Chloe’s “Second Favorite”
On our car trip to Washington, DC, Chloe called into talk to Robbie Schaefer at XMKids. She chatted and chatted and told him that she was heading to DC to go see her dad and to see Ralph at the XM rumpus Room. Chloe then said that Ralph is our “favorite artist.” Robbie was not
Touring at XMKids
As I’ve written before, one of my favorite places to visit is XM Radio in Washington DC. The building is a very cool brick building, giving off the feel of old factory space (I haven’t found a history of the building, but one page suggested that it had been a printing company. Along with that,
Ralph at XMKids
Wow! We got back from Texas on Wednesday night. We didn’t even unpack the car. Thursday, after classes, we headed right up towards DC. (Thankfully gas was to be found along the way.) Why such a turnaround? A couple of months bag, I noticed that Ralph’s World would be playing in MD/VA this weekend and
Weekend Report
The weekend of Austin City Limits is over, and I am starting to catch back up. The girls enjoyed being back at the festival this year and loved the free ice cream from HEB! We saw some great kids’ bands and some cool “grown-up” ones too. One thing we noted is that since the kids’
Austin City Limits – Day I
First obstacle. Even at 9:30 on a Friday morning, I-35 was stopped. My kids were very impressed with the Texas Exit and had no clue people even drove like that — we didn’t. We did cut through the Denny’s parking lot and onto a road that my iPhone said would get us (and everyone else
Home Again
Yesterday morning, I worked for a while, looked at the photos from Tuesday that I had been too sick and tired to deal with, then packed. I got the girls up and we went to pay the car’s hotel bill. By the time the car was all loaded and we hit the road, it was
City Life
We arrived in DC on Friday morning. Thankfully, there is a driveway at the apartment building, since there is no parking on the street during the week. We unloaded the car from there, then moved it. To the Ritz next door. Yes, the car has five star accommodations while we live in grad student quality.
Back To Our DC Trip
The stars aligned, literally. When Disney announced the Disney Music Block Party Tour, I figured we just had to go. With a star ridden lineup of Ralph’s World, Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants, how could we not go? I decided that the easiest show for us to get to (and perhaps one of
Breaking Promises
I promised I would write more about that crazy guy in the last post, but it will have to wait. Today we recovered from our whirlwind trip to DC/MD. Work had piled up, but I plowed through it at a nice clip. There is still more updates to do on the personal side, but it
Home Again
due to construction and accidents blocking our way, it took longer to return than expected. so i’ll just share a photo of who we bumped into while loading the car at the hotel this morning. Apparently, hotwire picked the DMBP hotel for us…. so, if you don’t know who that guy with bed head is
I’m So Out Of It
but maybe now I can learn something new. I’m sure everyone else out there is already listening, or is so up-to-date that they find it to be old news, but I am loving the podcast from All Songs Considered. I’ve listened to a whole lot of shows and now have a huge list of music
Saturday Afternoon Concert
How fun was that? At the last minute, things came together and Doug from The Jellydots was able to do a nice concert in the park today, on his way between New Mexico and Charlotte! We enjoyed seeing him again (we first met at Austin City Limits last year), hearing him play and wishing him
Home Again Lickity Jig
…or however that goes. We got home this morning at 3am after a 15 cop car high speed chase (not chasing me, I promise) on I-75, rumble strip driving through the mountains in TN west of Chattanooga (due to construction on the mountain pass), and various other adventures. I woke up this morning to water
We Heart Ralph
I’ll have more to say later, but we’re headed out to our third concert of the day now.
Taddy the Tadpole
Yesterday, I went out to look at the pond and notices that it was a quite active habitat. I crossed my fingers, hoping that what I saw in it was a colony of tadpoles. We have a frog that found our pond and talks to the frog next door, so it was a distinct possibility
Win Lots and Lots of Great CDs
The Kids Music Planet Podcast has announced a “Mega CD Giveaway.” Hosts Lisa and Monty Harper will be giving away 50 different children’s music cds to one lucky listener! The prize package includes many titles that have been reviewed in the podcast, from artists such as Charity & the JAMband, Katherine Dines, Pam Donkin, Erin
More Video from This Weekend
I had Camille take some video of Uncle Rock, and, unfortunately, it did not come out. But Sienna, Persephone’s mom and author of Hilltown Families (a fantastic, informative website), caught it…
There’s a City Here Too
Today after girl scouts, we drove about five minutes to downtown Atlanta. I don’t think I have been down to Centennial Park since before the aquarium was built! There are museum, playgrounds, outdoor concerts and more going on down there. Pretty neat space! The playground was tons of fun, but the girls started to get
More Kindie Rock
From Coney Island, we took the train back up to Park Slope to see Mr. Ray and Princess Katie and Racer Steve in concert. It was our first time seeing Mr. Ray, and he put on a great show! Then Princes Katie and Racer Steve came out. As she came out, she spotted Chloe and
Chloe’s Not Shy
Here she is on stage with Ernie and Neal.
GBK Gwyneth
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