outlet shopping and patty griffin
so this post gets me up to date- finally.
this past weekend, jes, higgins, and i drove to our state's capital city, albany for a patty griffin concert at this place called "the egg." its totally nutty b/c it is this building shaped like an egg on a pedestal.
the concert was great. patty has the voice of an angel and she played a whole bunch of songs from the album she is going to record in may and june. she also played some oldie but goodies like "moses" and "long drive home." what was really great was that jes and higgins have never seen her live so they were totally blown away at how amazing she is live. it was also this really small, intimate, setting so that just added to the greatness of it. what was really weird, or at least gave me pause, is that seriously, ever single person there was white. probably about 250 people and every single one was white. that was weird in comparison to my life here in brooklyn.
so that was a great time, but the real story isn't complete without a few words about our trip up. we stopped at this outlet mall and jes and higgs got crazy shopping. not really, but higgs did get two pairs of real nice shoes and some running gear. jes got some jeans and some boy panties. i got a divine pair of tongs from a kitchen store. loves them. on the way home we stopped at a suburban target. it was uncrowded, organized and clean. nothing like our target in brooklyn where you are lucky if your cart doesn't get stolen from you.
the other hilarious part of our trip was our hotel. see higgs got us this room online at the RED CARPET INN. it was within walking distance from the egg and it looked real nice on line. we get there and it was a scary and deserted mess. at first they could not find our reservation. the woman at the desk said that we couldn't have a reservation b/c only FOUR people had reservations for that night. this hotel had HUNDREDS of rooms. after a few calls, we got our room. it was clear over on the other side of the hotel. seriously if we screamed at the TOP OF OUR LUNGS no one would hear us. the carpet was stained, most of the rooms were emptied out. here is the pretty view from our room:
oh and did i also mention, the television did not work
OH HELLLLLL NNOOOOOOO!
so higgs called hotels.com and told them that this place was IN NO WAY a two star hotel and that we didn't feel safe. so they refunded her money and we got a room at the CROWNE PLAZA that was literally three blocks from the egg. here are some pics of me and jes in one of the nicest hotels i have ever stayed in. the pic of me shows me looking at the bag that i found on our pillow top beds. it had an eye cover, ear plugs and lavender scented linen spray. so nice:
we all slept like babies and drove home on a sunny sunday afternoon. it was a good time and i can't wait for our next road trip.
this past weekend, jes, higgins, and i drove to our state's capital city, albany for a patty griffin concert at this place called "the egg." its totally nutty b/c it is this building shaped like an egg on a pedestal.
the concert was great. patty has the voice of an angel and she played a whole bunch of songs from the album she is going to record in may and june. she also played some oldie but goodies like "moses" and "long drive home." what was really great was that jes and higgins have never seen her live so they were totally blown away at how amazing she is live. it was also this really small, intimate, setting so that just added to the greatness of it. what was really weird, or at least gave me pause, is that seriously, ever single person there was white. probably about 250 people and every single one was white. that was weird in comparison to my life here in brooklyn.
so that was a great time, but the real story isn't complete without a few words about our trip up. we stopped at this outlet mall and jes and higgs got crazy shopping. not really, but higgs did get two pairs of real nice shoes and some running gear. jes got some jeans and some boy panties. i got a divine pair of tongs from a kitchen store. loves them. on the way home we stopped at a suburban target. it was uncrowded, organized and clean. nothing like our target in brooklyn where you are lucky if your cart doesn't get stolen from you.
the other hilarious part of our trip was our hotel. see higgs got us this room online at the RED CARPET INN. it was within walking distance from the egg and it looked real nice on line. we get there and it was a scary and deserted mess. at first they could not find our reservation. the woman at the desk said that we couldn't have a reservation b/c only FOUR people had reservations for that night. this hotel had HUNDREDS of rooms. after a few calls, we got our room. it was clear over on the other side of the hotel. seriously if we screamed at the TOP OF OUR LUNGS no one would hear us. the carpet was stained, most of the rooms were emptied out. here is the pretty view from our room:
oh and did i also mention, the television did not work
OH HELLLLLL NNOOOOOOO!
so higgs called hotels.com and told them that this place was IN NO WAY a two star hotel and that we didn't feel safe. so they refunded her money and we got a room at the CROWNE PLAZA that was literally three blocks from the egg. here are some pics of me and jes in one of the nicest hotels i have ever stayed in. the pic of me shows me looking at the bag that i found on our pillow top beds. it had an eye cover, ear plugs and lavender scented linen spray. so nice:
we all slept like babies and drove home on a sunny sunday afternoon. it was a good time and i can't wait for our next road trip.
posted by dj love at 12:10 PM
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oooh, the eye cover!
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