It’s the weekend again (yay!) so that means it’s time for Saturday Steals from Archives of Our Lives. I’m pretty pumped about this week’s steal, but sadly, I don’t have a picture for it. Sorry everyone! Maybe next week…
This last Labor Day weekend, in downtown Indy, they had the annual Rib America Festival. Two years ago, T and I, when we first started dating, stumbled upon this by accident, though we didn’t go to the actual festival itself. See, the park the festival is in is adjacent to the canal we like to walk on during the summer and fall months. During the festival weekend, they have a bunch of artists come and perform each night. The person we heard two years ago was the lead singer of Styx, and man, that was awesome. We just sat outside on the canal, talking, and enjoying the beautiful lyrics of Styx (no laughing, I thought it was pretty damn cool..) Well, this year, they had quite a line up – I mean we’re talking Ted Nugent, Candlebox, Seven Mary Three, Bret Michaels, and my favorite, Collective Soul. Collective Soul has been my favorite band, hands down, since about 8th grade, and I know all of their songs by heart so I was so excited to hear they were coming. We decided that even though we are poor because of wedding planning, we could still go downtown and listen to the concert for free. It was a beautiful weekend, so the weather was perfect, and the concert didn’t start until 9:00 or so, so after dinner on Sunday, we packed up a blanket and some snacks and headed downtown. We scouted out the perfect location to park ourselves for the next hour and a half, and we laid down and relaxed and listen to some awesome music. It was great and just what both of us needed with all of the stress going on around us. Collective Soul never lets me down either, as I’ve seen them in concert before. They sound just like they do on their CDs, which is pretty rare in terms of live music. All in all, it was a great night, and hey, it was free!
Turns out the parking only cost us $1, too. We parked at the mall parking garage, and the lady who gave us our change back apparently didn’t know how to make 50 cents of change for $2.00 (parking was $1.50) so we gave her $2, and she gave us back $1.00 in change. (3 quarters, one dime and 3 nickels…random, right?) So all in all the night cost us $1. I’m a cheap date, aren’t I?
So stop by Camille’s blog and check out the other steals people have gotten this weekend. Happy Saturday! AND….it’s only 7 days until the big day! Can you believe it?
This last Labor Day weekend, in downtown Indy, they had the annual Rib America Festival. Two years ago, T and I, when we first started dating, stumbled upon this by accident, though we didn’t go to the actual festival itself. See, the park the festival is in is adjacent to the canal we like to walk on during the summer and fall months. During the festival weekend, they have a bunch of artists come and perform each night. The person we heard two years ago was the lead singer of Styx, and man, that was awesome. We just sat outside on the canal, talking, and enjoying the beautiful lyrics of Styx (no laughing, I thought it was pretty damn cool..) Well, this year, they had quite a line up – I mean we’re talking Ted Nugent, Candlebox, Seven Mary Three, Bret Michaels, and my favorite, Collective Soul. Collective Soul has been my favorite band, hands down, since about 8th grade, and I know all of their songs by heart so I was so excited to hear they were coming. We decided that even though we are poor because of wedding planning, we could still go downtown and listen to the concert for free. It was a beautiful weekend, so the weather was perfect, and the concert didn’t start until 9:00 or so, so after dinner on Sunday, we packed up a blanket and some snacks and headed downtown. We scouted out the perfect location to park ourselves for the next hour and a half, and we laid down and relaxed and listen to some awesome music. It was great and just what both of us needed with all of the stress going on around us. Collective Soul never lets me down either, as I’ve seen them in concert before. They sound just like they do on their CDs, which is pretty rare in terms of live music. All in all, it was a great night, and hey, it was free!
Turns out the parking only cost us $1, too. We parked at the mall parking garage, and the lady who gave us our change back apparently didn’t know how to make 50 cents of change for $2.00 (parking was $1.50) so we gave her $2, and she gave us back $1.00 in change. (3 quarters, one dime and 3 nickels…random, right?) So all in all the night cost us $1. I’m a cheap date, aren’t I?
So stop by Camille’s blog and check out the other steals people have gotten this weekend. Happy Saturday! AND….it’s only 7 days until the big day! Can you believe it?
That sounds wonderful! I'm so glad you got to go and listen to the music, and let the stress leave you :-)
ReplyDeleteI've never been to a real concert before, but I think I have to, cause this sounds very good.
I also am a fan of Collective Soul :-)
OMG! only 7 days!!
ReplyDeleteTime flies!
As you can see, I've got Internet!!
I'm jealous! I wish I had been to a real concert!
I really dig awesome community stuff like that, and wish our area had more of it. I'm glad you got to enjoy it (and at such a steal)!
ReplyDeleteThanks for participating!
What a fun way to spend an evening!
ReplyDeleteAck!!! Collective Soul??! Did they play "Shine"?!
ReplyDeleteBest. Song. Ever...