Walkin around the Zoo, on a thursday afternoon....

OK so once again, i am off by a day, but that is ok. Mentally i am already on Thursday. Why you might ask, well the BIG TRIP is upon us. That's right. I leave tomorrow night to head to California and Oregon for String Cheese Incident. IT isn't anything like Widespread Panic, but it is a good time also.
Jeff and I have been packing all week. Last weekend we put all of our festival gear (tent, blow up mattress- we are getting old) sleeping bags, shade tent(s), camp chairs, stove, food, snacks, camera gear (both video and stills) liquor(we aren't that old) and other sundries.
It all fit to our surprise, so we will only have our backpacks, pillows and coolers in the backseat. Plenty of room to put the seats back if we need to.

So, we are taking off tomorrow for the Utah/Wyoming border and finding a place to sleep, then the next day all the way to San Francisco. Saturday is the first show at the Greek. It will be my first time there and i am so excited. The Dead used to play this venue and i hear it is a magical place to see a show. Being from Denver, I see a ton of shows at Red Rocks, which holds some sreious beauty in it's own, so we will see. Sunday is the 2nd show. We also have late night tickets to see Disco Biscuits after the cheese show. Very excited. I have seen this band many times and always have a good time, but the past week, i caught them at the historical fox theater in Boulder and thought the show was just OK. I spent a lot of time with my friend heather at the bar making fun of all the children. It was an all ages show, so there were some kids there. But this one will be different from being on the road and all warmed up from two nights of cheese under our belts.

After these two shows we will slowly make our way up the coast of California to some small towns list Arcadia and Eureka. See some sights, sleep with some trees and eventually make our way to Portland and meet up with some friends. The Festival will be held at Horning Hideout outside of Portland. I have not been there yet, also, but very much looking forward to seeing the hard core family of cheese. As with the Greek theater, i have heard great things about this land and festival site. The first that i am really excited to see is the peacocks. I hear they have a bunch that just walk around the ground. A friend told me they sound like a girl getting hurt when they call, so that should be a lot of fun (hehehe)

That festival will be for four days, but three shows. The last being Sunday night. Then we will get in the car and bust ass back to Denver for work on Tuesday.

Last night i mowed the lawn for the week, but i will probably go over it again thursday to make sure it will stay low. The garden is about to OVER FLOW!! it will be great when we get back. We have a ton of tomatoes that are going to ripen nicely. the zuchini, squash and cucumbers are going NUTS and will be many to pick when we return. The carrots are a huge mass of green, we have pepers starting and an eggplant is getting going also.
Our beans need some more water and some help but i am willing to risk those to keep everything else going.

OK, well i will share some pictures when i get back and maybe a video or two.
Have a great 10 days and check back about the first of August for an update.
Until then, Panic on and cheese out!

S-A-TUR-DAY NIGHT!!!

OK so that is tomorrow, but i didn't want to use the "Thank God It's Friday" line again.
So, i am SSSOOOOO NOT wanting to work right now, so i am posting a blog. Perfect. So at work i basically listen to tapes, and type what i hear and/or see, if it is B-ROLL.
And i just decided that my ears were tired of listening and my brain was tired of thinking to my my hand which are tired, type. So i am just plane tired i guess.
Last night we baled on seeing a comedian. We are trying to save up cash for our BIG California, String Cheese Incident run.
Since Jeff works for a newspaper and I for a Television station, we are able to get press passes to some tourists spots that we want to see, but don't want to pay for (don't get us wrong, we are not cheap, we are frugle) So, i think we are going to line up a tour of the Seal Caves- or are they sea lions, i don't know, i guess i better go to learn.
A few years back, Jeff and i went from SF down to La, and along the way we saw a ton of what jeff called drift wood. We stopped along the coast to use the bathroom and there were a few people really looking at the drift wood as i entered the bathroom. Jeff always gets out before me and when i found him, he had joined the group looking at the wood. Well growing up on the water, i was more interested in getting back on the road. until he showed me that they were actually sea lions along the road side.. we took a bunch of pictures and then got on our way.
This trip we are going from SF to just outside of Portland. 10 days, 5 shows and a bunch of family...
So, aside from the sea lion caves, (or seals, but i think it is sea lions) then we wanted to see some light houses. We are researching for the best one to stop at.
Well, thats it for now... i am getting tired of typing this too...
HAPPY Devil's Day...Friday the 13th!!!!

