best saturday ever

i love these people

so much

live beats

blogging from the beautiful mountains of pennsylvania!

my west virginia project is on hold for a little while, so i'm out getting some more wilderness time in southern PA. i spent all day today driving around the rolling hills, hiking through farms and finally seeing some real fall foliage. lovely.

currently battling shoddy internet in my hotel room, but a quick taste of my saturday night: saw one of my favorite local acts at the black cat, touring for their sophomore release, Everything Under the Sun. one of my favorite songs of the night was this cover of The Cure's Close to Me. they invited both of the opening bands on the stage for tambourine and shaker support, and had the whole audience singing along.

{close to me, jukebox the ghost}

so. freaking. full

what Good Stuff will do to you:

{amanda, full}

{jamie, full}

{my belly, full}

ate SOOoooooo many french fries

with our burgers and sodas...

for BREAKFAST!

probably not a sustainable habit, but oh so yummy

the reeeeeeeeeemix

after last night's Classixx show at the U Street Music Hall (in search of perfect sound? GO HERE) - i was blown away by their simple vibe/super clean sound, the wednesday night dance party, and the remixes Classixx was spinning.

so this morning i started searching around for the just-out remixes i've been meaning to listen to. i found the Yeasayer mix on Florence's Dog Days are Over. love Florence, but Yeasayer? not so much. their first album, All Hour Cymbals, a solid beginner effort into weirdo, spacey psych-rock. but their second, electronic heavy release, Odd Blood, did not do it for me. AT ALL. it has a confused sound, unsteady beat and is plain unlistenable for me.

they MAY, though, have found their niche with remixes. released this tuesday, their beat is spot on here:

{the dog days are over (yeasayer remix), florence and the machine}

early mornings

{the falls, baltimore}

{lone gummy, metro station, dc}

on my wishlist: a new bike shelf

look look LOOK at the goody jamie has turned me onto today:

just LOOK at this

beyond perfect for my new yellow bicycle

for when we have a bigger house

with room to hang things on walls

...like bicycles

or maybe we can just hang it in krishnan's room for now?

he seems to have ample space and an affinity for shelves

our friday evening:

{fojol brothers food truck}

FIRST STOP:

cubside cookoff. potentially one of the coolest things DC has ever planned

indian food and french fries for dinner? i think so.

NEXT:

out with these sexy ladies for a continuation of summatime constafun

...

SOOOOooooo happy it's friday

time to leave work!

PEACE