Richies Party

At the end of June we had a party for Richie. He was on leave from the Army for a few weeks before going off to Germany for a couple years. The family was there, plus some of Richies friends came over to wish him well.

Crystal's Birthday at Green Iguana

On Wednesday we celebrated Crystal's birthday at the Green Iguana. http://www.greeniguana.com/, where Richie, Amy, and I met her and Grant there. It was a fun night full of birthday drinks and shots.

Dave Matthews Band in Hartford

Sat night, Mark and I went to see the Dave Matthews Band at the New England Dodge Music Center. Being a member of the Warehouse Club, I was able to get 12th row, to the right of the stage, through the lottery system that they have.

Set list from the show:

Bartender

Pantala Naga Pampa

Rapunzel

Crash Into Me

Granny

So Damn Lucky

Gravedigger

Grey Street

Cant Stop

The Maker

#41

So Much To Say

Anyone Seen The Bridge

Too Much

Pay For What You Get

Dancing Nancies

What You Are

Tripping Billies

Encore:

#27

Corn Bread

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

Weekend in Mass.

In mid-June, I took a long weekend trip up to Mass. to go see the Dave Matthews Band, http://www.davematthewsband.com/, at the New England Dodge Music Center in Hartford, CT., on Friday the 13th and Sat. the 14th.

It was a quick trip up for a few days before flying back home and didn't realize it at first, but ended up being up there for Fathers Day. Since I was going to be out of town for Father's Day, my cousin, DJ, stepped up to the plate and filled in for me as my Dad's adopted son for the weekend. His Dad, Uncle Donald, was also up in Mass. for the weekend too.

Mark picked me up at the airport, unfortunately, he had to work that night, so my friend Eric picked me up at Mark's house, we stopped by Jim's house, which he is in the process of remodeling, and headed over to Eric's bachelor pad where we watched the Celtics game where they were in the finals.

Friday afternoon, Eric, Jim, Tom, and I went to Casa De Nanas,http://casadenana.com/, which we all used to frequent together on a weekly basis, for some Mexican food for lunch.

Friday night, Jim and I went to see the Dave Matthews Band at the New England Dodge Music Center in Hartford.

Set List for the show:

Don’t Drink the Water
So Damn Lucky
Corn Bread
Old Dirt Hill
Everyday
Rhyme And Reason
Proudest Monkey
Satellite
You Might Die Trying
Out Of My Hands
Two Step
Dreaming Tree
The Idea Of You
Crush
Ants Marching

Encore:
Sister
Hey Hey My My (Into the Black)
Country Jam (Improv)
Louisiana Bayou

Afterwards we went to the Lighthouse in Ludlow, where my friends band, the Lobsterz from Marz, http://www.lobsterzfrommarz.com/, were playing that night where I ran into a lot of friends that I hadn't seen for awhile while I was there.

Saturday afternoon, Beth, Stacy, and I went to Bernies for a late lunch. I ended up going with the dinner portion of baked stuffed shrimp and whole belly clams, which there aren't to many places that have whole bellys in Florida.

Steely Dan at Ruth Eckerd Hall

Monday night, Erin and I went to see Steely Dan at Ruth Eckerd Hall. They played all the classics, Hey Nineteen, Babylon Sisters, Peg, Old School, FM, etc.

Dennis & Lea's Party

This past Saturday we had a going away party for Dennis and Lea, who are planning to move out to Colorado when they return from vacation in Hawaii at the end of June. There was a family party during the day, followed by the friends party at night. We cooked up hamburgers and hotdogs on the grill, with all the fixins.