Hey DJ, Bring that FUNKy track back

OK, so i was in a funk. just didn't have it in me to do much of anything last week. I was at the bottom of my energy trough. but I am back. Here is a Pitcure took from the 4th. My boyfriend and I went up to a mountain town called Black Hawk, and got up on the side of the mountain and watched the fireworks. You should be able to see the mountains, and the town.

More to come...I have to correct them in Photoshop...

Been a long time coming....

OK, i have to apologize for not entering anything in a while. I got myself into a funk i will explain later, but have come out the other side a little better than before, with some sun shining my way. In the mean time, check this out.. I am laughing so hard at this....
I love this song, very easy to sing along, but now i have some wonderful visuals to go with it..


Enjoy!!

Wanna carry my life in a bag...

WOW!!!! what a weekend. Well the huge hassle that i wasn't looking forward to worked out perfectly. A friend knew someone that works the VIP entrance this season at Red Rocks, so we didn't have to wait in line at all. That was the biggest help out. By the time we get in the door, i have usually had a full day in the sun, with beers and whiskey, so my attitude reflects that. And by the time all my "friends" come in, they push me off my space that I have saved all day.
So, that didn't happen this year. We didn't have to do the line, nothing. My friends went in at door, though the VIP entrance, got our space, and didn't have a lot of trouble. Jeff and i entered the venue AFTER doors and wandered to our spot, waiting for us. PERFECT!! no stress, nothing...

The shows were spectacular, mainly because i was so relaxed. The boy were hot!!!!
I saw a few new stickers that i liked...
1) Bye George... the band's back. (it even gives me chills typing it)
2) I like what I'm Herring..
for the Widespread Panic-ly challenged.. here is the brief history.
Michael Houser- original guitarist- nicknamed "panic" in college. He met a guy that could play the bass (JB) and the rest became the band Widespread Panic... In 2000 Milkey was diagnosed for Pancreatic cancer. The band kept recording and touring.. non-stop almost. It is what Mikey wanted. They came to RR about 3 months before Milkey passed and it was the saddest show i have ever seen. He was so small and weak, but his guitar was Smoking!!!!! he could still play his heart out. Mikey died. very sad...
A new guitarist was picked, though a lot of rumors of how it came about. George, oh George. I read an article in rolling stone or relix that likened George to a Dialysis machine. It got the band though, but not on it's top legs... There was a time that i actually broke up with this band due to George and the badness that the band was producing at the time..
Well all hell broke loose about a year ago... George and the band had a fight, on their way to a gig in Austin, they swung my Mississippi and dropped the fucker at his doorstep. Good riddance we didn't need you anyway.
They the gates of heaven opened and Jimmy Herring (Almond Brothers, The Dead, Phil and Friends) came our way. The band is back. Jimmy plays with all emotion and power that the songs were written and composed with. Again, just typing this makes me so grateful that i have this reaction to live music and this band!!!!
So, back to the dialysis analogy, Jimmy is the transplant that gives life back to the ill.
WE GOT THE BAND BACK!!!!!!
So, we were in row 10 the first night (that's really friggen close) and then row 12 the second night. Both nights set lists are great. It seemed they came on stage friday, asked all 9,000 of us to turn around and bend over, because they spanked the whole crowd Friday... what a great set, and it hear the songs played correctly and have the guitar jams that only jimmy can add, what a great show..
Saturday didn't disappoint either... We had a great crowd of people. Lots of friends all enjoying what is Widespread Panic.... I gave out some cut up watermelon at set break. It is such a hit at that time of the show. Everyone was grabbing pieces and giving me hugs for it. Too much fun.
Oh and i got a I (heart) JB button!!!!

Friday and Saturday the doors were at 5 and show at 7 (or there abouts). Sunday is like church. doors at 2 show at 4. the whole thing during the day, which is a strange way to see panic. But i don't go to church regularly, and this is my spiritual reprise. Sunday Panic, don't miss it.
But by the time Sunday rolls around, most people drop off. It is a hard day to get up for if you let it all go Saturday night. So, we stumbled there right at doors, 2pm, and found our friends. We were way back at row 22. Not bad for Sunday not trying. The show was good. a lot of slower songs, but it goes with Panic in the day light. They have a song, not one i really like, but it is called Flat Footed Floozie. great name. Well i was sitting next to some friends of friends that i didn't know and noticed one guy had a cool beer koozie. It was blue with some bare feet on it (grabbed my attention being barefoot and all) and i looked closer and it said "Flat Footed Koozie" Fucking loved it. so i started asking about it, he introduced me to the guy that made them. He said he sold them all a few years ago, but always gets comments about the one he has. The suddenly he reaches in his back pocket and grabs one and gives it to me. I was SOOOO excited... I even used it last night on my beer that I drank playing ball with my dogs.
I wish i was on my way to LA (three nights starting tomorrow) then SD.. and a bunch of my friends are heading to Vegas next Tuesday for the show...
I will be here, waiting for my trip to California for another band String Cheese Incident.. Completely different kind of band, but same emotions it brings me. more on them later
and i need a weekend to recover from this last one...
(by the way - i took this picture of JB in the chicken suit at Haloween in Vegas last year)

