3026the weekend

 

Mar. 14, 2005

 

 

Friday was Varekai, which was wonderful. After the show, we saw
fireworks outside. I assumed at first it was part of the Varekai
experience, but turns out it was the Austin Music Hall of Fame or
somesuch, part of their ceremonies. It was a wonderful serendipity.
We had gone to Central Market before the show to get dinner stuff &
stuff to snack on after the show. We sat in the parking lot and had
bread, cheese, and fruit. That was really nice.

Saturday I just could not get my shit together and arrived at yoga
too late--the class was packed. The snotty little shit at the desk
told me the class can hold 35 and they hadn't sold out, but it was
too full for my comfort and I honestly did not see any floor space I
could use. So e. got ther after me and we went to brunch at
Trudy's. I had already had my card marked, she hadn't. That kind of
sucks. Oh well. I'll have to steal something from them that is worth
$8 or whatever :P

I went to Steinmart looking for that wine chiller bag I'd seen
before, but it wasn't there. So no Grapevine market. I had planned to
get that bag, then a bottle of TX wine, and mailing it priority to
J-law for her bday. Oh well. Amazon gift certificate it is...feh.

checked the PO box, then back to the house. Puttered on the internet,
decided eventually that I didn't want to drive all the way out to
Excalibur and be alone/lonely and/or have people asking me 'where's
Sweetie?" all day. Pulled weeds in the yard. Did dishes. Laundry.

Sunday was kitefest with Sweetie & thewordnerd, then we met Peglegasus for MOngolian
BBQ.

Home, played on computer, then read M. Lackey's Fairy Godmother. It
was cute & fluffy.

And that was my weekend.

Oh, let me meow-meow for a bit here, since I can't on LJ. This was
Maggiemaepisces' reply to my "I'm not going to Excalibur; I can't stand the idea
of people asking me 'Where's Sweetie?' all day."

maggiemaepisces
2005-03-13 04:59
Darlin' you totally rock! While sweetie is cute and nice and
all...um...we love you! Missed you at GWNN. Loud and boring as always
but Ladydreamtime will be seriously shopping for another munch venue with the
board's permission. Of course she must bring her findings back for
submision to the board, to then put before the membership, but...it's
a start to getting someplace where we can actaully hear each other!

Who/what shall we do for SBC Monday night? Any thoughts?
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Yeah, you love me so much you skipped out on fondue night for the
sake of spending time with some man and never called or even emailed
ot tell me you were not going to be there. Deeds, not words. Don't
tell me how much you love me and then treat me like crap. What shall
we do Monday? How bout you plan something and then I won't show up?

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Mar. 14, 2005

 

 

acronym: ALOTBSOL Mar. 14th, 2005 @ 08:12 am
Great opening weekend at Excalibur. We had a record-breaking opening
crowd of just under 1,300 folks on out on Saturday. The weather was
absolutely perfect, high-70s on Saturday, low-80s on Sunday with a
bit o'wind. I asked around and heard nothing but great feedback. So
thanks to everyone who made it out!

Our shows went great too. A few new changes at the Live Oak Stage has
made it a much more enjoyable and personal experience. The Red Headed
Lady still needs some fine tuning. It's tough because it's one of the
Excal pubs. So there's lots of talking going on.

Sunday's shows were best though. The two o'clock show is now an all-
request show at the Red Headed Lady. So most of the songs we do there
are the upbeat comedy songs which work better in that environment. We
had listeners reeling in "Ducats" and "Do Virgins Taste Better".
Though I think the most-humorous moment was at the Live Oak Stage at
3:30 when we performed a gut-splitting alternate version
of "Exclamations".

The coolest moment though was at Mike Morff's shop, Fair-e-Flowers,
Etc.. Course, the reasoning was two fold. First, he has the perfect
breeze flowing through that location. And on a warm day... aw yeah!
But the main reason was because of this magical acronym: ALOTBSOL.

No, that doesn't stand for "a lot of BS on the lawn".
Instead it stands for "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life".

Mike was telling me that his sister up North always uses that acronym
when things are down. And it all stems from one rainy weekend at the
Texas Renaissance Festival. Early in the day, the heavens had opened
up a torrent of rain on the faire. Mike brought his sister to see our
show earlier that day. And huddled under our gazebo with patrons
packed like sardines on the stage, we played that song.

A few hours later, patrons were hiding in shops, upset that their day
was ruined. That's when his sister said, "ALOTBSOL". They all laughed
and started singing-a-long.

The power of that song is just amazing. I don't remember why we
decided to add "Bright Side of Life" to A Faire to Remember, but it
was by far one of the best decisions we ever made. Glad you are
enjoying it too.


Hey if you have a story you'd like to share, email me. If you're at
the faire or another gig and want to share a story, I usually carry
my Archos Gmini 400. I would love to record your testimony. So let me
know!
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I can't believe the faire-e flowers people are still in business. uck.