Floats & Flotillas: Way More Fun Than You'd Ever Imagine

Because, really: if someone invited you to come make a ship that would actually float and gave you a bag of stuff from the recycling store and told you you had an hour to work with a group of strangers to make it work, you wouldn't expect big fun and random hilarity, now, would you?

"No, Ricë, we wouldn't."

I know this is what you'd say because it's what I thought, too; but what we didn't take into account = artists, a long day behind them, cake, and *wine.*

Well, alrighty, then! That's a whole nother thang, as we say in Texas. And indeed it was. It was, in short, a total hoot. And way cute!

Innovative!

X-rated!

Pirate-ated!

Inspired!

Intoxicated! (or pretending to be, re: pirates)

Exhilarated!

Below, Chef Danny, Our Judge:

 The launch:

The race:

The finish:

As of this writing, I have no idea who won, but you know what? It doesn't matter a single little bit. It was fabulous fun, more than I would ever have expected. If you missed it, I'm so, so sorry. I hope there's another one, and I hope you get to participate. And, truly, I hope this: that you remember to bring lots of duct tape and pipe cleaners. The really long, twisty ones.