White Linen Night in the Heights was indeed hot — in so many fun ways

Dancin' up a storm was integral to the street party fun at White Linen Night in the Heights. Here, two ladies get into the groove at the Big Mamou Cajun restaurant parking lot. 

Nineteenth Street was packed with wandering revelers, a good number of whom obliged the call for "white linen."

Belly dancers entertained passers-by in front of Enchanted Times, a recent retail addition to the Heights.

Firefighters from Stations 11, 13, 15, 31 and 62 face off in a pie-eating contest hosted by Pie in the Sky Co. Jim "Mattress Mac" McIngvale served as emcee.

Nothing could have been tastier for these little ladies than the cooling snow cones they slurped up just outside of Pie in the Sky.

The band “PictureBook” entertained with classics from bands such as The Kinks, Led Zeppelin and The Byrds. 

Cathy Clark, co-owner of Wind Water Gallery on 19th Street, assists Kim McGraw in trying on one of several necklaces the gallery sells.

Momentum Mini and the Orange Show collaborated with four art-splashed Mini Coopers that served as artful displays along the party route.

Shade Restaurant was packed as White Linen Night participants flocked in to grab cool drinks and bites to eat.

The street crew for Freebirds World Burrito, a sponsor for White Linen Night, posed beside the Freebirds catering van.

Friends For Life, a non-kill pet adoption center and shelter, debuted its air-conditioned mobile adoption van that allows potential adopters and the animals comfort while meeting one another.

Ted Shaw demonstrated walking on broken glass near Wind Water Gallery. Shaw is a lifetime artist  — and fire walker. He has been walking on glass for about seven years.