Memorial Day weekend

The Jazz Jubilee is back in town, although I never really attended the event and in the past. Sounds like fun, except that you have to pay a high admission price to get in. So this Memorial Day weekend, instead of being out on the road, I'm spending it at home. High gas prices are still out of control and I think it's affecting my social life, because I virtually use the car to go out and kick it with my friends. I rarely use public transportation, although I was thinking of going downtown by taking the bus and the light rail one day.