only a day a away.....

Well the weekend that i have been waiting for for many weeks is about here. Widespread Panic is coming back to colorado and blessing us with three shows at Red Rocks. Again, i am not looking forward to the hassle it is to go to this venue, but the scenery is great and i really can't wait to see a lot of my friends that i dont get to see on a regular basis.
Time for some good old fashioned whiskey drinking and shit talking..
But i have to get though today and tomorrow of work.
Oh by the way snack was a sweet and salty mix of candy and nuts..
something more for my travel box.

D is for Daddy

It is hard around Fathers day.
I miss you dad.

Sunny Day, sweeping the clouds away...

Happy Thursday to any of my readers... This morning my boyfriend woke up not wanting to go to work. Well more like just being lazy and not wanting to wake p yet. but i told him my old adage for Thursdays that my mom would tell me when i didn't want to go to school (almost every Thursday). You only have to get though today, then it is Friday. And everything is better on a Friday. Well it didn't really cheer him up as it never got me wanting to jump out of bed either, but for some reason, it works for me now.. I am glad tomorrow is Friday. That means that 1) a friend is having a happy hour get together at his house. 2) we want to hit up a great brew house in down town because it is their birthday celebration. 3) it means that Saturday is right around the corner and that means that i will be heading up to the coolness of 6200 feet and hanging with my friend Josh. ALSO~ my boyfriend and i found a coupon for a seafood buffet in Black Hawk (think Casinos surrounded by mountains- yeah it isn't as nice as you are thinking, but the casinos are HUGE- so they have good food) So, we are going to go out to dinner Saturday night and then go see a great Musician - Drew Emmet, at the stage stop... What a day. and i am really looking forward to it.. I feel much better going into this weekend than i did last weekend.
I will give you the low-down on Sunday as i am recovering to come back to work.

Oh, Thursday snack.. it is a Frozen fruit bar with real fruit. I got a mango one.. (my favorite by the way) and i cant take it home because it will melt, so looks like i gotta eat it now..

Wednesday snack

OK, now i usually pass these up, but i didn't bring a very large lunch today, so i could use a snack..
Today is...........

individual cup of pudding!!!! i got vanilla.

Monday/Tuesday Snack

Ok sorry i missed yesterday. I got so carried away eating my snack that i forgot to tell you all about it. So it was a Shrek themed push up. I have not had a push-up in years, but they were my favorite when we would go to the pool on steamy hot afternoons in Virginia when i was a kid. The push up was green and orange sherbet swirled... delish...
and today (Tuesday) was little packs of Zoo Animal Fruit Gummy Figures.. very strange. I didn't have any but i brought a package home to go into the travel snack box.

Sundae, bloody Sundae...

You Are a Granola and Fruit Sundae

Healthy, fresh, and totally natural. Your body is a temple... even if it doesn't smell like one!

What Kind of Sundae Are You?

Still got some of the Ram :)

You are 93% Aries How Aries Are You?

