From the home I was c0nsidering buying pn F0rest Avenue, I walked up Bumby to the Plaza Live Theater. I havnt sketched at the Plaza Live since before Christina Grimmie was shot by a fan on the evening before the Pulse Nightclub Massacre that took 49 lives. There was a long line t0 get through security to get into the event which was staged in the Plaza Live parking lot. I stood in the block long line that made its way to a huge inflatable cow. The cow makes sense since the Plaza Live theater is in the Milk District. Officers checked peoples bags as they moved through the belly of the beast. Just as I exited the butt, it started to rain. I ran to some cover near the theater and considered sketching the security check point but the driving rain would have soaked my sketch page.
I made my way instead to the front of the theater and found cover under an awning that covers the long arching entry ways. It was still early in the day. I am certain that the best Krampus bests would come out after dark. W9th my bck against the wall, I sketched. Orlando Urban sketchers were supposed to be at the even, but I never noticed any other sketchers at work. I did notice plenty of people wearing horns. The spot was perfect to see bests as they entered for the first time.
There was a small puppy seated to my right and he seemed as curious as ai was about all the creatures with horns. When the rain let up a little bit, I wandered through all the booths. I never stopped since I was still getting wet. There was a main stage set up in the parking lot, so there would be music at some point. If I needed a Krampus themed Christmas present, this would have been the place to get it.
The rain was clearly not going to stop, so I made my way back to where I parked my car on Forest Avenue.