Christmas in the Adobes

Adobe houses from the 1800s are scattered throughout downtown Monterey. They are preserved by the parks department and every year as a fundraiser they are decorated for Christmas with folks in period costume performing and interpreting. Lots of fun. 

A gorgeous silver set in one of them 

An accordion player singing shanties: 

Someone playing the lute:

Flamenco dancers:

A traditional dance that I did not get the name of, but I'm pretty sure that if I tried it, I would end up breaking someone's  arm: 

And of course I did some sketching as well 

Oh and a couple of places had cookies. Those were good too.