00:00Hey guys, Marc Rodriguez here. We were checking out First Friday when we were in town.
00:04It's like this local festival event that takes place the First Friday of every month in the Arts District in Las Vegas,
00:10and we just so happen to be in town this time.
00:13The last time we went there was way back in 2015, so a lot's probably changed since then.
00:17The first ever First Friday was way back in 2002, and while the pandemic shut it down for a while, it came back in April 2021.
00:25Now we're here with the VGM gang to see what's changed. Let's check it out.
00:30First Friday lines the streets up with all sorts of art and live music, and a bunch of cool merch.
00:36There's also indoor galleries with paintings and the like, and Sweet Pete and Angel were mostly interested in checking out the food trucks.
00:42The one that got my attention the most was this big anime-style themed food truck with all the cool characters on it.
00:48That looks pretty cool, doesn't it?
00:50Johnny and Wendy finally got to try out that fried Spam Usubi that's been popping up a lot lately.
00:55What do y'all think?
00:56It's a little salty.
01:00A little salty?
01:02I was kind of worried about the water when I was.
01:08I don't care.
01:09But, you know.
01:12So Johnny and I have been to several First Fridays back in the day.
01:15We're going to leave it up to Wendy to give us her thoughts on the first one she's ever been to.
01:19So I see that you found some of you liked their one.
01:24Our childhood.
01:25This is our childhood.
01:30Like Mark said, this was my first time experiencing First Friday.
01:34It was fun looking around and checking out all the local vendors and artists.
01:38We saw musicians, street magicians, and even came across a gallery slash bookshop that I know my friend would have liked.
01:45The food trucks also had some good variety, and I finally was able to try a Spam Usubi.
01:51It's really popular in Hawaii.
01:53You know, it wasn't that.
01:54Yeah, it was fun.
01:56I hope to experience it again at some point, even if it's in our area, which also has its own equivalent, which I just found out a while ago.
02:03So it was a lot of fun.
02:04I did enjoy the music.
02:06I did like the indoor galleries and stuff like that, and the cool bookstore that Wendy found with a section for banned books and things like that.
02:13It's kind of interesting.
02:14And then the street magicians were pretty cool, even though Wendy ended up losing $10 with the magic trick and everything.
02:22And a lot of it was also like some of the parking.
02:25It was very busy, and we had a lot of friends with different vehicles.
02:28We had to agree, like, where they're going to park, where we're going to meet up and stuff.
02:31And we got to experience, actually, a little bit of cold for Vegas.
02:35It was the only time that we had a bit of the chilliness out there.
02:38And then, of course, it was a long walk back to the vehicles when all was said and done.
02:42But otherwise, it was a fun time.
02:44It was pretty cool.
02:46And most of all for us, it was just fun seeing the old gang again, hanging out with Sweet Peach and Angel and Landmore and Wicca and everything.
02:54So, yeah, it was pretty cool hanging out with the whole gang.
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