weekend junk

Well, Ike came and passed quietly. We had a fun weekend, despite the uncertainty of whether or not we would have power/water/a roof!

On Friday, we went to the elementary school in our neighborhood (Jen, please apply there) and Will skateboarded a lil bit. There was a gorgeous sunset, and it was extremely windy as shown by the below pic of me and video of young William.





We got to see Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studio, which was the strangest thing ever. There were like fifty people there, and it was kinda in the middle of no where.


It was amazing to get out of the house and go to a show. We're going to Good Records this weekend to see Clint Niosi again, and then Neko Case is in two weeks!! I can't wait to listen to her belt it out.

Since RGRS was so dark, none of our pics came out. Here's a ridiculously dark video of him singing the song that I posted a few weeks back. Beware: clapping is involved. When he mentioned to the audience that he was from Baltimore, I should have shouted, "Go Ravens!!!" but I didn't :(


Ike washed away the 90 degree temps and the weather is gorgeous here now. We went to GrapeFest in Grapevine on Sunday to enjoy it. We saw many wonderful things, including:

- a train that takes people on rides between Grapevine and Fort Worth (fun!!)

- pork rinds (my mother's infamous road trip snack)

- a policeman eating corn on the cob

- a tiny old jail that's straight out of Lost

- idiots stomping grapes!! the guy in the middle has intense form.


Afterward we visited the Gaylord Texan (giant resort hotel, not a gay nightclub.) and ate lunch at the bar. They have a 50' television screen that was showing like six football games at once.


I wish we could have watched Michael Phelps on it.


There was also a replica facade of the Alamo in the Gaylord!!


And some miniature model town of Grapevine. Cute.


I love exploring our surrounding towns. I'll be so sad when we run out of new places!