Oct 18th,  2008 - The Hindu festival of Diwali is at the end of the month and there is a large mela at the Texas Stadium in Irving. There are many families of Indian origin in the Dallas Fort Worth area and this event brings them all together. We live in Irving too so the stadium was very close to us. We left home around 5 in the evening and reached there in 15 minutes. It took us another 15 minutes to get in and find parking. 

Once we got in, there were maybe a hundred booths mostly of local Indian businesses. The Salaam Namaste booth gave me a balloon. I met the ladies from the "Show Me the Curry" website. They gave me a packet of spices. Most of the local restaurants had their booths and they were  selling Samosas, Dosas, Biryani among other things.

There was a play area for kids with inflatables and I got very excited and wanted to go play there. Unfortunately there was a long line and I was pretty impatient (I don't quite understand the concept of lines yet). My parents decided that it was time to leave. On the way out, we met Tejas and Vikram uncle and their families.