Concerts and Pub Crawls

I absolutely love this time of year- the weather is gorgeous... sunny and not 10,000 degrees. With that, comes lots of fun outdoor activities!!!

A few weeks ago, I went to Austin for the LoneStar Jam! I had never been to this event before, but all you have to do is mention Eli Young Band, Roger Creager, Kevin Fowler, Kyle Park and more... and I'm there! The weather was absolutely perfect AND I got my first tan of the year (finally!). It was my friend Tracie's 30th birthday-

although I'm convinced those glasses could double as a creative Harry Potter costume (anyone else see that??)

We were sitting in the middle of a very small hill and this hot mess (I shall call her "pink")

toppled ON TOP of Shawn on her way up the hill. When I say on top, I mean that extremely literally. The poor guy didn't stand a chance. This alone was a good enough laugh to last me quite awhile.... but then, "pink" decided to come back our way (ballsy) and toppled down the hill with 2 drinks in hand, thus face planting it in the dirt. So wherever you are, "pink", thank you for the entertainment! About 5 minutes later... and after many, many fun pokes at Shawn, I got pooped on by a bird.

As my friend Cathy later said "A bird pooping on you is good luck. A fat girl falling on top of you... definitely bad luck" I can't help but think that it was maaaaybe a little bit of karma.

A few pictures from the weekend:

The girls out on Friday night!

Shawn and I at LoneStar Jam

Ashley and me

We stayed with Ashley and I am absolutely in love with where she lives! Her apartment is in the middle of the most beautiful little road full of unique restaurants and bars- all in walking distance. I wish Houston had an area like that. And, of course, it was so fun to get to see Ashley again- just a few short weeks after she came to visit me in Houston. Love you, Ash :)

In the theme of fun outdoor events, yesterday I participated in my first Crawl for Cancer! SUCH a fun day! Our team name was Grenade Free Zone- as an avid Jersey Shore fan (judge away) I was thrilled by this name.

I introduce to you, part of our team:

In the words of Miss Katie Dunn "Alright ladies, 12 hours until bars close"

We went to five different bars around Midtown (Union Bar, Pub Fiction, Little Woodrow's, Maple Leaf Pub and Hefley's). The after party was in the most sketch 18 and up bar in the middle of ghetto-Houston. There were cages on the stage for people to dance in..... needless to say, we didn't last long there. All in all, it was a fun day with friends (old and new), full of flip cup, dancing and lots of drinking games... all in the name of finding a cure for cancer! Definitely an event I plan to participate in many, many more times.