Sometime Around Midnight

Up close and personal w/ Mikel from TATE

Last week I decided to pull myself off of the couch and go downtown with the girls to see a show at HOB. The Airborne Toxic Event (TATE) was headlining. I wasn't too familiar with the band. I only knew the song that is overplayed on 92.3, "Sometime Around Midnight."

Arrived at HOB and all I can say is WOW. Airborne was amazing. Their music is so raw, so honest. I couldn't get enough of it.

After the show we went for Margarita's at Zocalo. While we were sitting on the patio getting sloppy, we see Mikel and Steven from the band, walking down fourth street. We invited them over to join us for drinks. Learned from Mikel that "Sometime Around Midnight" is about a girl from Cleveland who broke Mikel's heart. Cleveland rocks, yo!

Next, we ventured over to Flannery's and met up with the rest of the band. Beers, beers and more beers. I think there were some shots thrown in there also. Kind of a blur, but here are a few pictures from the night.

Love the drummer's crazy mustache. He was a trip. If you aren't familiar with TATE, I highly recommend getting some of their music.

Hi Peeps. Long time no see. I am one sick Momma right now, so instead of trying to write anything worth reading, I will post some pics from Memorial day weekend. It consisted of the Kenny Chesney concert (we got up to the front row!!!!!), cooking out with the family, and Judi's wonderful wedding shower. It was one of the best weekends in a long time, a great kick off to the summer! Hope everyone is doing well and I will be back soon!tailgateing before the concert

beckie, me & tracy

tracy's standard "good times" pose

the girls @ judi's shower

IT'S A SIP OF WINE, IT'S SUMMERTIME

Pete, Beck, Tracy and Me

SWEET SUMMERTIME...

Beck and Me (I know I am going to get lots of shit for the cowboy hat)

We went down to the Muni lot at 2:30 on Saturday, ready for some tail-gateing. Our coolers were overflowin' with beers and we were ready to partay. It was a summer scene that would bring even non-country fans some serious excitement. The lot was full of cornhole, blow up pools, sand, tiki bars and music blaring! The best scene was a group of guys who rented a u-haul truck and had couches and recliners inside and outiside of it. I have never seen anything like this in my life, and it was hours before the concert even began.


Once inside Browns stadium, the energy was through the roof. We missed the first 2 performers, but saw Sugarland, Brooks and Dunn, and then Chesney. Chesney played for 2 hours, over 20 songs and all of his best ones. Uncle Kracker was there again this year, singing "When the Sun Goes Down" with Kenny and then they jammed out to another song together. It was unbeleievable and I am already looking forward to next summer's show.

Kenny

The Piano Man & The Funny Man

Billy Joel

How can I describe last Friday night? How about, the best night ever. Tracy and I had tickets to see Billy Joel. Jessica agreed to drive us downtown so we could save $30 on a cab ride. Downtown Cleveland was hoppin', the city was alive with people pre-partying before the many events going on. There was the Billy concert, Christina Agulara concert, and the Indians game. Friday the 13th turned into a very lucky day for Tray and I.

Billy Joel was everything we expected and more. I never knew how hilarious the Piano Man was. He had the crowd rolling with his comments and in awe at his ability to jam on that piano. We were on our feet dancing for most of the concert. Our seats were in the perfect location and we were surrounded by crying women who love Billy even more then we do.

After the show we hit House of Blues to meet some friends. Then we went to Hilarities to grab a drinkie at their Martini Bar. Wouldn't you know it, the headlining comedian of the night is a guy who we saw 6 months ago and loved, Tom Papa. So Tracy (who has no fear when it comes to asking event staff for free seats, better seats, you name it) asked one of the waitresses if she could sneak us into the show. There were 2 seats left and they were ours for free. We saw the second half of Tom's show and that was about all I could handle b/c my gut was sore from laughing and my cheeks hurt from smiling. When we were walking out, we saw Tom in the hall and stopped to introduce ourselves. We chatted for a bit then we offered to buy him a delicious cocktail. He came with us to the martini bar and we hung out with him for the next couple of hours.

Tom Papa

Click on his name and check out his web page. He has clips that you can watch and I promise you will get a good laugh out of it.

Thursday night I went out also, and have some good stories to share. But that's another post for another time. While I've been partying like I'm 21 again, Bob has been working his arse off. Since Wednesday he has been in the kitchen doing the big renovation. Our new cabinets & lighting are installed. Looking good so far.