Metrojam

So thanks to these two guys...Bob and Tom...we have a very fun FREE music event every year in beautiful Washington Park downtown. It is so much fun and I always look forward to it. This year the headliner was the Knack. You know their song My Sharona. They were really good but I really liked the band that played before them...The Redwalls. When they announced the lineup a couple of months ago they also let us know that they were going to be on Leno soon. I stayed up late to watch them and was really impressed. I love their sound it is very different than anything out there. Unfortunately I forgot to get the CD that night but I am hoping my friend Jim at Dr Freuds has it there. Anyhow one of the perks of knowing those two guys above is that I got to sneak in and get my picture taken with the band. They were really sweet guys and they smelled good. I of course made a fool out of myself and said stupid things when I was talking to them but oh well.
After the music we went to The Riverbank. It is a fantastic little martini bar that is smoke free. It is nice to come home smelling like nothing. I had my first mojito. I think I like them. Actually I am thinking of having a mojito party for my birthday. Yum.

Time....

Just seems to get away from me lately. Luckily there are pictures to remind us of good times... like this little peanut who decided my creeping phlox looked like a nice place to nest.

I am not feeling entirely creative as of late. I just have too much other stuff going on in my head I think. Yesterday I was going to sit down and make something but when I was on my way to the shop I had a few minutes so I decided to stop at Vinnie's. Oh the deals I found. One of which was a cute little bench with a table attached. I think it was an old telephone stand. Well that little piece of furniture coming into my already packed store made me have to rearrange the entire store. I do that a lot. People laugh at me.

There is so much going on all the time in Mantiowoc and the weekends are full of places to be. This weekend is the big airshow in Manitowoc and balloon glow downtown. Super fun. I love having loud jets flying over all weekend! Really. It is also graduation weekend and then for us to throw just one more thing in some friends of ours are getting married! I just finished the bridesmaids necklaces and just have to get the earrings and the mini brides jewelry done now.

Next weekend is Metrojam...a fun FREE music weekend in the park and also the Garden Fair in the same park. Both very fun events for our community. So if you are in the area Saturday would be a really fun day to come and visit Manitowoc and go to Washington Park and then Persimmons of course.

Metrojam 2008

So I just got back from a major announcement gathering from the fine fellows at Metrojam (a fantastic FREE local music event in Manitowoc) where they announced the headliner act for this years event is The Knack....oh yeah...My Sharona.

What a weekend in Manitowoc.

Oh my peonies are in bloom. They are so beautiful and I just love the smell when I step out of my studio.

I really should have pictures of this weekend to show but in typical airhead Kim fashion I forgot to bring my camera to Metrojam. Honestly I really think it was the most fun I have ever had at a concert. The headliner bands were Stroke 9 (Little Black Backpack)and Nine Days (Story of a Girl). They were fantastic! I really got a kick out of Stroke 9 singing the old Bloodhound Gang song about doing it like they do on the Discover channel. It was an annoying song back in the day but hearing it live and loud in Manitowoc was hilarious to me. I did break into the backstage area and freaked out the security guard but chickened out and didn't go meet the bands. When Nine Days started to play I realized I knew a couple of their songs from the radio but when they sang the ever popular Story Of a Girl... well it rocked. They also had Ruby Jane a kick butt fiddle player that performed earlier in the evening come out and play with them during their rendition of Sweet Home Alabama. That little girl can really put on a show and she is only 13! It was just so much fun and I can't wait to see who will be performing next year. Saw David and Kim from Stumpjack there and they told me that a few of the band members from Nine Days were at the coffee shop earlier in the day. The singer saw David in the crowd and gave him a little shout out on stage. It was so awesome for them. David has a little blurb about it in his blog. They may possibly do a little gig there????? Let's keep our fingers crossed.