the theme of this party's the Industrial Age
New Hold Steady song, The Weekenders. I got a little choked up listening, it's my favorite so far. Although I suppose I could take Hurricane J as a shout-out, but seriously, no one wants to be the girl in a Hold Steady song.
Lovely weekend after a pretty rough week -- Friday we went to Montclair, hung out in the sunshine, had dinner and then saw Wilco. It was an exhilarating show, really amazing. I've seen Wilco and/or Jeff Tweedy solo probably upwards of 15 times at this point, and I thought the show I saw last summer, on the ballpark tour, outside on a gorgeous summer night with everyone I loved best in the world, was probably the perfect show, but Friday night was fabulous. They were rocking, it was so much fun.
Saturday I screwed around doing a bunch of things. I was planning to start doing something about the garden I want to plant this summer. As I told my sister, I kind of started, and she said, "Do you mean you bought a book about gardens?" And yes, that is what I meant. My Mad Men Season 3 DVDs arrived, too, which I have been eagerly awaiting since I mainlined S1 and 2 this winter. I am trying to ration them out but I think I'll burn through pretty quickly.
Today I actually did spend a couple of hours sorting out my front yard, getting the windowboxes and the small beds ready for planting. I still have to sort out the side yards, then plan what I want to plant and how. I have a lot of shade in the front yard, due to some large old trees, but back and side yards are sunnier, and I'm thinking about doing some containers on the deck. Good thing I bought that book!
Lovely weekend after a pretty rough week -- Friday we went to Montclair, hung out in the sunshine, had dinner and then saw Wilco. It was an exhilarating show, really amazing. I've seen Wilco and/or Jeff Tweedy solo probably upwards of 15 times at this point, and I thought the show I saw last summer, on the ballpark tour, outside on a gorgeous summer night with everyone I loved best in the world, was probably the perfect show, but Friday night was fabulous. They were rocking, it was so much fun.
Saturday I screwed around doing a bunch of things. I was planning to start doing something about the garden I want to plant this summer. As I told my sister, I kind of started, and she said, "Do you mean you bought a book about gardens?" And yes, that is what I meant. My Mad Men Season 3 DVDs arrived, too, which I have been eagerly awaiting since I mainlined S1 and 2 this winter. I am trying to ration them out but I think I'll burn through pretty quickly.
Today I actually did spend a couple of hours sorting out my front yard, getting the windowboxes and the small beds ready for planting. I still have to sort out the side yards, then plan what I want to plant and how. I have a lot of shade in the front yard, due to some large old trees, but back and side yards are sunnier, and I'm thinking about doing some containers on the deck. Good thing I bought that book!