January 2014
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January 29th, 2014.
Zoe Mulford at Teavolve on Monday January 27th. Having Zoe Mulford as my featured artist at Teavolve had been one of my initial “got to be back by this date” dates for our January trip. Made it. Loved it. Well, it’s 5.30 in the morning and I can’t sleep. I’d Love to say that that’s…
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January 26th, 2014.
SO – you probably know we’re local to the Columbia Mall shootings – and I’m disgusted and horrified. It’s where we go to see our movies generally. They’ve identified the gunman, coincidentally Kristy (Rowan’s wife) came home to find THEIR street all blocked off because the shooter Lived down the street from them. Out of…
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January 24th, 2014.
The park where Heather and I hang out sometimes in Columbus, OH was spectacularly frozen when Kristen and I passed through. I was truly impressed with the fortitude of these ducks. Jason and Alyssa made us ROBOT MEAT PIE for Pie Day (not Pi Day). Robot meat is actually pretty good. Still Ohio. Still cold.…
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January 23rd, 2014.
I was really sorry to disappoint Kristen by being sick. We didnt’ get to experience much of Nashville – but as is her wont – she found us an amazing breakfast place where we probably had one of our best meals of the whole trip! There’s nothing quite like having a vicious (and viscous) cold…
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January 22nd, 2014.
Fields of snow upon departing Belleville, IL – we’d been warned about the random weathers of the Midwest in January – but we’ve been very, very lucky so far!. Wandering around Nashville, TN we discovered the Jackalope Brewery! (for those trying to make ANY sense of this, we were at in Nashville on January 21st!).…
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January 21st, 2014.
On the drive from Dallas, TX to Hot Springs, AK we dropped in to visit Memphis, TN to visit my old friend Meg. Which has a pyramid. A PYRAMID!!! Apparently this was built for high-minded purposes – but has now been purchased and is going to be … a Bass Pro Shop. Shudder. Biiiirds… It’s…
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January 19th, 2014.
the view at a gorgeous hilltop scenic pull over outside of Austin, TX. our host in Austin, TX is the marvelous singer/songwriter Jen Hitt. I hadn’t ever gotten to sit back and appreciate HOW marvelous she was until this show at the Irie Coffeehouse in Austin, TX – but she’s a great writer… we’d hoped…
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January 18th, 2014.
One of the reasons we had to get out of Atlanta with a swiftness was so that we could drop into the Birmingham, Alabama environs. Kristen has long followed Homewood Musical Instruments and its owner Bob Tedrow online and had wanted to drop in on the place and check it out, viewing it as kin…
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January 17th, 2014.
Heads up! It’s the reason for the trip! Finally we’ve arrived in Houston, TX to meet up with my brother George and his family. Del and my nephew, Max, are filled with chipper-ocity – and slowly we begin the task of educating Max in the notion that his uncle is anything more than just a…