Every breath you take....x2

WOW!!!! that was a weekend. My boyfriend and i were commenting Sunday night that it has been a while since we had a weekend like this past one. Where do i start. Oh yeah Red Rocks Friday night. OK, so we get home from work, pack up our "what if it (insert any type of Colorado weather)" backpacks with jackets, an umbrella, i brought my sneakers and socks in case my sandals didn't keep my feel warm enough, and headed to Red Rocks (RR).
We stopped by Subway for a quick sandwich to go and the beer store to completely fill the cooler. We were set for our first trip to this historic amphitheater for the year (many more trips will come in the following months)
We have guest list tickets, which can easily be translated into "wait at the box office until almost show time, then we will have the list from the band and be able to let you in".
we get there, it is mostly empty. We are there to see the opening act, mostly, so we are happy to see that most people stayed in the parking lot.
Gogol Bordello is very fun and they sounded great. No complaints except i hate people, and there were a lot of people at this concert before it was over. We didn't care for Manu Cho very much and decided to go walking around the venue while most people were watching the stage. We left shortly before the show was over.
Saturday we woke and started the day easy. Laying on the couch and watching TV. About the time that nothing is no, we get a call from Josh, he is in town (from the small mountain town Rollinsville- about 40 west of Denver- and 8700 feet) to go to the Patagonia store, so he said he was going to come over. I got out the lawn mower and started on some of the back yard, but didn't feel very creative. I started with lines, moved to a small square where i did a diamond. Josh arrived right about then and asked if i was getting ready for a pee-wee baseball game... it did look really small.. He brought us some Dairy Queen sundae, that was breakfast... not a bad way to start the Saturday.
After hanging in the backyard and getting hot, we decided to walk up to the Indian Restaurant for some Masala and other wonderful dished on their buffet. THE BEST IN DENVER!!!! after that, we were about ready for a nap. Josh took off and Jeff and i layed down. the next thing i know Jeff is coming in the bed room, turns on the light and is dripping from his shower. It was already 4 o'clock, our friend Dave was already there for the POLICE concert... I woke, showered got all dressed up (cute skirt, sexy boots, cool top and was ready to go. We got to the Pepsi center (the can) earlier enough to grab a beer at the bar across the street before heading into the venue. After watching people sell their tickets, meet their friends and prepare for the show, we headed into the can. The Merch they were selling struck me as funny. It was every tour shirt from their history. nothing new. jackets, shirts, posters etc. we passed the masses struggling to get their size XXL tour shirt, and headed to our seats. Face value for out tickets were (are you ready) $90.00, so then add service fees and it comes to about 115 in the end. We were in the 300 section, all the way at the top. But we were looking down on the side of the stage. It was a nead set up. Oval stage, with LED lights all round it. Very simple and plain, perfect to see each member of the band.
The lights went down, and the trio took to the spotlights with the adoring cheers from a stadium full of fans.
It was a sing along kind of night.
Message in a Bottle, Synchronicity II, Don't Stand so close to me, When the World is running down, you make the best of what's still around, Spirits in the Material World, Driven to tears, Truth hits everybody... Then Jeff had to leave. See he got this gig to shoot an event at another bar in Denver. It was too much money to pass up, but it also meant he would have to leave The Police early. I stayed with Dave...
Everything she does is magic, The Bed's too big without you, Do do do do, Da da da da, Invisible Sun, walking in your footsteps, Can't stand losing you, Roxanne, King of Pain, so lonely, Every Breath you Take, Next to you..
HOLY COW!!! Great show everyone sounded great. Andy is still a dork, Stewart still kicks major drum ass and Sting, well is still Sting, in his skin tight white shirt with the sleeves cut off, Skin tight black pants and black boots.. And very very FIT!!! my oh my. not that i was close enough to see, but they had video screens.
Dave and I left the can and headed over to where Jeff was shooting. It was a Camel (cigarettes- hey- don't judge, they pay good money)... he shot photos, i drank for free since one of my friends was bar tending and chatted with Dave.. OH, they also have little activities at these parties, and i made some spin art.. very fun.
We got home late and went to bed even later... Makes for good sleeping in Sundays.
Sunday went as planned.. very little movement, lots of laying around watching TV... We went to Rite aid, and the super market, got some lunch and went home. About 5 o'clock, Jeff asks me if i think he would be able to get a ticket to the second police concert that evening, for cheap. I didn't know. I didn't really think much about it until about an hour later he asks me if i wanted to come along. I didn't want to move, but i didn't want to stay home by my self either, so i just threw on some jeans, tossed my hair in a ponytail and grabbed my shoes. We ended up back at the Pepsi center, watching all the people that had dolled themselves up as i had the night before. We saw a bunch of scalpers but not many regular folks trying to get rid of a ticket. We decided we would go for the most desperate, thinking they will want to almost give it away. we watched one man try for about 30 minutes with no bites at all. He put the ticket in his hand and was walking in to the center when i stopped him. I offered him $20 and he took it... So, now Jeff can see the part of the concert his missed... i, again, didn't care. i could have taken the lite rail back home, but we found another person doing the same thing, we asked when the got tired and thought no one wanted it and got another 50.00 ticket for $20.o0. so, now i was in. The seats on the two tickets we got were on separate sides of the center and in the nose bleed section again.. we didn't want to do that, so we just found a couple of seats in the 100 level (read $100+ ticket prices) and just sat down. no one said anything and two minutes later the concert started... same set list, same banter, same sing along crowd... It was still good the second time...
So, now i can say i have seen the Police in concert twice.. :)
I need a weekend from my weekend....

