the latchkey kid

Blue Plum Music & Arts Festival

I was faced with an all too familiar dilemma with this blog of mine: break up a post or just feature one big photo dump.

I chose the later, so prepare your eyes to bleed from all the pictures!!

Ok, that was dramatic. Anyways, here are some photos from the Blue Plum Music & Arts Festival, that is held in downtown Johnson City. These photos span three days, so I will try my best to be as concise as possible. So, here we go!

Friday:

I saw a derby bout, we ran into our friend Matt and his dog Oskar, Kick.Snare.Crash played at an older bar call Peanut's Mecca Lounge, and I engaged in one of my favorite pastimes: people watching.

Saturday:

This day I walked around with Shannon (the out of focus beautiful blonde haired lady) and she saw a million people she knew, we drank fresh lemonade, I was able to take in more vendors, and my sister Mary Ellyn (the other blonde cutie) & her friend Sara(h) watched the Red County Gospel with us, a local act, play one of the outdoor stages.

Sunday: 

That morning I watched Kick.Snare.Crash play again (this time on a main stage) and enjoyed a cinnamon crepe at Brew Plum, which is inside Nelson's Art Gallery. 

I didn't stay too long that day, because shortly after I was en route to Raleigh to be there for the arrival of my NIECE! (more on her later)

I will attempt to post more regularly, but let's face it, I've haven't done too well with that lately. I suppose when you work on a computer all day at work, you want to step away from it when you get home.

In other news, I have several shoots on the horizon, baby showers to attend (seriously, I can't drink the water anywhere), weddings later on in the summer, and many friends to see. My hope is that I can fit it all in, without this season passing me by. I mean, it's already the middle of June for goodness sake, so I need to concentrate my efforts on savoring some moments.

Happy Tuesday, readers!

 P.S. In case anyone was wondering, I will post all of my photos in a facebook album in the near future. I know some of you (aka the felllas in Kick.Snare.Crash) wanted to see the rest. :)

M.I.A. (Have You Missed Me?)

So ... I worked a ton of hours earlier in the week (hence my absence here), in order to accommodate my journey out of state to capture the birth of my niece or nephew, which hasn't happened quite yet. I really thought I might be in Raleigh by now, but that baby is just not ready to greet us.

Since I had the free time, I took some photos of the Blue Plum festival going on in my town. It's a weekend long event, and the Ginge is playing not once but twice! His new band is called Kick.Snare.Crash and they were pretty awesome last night, but of course I'm biased. :)

I thought I would post a little snippet of my evening, to tide anyone (who cares) over. A "Blue Plum" post will come sooner or later, because I have so many "people watching" photos to share. haha

In other news, I found this maxi skirt at a Salvation Army for $3 and I was stoked. It was as breezy as I had hoped and stood up to the humid/summer heat. I'm pretty sure this thing is going to be my new best friend, so don't get jealous. There's enough of me to go around.

Well, I will be gone come Sunday (they will induce Lauren on Monday if nothing happens sooner), so I hope you all have a killer weekend. I can't wait to meet the newest addition to my family! I'm going to be an aunt, and it's so crazy. Soon enough I will be weird Aunt Meredith.

I can't wait.

 

Want, Need, Gotta Have It

I keep thinking I've been updating this ol' blog far more than I have, and that's because I've been so busy working on the spa's site. I worked on our social media for my entire shift on Saturday, phew!

Moving along, I decided to take a cue from my dealings with that blog and create my very own "summer's most wanted" list:

1) I really want this body scrub by Fig + Yarrow. I'm not even a coffee person, but this seems super nice and it gets great reviews. I've been dying for a nice exfoliator that doesn't leave me too oily. However, I'm not so into the price tag. :/

2) I really do need more summer clothing. For years and years I've just worn jeans and felt miserable. Until the time where I can make myself wear shorts without tights, I need to find a hot weather-friendly alternative. I'm not sure if I can pull off a maxi skirt, but I think I should try. I'm tired of feeling miserable all summer long.

3) OK, hear me out. I really, really love the smell of honeysuckle. I kept saying I wish you could bottle it ... well my wish might have come true! I've heard from many sources that even though it's Bath & Body Works product, the Wild Honeysuckle Fragrance Mist is legit. Oh I sure hope so! B&BW, you will see me soon!

In other news, "Babywatch 2013" is officially underway. I should be an aunt, any day now. I'm so excited to meet my niece or nephew! All the feels, guys, all the feels.

(Thanks goes to the Bleubird Vintage blog for the inspiring this post.)