Guavaween was by all reports kind of a bust this year — the dip in attendance due in part to the ban on motorized floats and the according lack of krewes, but also to a higher ticket price and unfortunate timing (lots of competition from Saturday night Halloween parties).
One thing's for sure: Walling off the district on a Saturday night and turning it into Night of the Living Dead, Ybor Edition, didn't sit well with merchants. After the jump, see one merchant's mordantly funny video record of the not-so-lively doings on Seventh Avenue and environs.
This article appears in Oct 29 – Nov 4, 2009.