EXHAUSTED

I am VERY tired!  Now that you have seen the above images, maybe you can understand why?

For a solid week we have been burning the candle at both ends, filling days and nights with music, friends and fun…fueling it all with caffeine.  It's a terrible cycle to slip in to!  I'm wondering how I used to do this with regularity?

This morning we woke to two sad little girls, puffy eyed with fever.  The party is officially over, and what a relief, I don't think I could have survived one more minute of fun.

Images:  Blurry (sorry) shots via my Instagram, if your interested.

BONNAROO 2010

Two summers ago I went to my first Roo.  While I was there I feared I might not survive.  Since I left, I have wanted to return.

Bonnaroo is a 4 day mulit-stage camping festival held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester Tennessee. It is not for the faint of heart folks.  If you can manage it though, it is an incredibly magical experience!  Not only is the music typically everything that you could possibly imagine wanting to see at one festival, but the seclusion of the farm creates a real sense of community.

Just after high school I went with a group of people to the Woodstock 99 show in upstate New York.  The experience blew my young and impressionable mind!  Ten years later, Bonnaroo topped it.  I hope to go again soon.

Maybe next year I will have new photos to post? (fingers crossed)

photos notes:

My Companions- my sweet sister Amy, my brother in law Steve, and my college roomie, the lovely Lexi Meece (one of the few people that could drive across country and live in a tent with me) Love you guys and sorry for the sweaty pictures!

Style shots- I think its funny that it is so insanely hot that people literally just don't wear clothes, and it is totally acceptable.  Bikini, boots and an umbrella.....done.

THE FLAMING LIPS

How does one describe a Flaming Lips show?  

It is weird and wonderful, exciting and magical....... like going to the circus when you were little.  You kind of know what to expect, but it is slightly different every time.  

My first  Lips show was in NYC in the late 90's, and I have seen them many times since.  That makes me feel old and young at the same time.  

I am a very different person then I was all those years ago, but the great thing about live music is that when you are in a crowd full of people and really listening to the words, it doesn't really matter.  I was grabbing confetti out of the sky just like the young girl next to me........and I was happy!

photos:  mine. Other great shows at Party In The Park that day-  Dawes and Young The Giant!