DC Carnival was the shit. It was packed. Not like this year's homecoming, but close enough. Trini's and Jamaican's alike floated down the streets of Georgia Avenue around Howard University. And mad people were chillin in all kinds of crazy makeup.

This girl was in a parade. I'm not sure if she was a dancer, probably, but she was mad cool, just chillin with some folks. Yo but the socks were wildin'. Couldn't feel it. Maybe it was just me. But that's the thing about carnival. You bring a whistle and wind on some vixens gettin down to some Soca or Calypso. I swear that's all that was happening, plus the good food and the snowcones.