happy father's day!

happy father's day to all those daddy's out there! they say you learn something new every day. today i learned how to fry chicken for father's day lunch. my aunt taught me the family recipe...now let's hope i can remember it!

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"memories like fingerprints are slowly raising..."

eddie vedder solo at the ryman was amazing. simple as that. this was one of the most intense/emotional shows i've ever been to. i was literally moved to tears.

"there's a big hard sun..."

"beating on the people in this big hard word..."

eddie and lilly

"glory days"

so, i have not blogged all summer. i've been super busy yet haven't done too much at all...if that makes any sense. i moved, so that was huge and took a ton of time and energy. i love my new place. there is tons more room and nice yard for lou...he LOVES it! i guess the biggest thing i've done this summer is bonnaroo. i saw more music this year that usual which was fantastic. however, i did get blocked into day parking so was not prepared to stay there the entire weekend. luckily, i had friends that had rv's, and friend's from home that were so sweet to bring me clothes! thanks, guys! i would have died without you. i wasn't planning on going until fri. but everyone was getting into town on thurs. night and calling so i just couldn't bear it another minute. i was so close so, of course, i took off. i didn't bother to check the weather and drove straight into a lightening storm. it was raining so hard that i had to pull over for about 15min. i was terrified. apparantly, we were under a tornado warning but thank goodness i didn't know that at the time. i finally got through the gates and parked by about 11 and went and met up with the atl crew. we saw midnite for a bit and i decided to go to the silent disco. my friend ryan runs the silent disco so i hang out there quite a bit in my down time. flynn and travis, whom i haven't seen in ages, ended up meeting me there so we crushed the silent disco for a bit. when we finished up there flynn and i went and walked around the campgrounds for a couple of hrs then i decided to go to my car....that's when i discovered i was blocked in by not only cars but also tents...awesome. i called travis and went to their rv for the rest of the morning. rick and kelly brought me clothes and i showered at charlie's rv.

day 1 - first full day of broo - friday
grace potter>yeah yeah yeahs>grizzly bear>david byrne>beastie boys>phish>girl talk>pretty lights.....whew...long day!!!

grace potter and the nocturnals

david byrne

beastie boys

day 2 - saturday
grace potter>booker t & the dbt's>gov't mule>mars volta>bruce springsteen>NIN...another LONG day. this was my absolute favorite day of broo. i saw most of my favorite bands back to back. grace potter also came out with mule and did southern man...unbelievable. sat. night ryan offered his hotel room so i got to sleep in a bed in ac with a hot shower...very nice...thanks ryan!

grace potter

booker t & the dbt's

gov't mule w/grace potter

NIN

day 3 - sunday

merle haggard>snoop dogg>phish
pretty short day but i was so exhausted from the rest of the weekend. eryka badu came out with snoop and bruce springsteen came out with phish for mustang sally, bobby jean, and glory days.

merle haggard

snoop dogg

good times, good peeps, and great music! bring on next year!!!