best bonnaroo moments

well friends, we made it back...safe and sound, all in one piece! bonnaroo was tons of fun.  we met some great new friends and got to hang out with some long-time besties. while i could go on and on about all the great moments, i will narrow it down to 10, not in any order, but just 10 amazing moments :)

1. best show of the weekend - arcade fire, hands down (watch this video for the magic)
2. best artist outfit surprise - jim james of my morning jacket in furry white boots...
3. best late night show + best crowd - scissor sisters
4. most surprising guest on stage - kareem abdul jabbar with bootsy collins....i mean, really?!
5. funniest moment in a crowd - the guy who was enjoying his first funnel cake and asked me no less than 3 times "have you ever had a funnel cake?! do you want to try some???"
6. weirdest moment - string cheese incident, late night on saturday, there was a guy with a jet pack, a guy suspended from huge balloons and a gigantic t-rex...and a visit from the sexy sax man
7. song i never thought i'd see live - string cheese incident, sirens (i love that song.)
8. craziest moment at camp - sunday, bashing our neighbor's van with a crow bar...they asked us to!
9. magical musical moment from camp - waking up from a nap to hear buffalo springfield belting out "keep on rocking in the free world"
10. 3 words: food truck oasis.

in short, everything was amazing. something about being miles away from any kind of reality, bonding with thousands of strangers over beautiful music...it's just wonderful.

and that's a wrap :)

gone roo'ing

well it's finally here, my vacation!! we are heading out today for bonnaroo music festival.  while it kind of sneaked up on us (hello, where did may go?!), we spent the past few days getting everything together for our 4+ day camping and music excursion.

i can't wait to sit in the grass, meet new friends, listen to great music, and eat some delicious food (they are having a food truck oasis this year!!).  just relaxing, miles away from reality....

so i hope you all have a fabulous rest of your week and weekend...i was so caught off guard that i didn't get to prepare anything fun for you....sorry! but i will be sure to recount everything (well mostly everything ;)) when we return.

see you after the farm!

(photo of the bonnaroo ferris wheel from here)

trampolines and videogames

well the bad news is, i forgot the film for my camera so there are no rad film photos as promised...sorry guys. however, i came across two fantabulous videos from two of the most amazing performances of the day (on friday).

here are phish on trampolines during "you enjoy myself"



and here are the strokes with their rad old-school video game background during "someday"



so there it is, two of the many highlights to the acl experience. this was my first time to this particular festival and i noticed two things: flags were abundant - i've seen this plenty at other fests but not nearly as prominent as it was here; and CHAIRS everywhere...people roping off entire sections of lawn chairs and everything, it took it to another level right past comfort and into highly annoying. i mean seriously, who sits all day at a festival?! maybe it's just me but festies are meant for roaming and dancing and enjoying every minute. oh well, more room to roam for me :)

hope you all had a fabulous weekend! let's conquer the week, ok?

take it to the limit

well friends, we're heading out on a new adventure today, to austin city limits! we'll be attending the festival tomorrow to catch acts like the black keys, beach house, the strokes and phish. i hope to also catch some new acts we've never heard/seen before, as well as take in the sights and sounds that make music festivals one of my favorite pastimes.  

i'm bringing my film camera so i hope to bring back some memories for you to peruse, hopefully some as good the ones from our wakarusa adventure :)

so, i'll report back in full next week.  in the meantime, i hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

xoxo

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oh, fun fact: the title is of course from the eagles hit song...they'll be playing at ACL as well, however they're playing on sunday so we won't get to take part in that.

wakarusa in film

there were so many great moments while we were at wakarusa; both musically and environmentally. here are a few of my favorite images i captured on film:

al al ingram of yo mama's big fat booty band - easily one of the best performances of the weekend

a kid shredding on his flying v in the campground

my friend dug with his awesome hat and my "festival fan" (seriously, it's the best kind of fan for concerts/festies)

and finally, my absolute favorite show of the weekend, the black keys

and there you have it, our little festival experience. there were so many amazing performances and such an invigorating vibe. albeit a bit smaller than the fests i'm used to, i think that's why it might have been a little less chaotic.

so do you enjoy music festivals? i would love to hear about your favorite one!