Friday's Snack

Today was scoop-it-yourself- ice cream. some people make root beer floats, some people just scoop it in a bowl, some add chocolate syrup, some don't. I passed completely... but i did hit up panera bread and had a Mango Smoothie.. it was just that kind of day.

Quick update, last night's band (Electric Soft parade) was actually pretty good.. They are from the UK and sound like it. Think Beatles and Pink Floyd. Not bad.
Tonight is Gogol Bordello and Manu Cho at red rocks. I am very much wanting to see Gogol, but don't care much about manu cho. i will tell you about it tomorrow.

doing the jailhouse rock....

Well i guess justice has been served. Paris Hilton will be spending the rest of her sentence in jail. Now, i wonder if she will still only serve the 23 days or with all this mess, she will have to do the full original 40 days. I truly feel for her. i wouldn't want to go to jail, i know i wouldn't be getting out until the time was served. I think the judge is trying to show that money cant get always get you out of trouble. We will see if this really sticks.
I just don't know how a non-violent crime can get you this kind of time...
Hope she has a lot of good books to read. And wow, to spend that much time with yourself what you are used to being surrounded by people is probably enough to make her crazy...
(OK enough gossip for one day..- can you tell i don't feel like working today?)

What is wrong with the world today?

OK, i know that i am probably part of the problem, but i cant keep my eyes off TMZ today.. they are at Paris Hilton's house waiting for her to get her ass back to court to face the judge that sentenced her to 40 days in jail. It was reduced to 23 and she only spent 3 (they are counting it as 5 i guess) days behind bars. Now, i subscribe to US magazine, and i, like i said, keep an eye on TMZ and Parez Hilton though out the days, so i know that i am part of the problem. So, don't give me any shit. It is a guilty pleasure to know that even the rich, mega rich and filthy rich get themselves into so much drama, that it keeps me from having to do it in my life.
I didn't agree with the jail sentence, for the crime, but i also was interested to see her go serve the time. I think if she, like Martha Stewart, just shut up and served out the sentence, she would have come out a hero, or at least with some better press about her. I believe that yesterday's chaos and today's drama is only going to sell more magazines, but do nothing for her image. But apparently she, and most other Hollywood youngsters dont need to worry about image.
Now, i got to get back to TMZ, i might have missed her leaving her house... the saga continues.

I outa be in pictures

The Movie Of Your Life Is A Cult Classic

Quirky, offbeat, and even a little campy - your life appeals to a select few. But if someone's obsessed with you, look out! Your fans are downright freaky. Your best movie matches: Office Space, Showgirls, The Big Lebowski

If Your Life Was a Movie, What Genre Would It Be?

Thursday Snack

Itty bitty cinni minis

(ie- little Cinnamon buns)

Another one bites the dust

So, i was planning a quiet evening at home, doing some laundry and getting some cleaning done. My Boyfriend has a gig writing about a band Electric Soft Parade tonight, and i was going to watch Letterman alone.
BUT~ i just got an email that he has an extra ticket and he would like me to go.. How can you say no to that? I guess the laundry will have to wait for another night and Letterman probably wasn't that good anyway. Artie Lang was on last night, and i love him.
And it is a great excuse to drink a Beam and Coke.
Tomorrow we got really fortunate and got guest listed to see Gogol Bordello at Red Rocks. this will be my first Red Rocks show of the year, and i am looking forward to it. Easy, no pressure, no fighting and clawing and scratching, yet.... that will all be in a few weeks, but for now i will go and enjoy the gypsy punk that is Gogol Bordello. If you don't know this band, which i am sure you don't , check them out... the lead singer has a kick as moustache (very important when singing Gypsy punk) and he was in Chernobyl when the Nuclear explosion happened. I saw an interview with him once and the reporter said, you are a lucky guy. He replied what part was lucky, being in a nuclear explosion, loosing members of your family, having to leave your home never to return.. I don't see any of that as being lucky." so true..
But there is a song of Gogol's that is my favorite... Start wearing Purple!!!
Well i will let you know how the next two shows are..
That's enough posting for me for one day...

http://www.gogolbordello.com