Notte Bianca, Take 2

Despite last year's complete lack of success at having any fun there, I decided to try White Night in downtown Naples again this year. But this time, I did it smart. "Laura" and I got a hotel right downtown, and checked in Saturday afternoon, thus avoiding the crushing nastiness of trying to get downtown with the entire rest of the population of the Greater Naples Metropolitan Area. It was actually a lovely evening--lots of street concerts, vendor booths, and generally just a nice time to walk around. Of course, the whole idea is that the Chamber of Commerce, or whatever the Italian equivalent is, sponsors the whole thing in order to generate huge crowds for the stores downtown, which remain open all night for bargain hunters and merry revelers. Apparently, though, somebody forgot to tell the stores about it, because there were about three of them open.