino. I am not a big fan of casinos and wasn't feeling too good about the decision to go when we first walked in but on the upper level there is an outside bar on the side of the Yarra that has a fantastic view of the city. It was awesome and Nick's brothers decided I needed a fishbowl (biggest drink ever) for my birthday.
On the hour huge fire cannons from out front of the casino 
shoot into the air. The next morning the TV must have known it was my birthday. Rebel Without a Cause was on and I love anything with Natalie Wood. Then there was a live New Order concert and they did all Joy Division songs for their encore including my very favorite song in the whole wide world. Happy Birthday to me!
