Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Rock the Block

Last Friday, I met my friend BrYan at Rock the Block in downtown Winston. It's an annual street festival with live bands and street vendors, promoting downtown businesses. The weather was incredible - fall is definitely in the air!
So, BrYan's brother's band played on the main stage - The Eric Dodd Band - and they were AWESOME!! I'd never heard them before, but had heard how incredible they were - and they definitely were. They had a great show - apparently the largest crowd ever to that stage - and sold out of their cd's! Please head over to their website - www.myspace.com/ericdoddband - and take a listen! Here are some pics from the show:

Monday, September 15, 2008

Wilkes Barksdale Gee

On my way home from Hilton Head yesterday, I stopped in Charlotte to see one of my best friends, Mollie, her husband, Jon, and their new beautiful baby, Wilkes. Mollie and I met five years ago when I first moved to Birmingham - we worked together at Ann Taylor LOFT while she was in grad school and I was trying to figure out what to do with my life. And we've been fabulous friends since! They moved to Charlotte last year after Jon finished his residency and this was the first time I'd been to their beautiful home.

Wilkes is two months old and this was the first time I got to meet him - and he's PRECIOUS! It took a while to wake him up to meet me, but once he was awake he wouldn't stop talking - just going on and on about all the fabulous things two-month-olds do! And, he's modeling one of Kate's Tater Tot Tees


Sunday, September 14, 2008

Fun in the Sun

I just got back from a FABULOUS time in Hilton Head visiting my little sista, Kate. I had a long "weekend" on the Island - I drove down Wednesday and stayed till Sunday - I love nurses' schedules!!

Wednesday night, we had a delicious dinner with my godmother, Clyde and Kate's roommates, Hannah and Jean...

Thursday was a lazy, rainy day. Kate worked and I napped (two hours on the couch, out like a light!).

Friday I spent a couple hours on the beach reading The Shack (great book, only half way through). Later, Kate and I took Teddy and Emily to horseback riding...


Then a yummy seafood chimichanga at Mi Tierra...

...and off to the Indigo Girls concert at the Shoreline Ballroom - a great, intimate venue on Hilton Head. The music was great and we even witnessed a lesbian proposal!! After the concert, drinks on the town.

Saturday, we celebrated Anne's birthday with brunch at Sunrise, ladderball and reading on the beach, and dinner at Captain Woody's.

I had a great time and love hanging out with my sister anytime!! She loves being in Hilton Head and I see why - she's got fabulous friends and they always have a fabulous time!! Thanks, Kate! I LOVE YOU!!

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Work, work, work

I feel like that's all I've been doing! I worked three in a row last week, spent a day exploring (aka getting lost in) Winston, and had brunch with Heather and Livy on Saturday. Then, back to work on Sunday for another three in a row. Things at work are good - I miss the Special, for sure. The girls are nice and helpful and that makes it easier on me.

But, I'm off for FIVE IN A ROW!!! And I'm heading to Hilton Head in the morning to visit my beautiful baby sis! Days in the sand reading a good book....ahhhh. An Indigo Girls concert Friday night...how fun!! And the day Saturday cruising the Intercoastal Waterway in a boat - it doesn't get any better than that!! I'll post pictures when I return.

sidenote...I cannot stand the way the new Kelly Taylor character (from the new 90210) cries - it's so nasty!! I think she looks like Lord Voldermort! Anybody else watching this and agreeing with me?