hello again
i’m back after a mini-hiatus. i was super sick for a few days and am done catching up and back to feeling mostly normal…
i wanted to share a few things i’ve been reading lately - i’ve been searching blogs for inspiration and found a bunch that i love! here are a few:
random, fashion, art, etc:
food!
hope you all enjoy! i’ll be back with more fun stuff soon…
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i’m laying low this weekend and enjoying some peace and quiet. probably will head out to lake texoma sometime to visit with my uncle and enjoy the outdoors! but if you’re looking for some fun stuff to do…
artfest is going on at fairpark starting tonight and going through sunday with tons of art, music and family fun.
summerfest is also starting out at the gaylord texan - it runs all the way through august.
for a little nightlife, on saturday black tie dynasty is playing at the granada theater and on sunday the kills along with dax riggs are playing at the house of blues.
also on sunday the W hotel nightclub, ghostbar, is hosting a memorial day soiree with special guests to ring in summer.
that’s all from me for now! hope you all have a safe and awesome memorial day weekend!!
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so i’m just now getting around to posting my “weekend fun times” from last weekend. here goes…
friday was the wildflower festival in richardson, it was so much fun! we saw loverboy and bat benatar. pat was amazing i really had no expectations, just wanted to have fun, but man she’s still got it! the pics didn’t end up so great, so sorry about not having any.
saturday was definitely an adventure! i went with some girlfriends to the assassination city roller derby. it was in mesquite, tx, at a local skating rink. the first bout was inter-league with the bombshell brigade vs. the lone star assassins. for the second bout, the deadly kennedys beat the central arkansas rockin’ renegade. the halftime (not sure if that’s the right term…) entertainment was fun, first was the “urban glow”
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happening in dallas this weekend
alrighty, another fun-filled weekend coming up! tonight i’m headed to the richardson wildflower! arts & music festival to see pat benatar play. since i’m tagging along with some girlfriends, i didn’t know much about the fest until i looked it up - there are some really good bands playing out there! tonight’s lineup is loverboy, eve 6, le freak, pat benatar and then everclear - blast from the past much?! but then tomorrow is america, blue oyster cult and the guess who! too bad i can’t make it for that night, but someone should go and tell me how it is!
tomorrow i’m headed to ikea to round up the rest of my baskets for the closet. saturday night i’m going to my first ever roller derby! the assassination city roller derby girls are playing against arkansas and i’ll be there to support them in their bout. the after parties i hear are pretty fun and are usually held at lee harvey’s so come on up! go to their site for more info on tickets, bouts, and parties. this should definitely be a good time! also on saturday night, kyle caldwell and the astonishing wonder featuring the kick-back kid are playing at alexandre’s starting at 10 pm. they are a riot and you will definitely have a good time. but if you’re not into that, tulsa local band congress of a crow is playing at the lakewood bar and grill.
sunday funday!! radiohead!! yes, it’s finally here, and i’ll be heading to the superpages.com center to enjoy the show (seriously, that name is so lame, i’ll still call it the smirnoff for a while). tickets sold out almost immediately, so if you wanted to go and you didn’t get tix in time, call me….and i’ll give you a rundown of how awesome the show is! oh that’s mean, but really, i’m sure there will be lots of scalpers out there. i’ll have pics and all that good stuff next week.
hope you all have a good weekend and maybe i’ll see you around town!
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sorry for the delay in posting, but my internet is down at home so i have to find time before work to post…so here goes!
i made it out to taste addison with a few friends on friday. ran into the beautiful nicole who made sure that we got the extra special treatment in vip…nice to have great friends in good places! it was a really nice vibe; lots of people, delicious food, and good music. i surprisingly liked switchfoot a lot…even though it’s not really my thing, the band was really energetic and put on a good show. i’m sure gavin degraw did a good job, but we left mid-set cause i was so tired (lame, i know).
what’s a festival without a turkey leg?!
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around town this weekend
there is a lot going on this weekend but here are the two things i definitely will be going to…
tonight taste addison begins - a weekend filled with fun, food and music!! tonight gavin degraw and switchfoot are playing and tomorrow it’s the black crowes! the participating restaurants include texas de brazil, the melting pot, truluck’s, two rows and blue goose cantina. hopefully i will see you there, cause we’re gonna have a large time! taste runs from 5pm today till 6pm on sunday.
also this weekend is the 5th annual bishop arts district block party, car show, and urban bazaar. the block party is tomorrow (saturday) from 9:30 am - 8 pm and will have everything from food to clothes to live music and prizes! definitely something to check out!
so i hope you’ll check out one of these fun things and maybe i’ll see you around town!
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last night my friend jennifer and i went to the city tavern right down the street from my place. it was a very fun night… taylor davis and his band were playing (as i believe they do every thursday), and i somehow mustered up the courage to ask if i could sing a song with them. taylor said definitely and asked what i wanted to sing - immediately i say janis, since that’s usually what i can do the best, but he didn’t go for it so i went with my immediate second fave ryan adams. he said “yeah! how about ‘come pick me up’?” to which i said “uh yeah!! only my favorite song of his!” they were on a break so he said he’d call me up there when they started up again. i thought for sure that he was just humoring me and probably waiting for me to forget or leave. but no, he sure did ask me to come up and sing with him. i was nervous and to tell you the truth, i don’t know if i’m any good. i just love to sing…i’m no aretha, or even janis for that matter.
at any rate, it was a good time. i didn’t get boo’d off stage so i take that as a plus. there was also a guy filming for the band so it’s a possibility that you all may be treated to the real thing. stay tuned…
ps. we had the nachos and they were delicious!
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stephen and i went to our first ever rangers game last night! it was so much fun…while i’m an astros fan, i was glad to see the rangers actually win a game! plus, it was dollar dog night, and you can’t beat that!
my jalapeño dog … yum.
it was so exciting, because we were able to see the big grand slam by josh hamilton!
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dfest 2008 lineup announced…and oh, it’s good!
it’s official, folks! and i’m suprised and excited about this year’s artists.
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more weekend fun times…
like i told you all last week, there was a lot of stuff going on in dallas over the weekend! i managed to take in as much as i could…
record store day: was awesome. i made it up to good records just in time to hear LIONS play and buy some new cd’s (the kooks “konk” and MGMT’s self titled)
after watching the band for a bit, i made it up to house of dang for their little soirée and got some super cute new earrings…i have a pic somewhere, i’ll post it later.
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