That's All....

Another weekend is behind us now unfortunately... I was so happy that Friday had rolled around... I was a bit over working on Friday and so glad to finally get home. I was excited to see that "The Devil Wears Prada" was coming on HBO... I saw it at the movies back in the day but it was cute to see it again.

I had a really lazy day on Saturday and pretty much didnt do anything. I've been wanting to see the movie "Saved" for a while...I think it has been out a few years, but I caught it coming on on Saturday night...unfortunately I only watched an hour of it before falling asleep (at 1am I couldnt keep my eyes open)... so I'll have to be on the lookout for it again.

On Sunday, we went to Richards pool which is always fun. Having a pool at your house would be so convenient and fun.

I cant think of anything else planned in the upcoming weeks, but hopefully I'll find something half entertaining to blog about.

Meow....

I freaking love cats... but havent had one in a few years...a lot of people know this, but we had two bad experiences in a row...and took a hiatus with the cats... and there are no current plans for a replacement.

I've been looking at this website regularly for the past few months though... it makes me laugh... you may find the captions annoying at times, but I've come around to them... the pictures alone are worth a glance.

http://icanhascheezburger.com/

A Seinfeld blog...

Ok, I seriously dont have much of anything to blog about last weekend.

It definitely made the end of the week go by quickly after having the holiday break though--always a good thing.

I'm almost horrified that I didnt have a Symphony night for a 3rd consecutive weekend...haha... j/k...sorta :)

As my entertainment replacement, I did catch a few late night episodes of Golden Girls---which I NEVER grow tired of... and another night I caught Good Times ... I love love love that show too... obviously I've only ever caught it in reruns, but I remember watching it as a kid. I havent caught a Janet Jackson era of GT in quite a while though... I'll have to keep watching Nick at Nite.

I had a bit of an extended weekend... I had a sick day on Monday... I stayed inside most of the day... and caught up on some magazines... I subscribe to about 5 magazines...and tend to flip thru pictures the first day I get one...and then they sit in a pile waiting for a few weeks/months.

That's enough of my blog about nothing... I hope to have something more exciting to tell you possibly next week... or sooner, so keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned...

Almost a fightin' Fourth...

It was really nice to have a mid-week holiday break with July 4th.

Tuesday night we had every intention on going to dinner at Parco Cafe (I blogged about this deliciousness a while back), but unfortunately the owners are out of the country for now..boo

So we went to Mambu instead. It was a nice night to dine outside. It was good... my dish wasnt my favorite meal ever, but it was nice to try at any rate... It was a special for the night.. pork (which was good)... served with sauteed turnip greens (which even as a real southerner I had never tried)... they were interesting and better than I expected. I forget what else came with my dish...some type of bean type things that werent really my cup o' tea... I would recommend trying it sometime though...and I'd go back.

So then it was July 4th. We chilled out with during the day with some pals at a pool party at Richard & Patricks... fun fun fun... After heading home for a nap and recharge, we headed to a spot closer to downtown to view the fireworks--away from the riverfront crowd of around 100K.

We were lucky enough to find a spot across the interstate with a fabulous view of the supposed "World's Largest Adult Book/Video Store." You know we only roll in class, right? Well, there were quite a few other people around to...

We stayed in the car for a while... and within about 10 minutes, I heard something confrontational seeminlgy directed my way... apparently some drunk (yeah, he had a big 40 in his hand) thought I threw an empty soda bottle at him... I just looked at him in disbelief and finally a pal of his fessed up to it... he simmered down and then later came over and ask if I had a beer to sell him... see... we surround ourself with class too!!!

Oh, I have to mention this... Hal 'didnt hear what was going on' as usual even though he was sitting right next to me in the car... some help, right? Kinda like when that man pulled behind me in my driveway and after some other stupid stuff... called me a 'little faggot' and then peeled out... Where was Hal? Standing at the inside of the front door... apparently not concerned if I was about to get bashed... (I dont mind giving him crap on this blog... I remind him of this face to face as well) :)

So that is the holiday wrap up... I'm so glad it is the weekend again!!!

The hills are alive....

So here we are again... It's Monday again... time to tell you about last week... It was one of my most dreaded times to work... once every other month or so, I have to work 11am-8pm...It totally disrupts my swim schedule (the pool closes at 8 and if you know me at all... you know I'm not getting up early) ...the good news is that someone volunteered to work that shift on Friday... so I was able to go to a fun wine gathering.

I ended up being the DD for Hal and another couple... yeah, that's not something you hear of me doing often... it's not my favorite role, but it's not so bad sometimes. We got home relatively early and once Hal almost immediately went to "sleep," I was able to kick back and enjoy watching my stupid tv shows.

I get so caught up in House Hunters on HGTV... particularly the international versions. One episode featured Stockholm, Sweden... the prices werent as outrageous as I expected, but wow... the places were so small... (as I've noticed on several of the international versions). The other interesting thing is the bathrooms in these places... literally, the whole bathroom was the shower... it just has a drain in the middle of the floor... it was barely big enough to turn around in.

Not sure why I felt the need to blog about that, but it interests me. It's amazing how efficient you can be in such a small living space.

On Saturday, we hung out by the pool... and just as we were getting ready to come back home, I got a last minute chance to go to another Symphony event (hence the Sound of Music reference). It worked out well b/c I didnt have any other plans while Hal was going to play poker. Check out Nathan's blog http://www.thisonegoestoeleven.com/ for a good rundown of the evening and a couple of photos. I couldnt have said it any better. Prior to late May, I'd never been to a Symphony event, but I've been to 3 now in the last month. Each performance was totally different but all fun nonetheless.

To cap the weekend off, we went to brunch at Tin Angel yesterday... It's really good, close to our house and it's nice to patronize a locally owned restaurant.

Now I am looking forward to a mid week holiday break already... nothing wrong with that, eh?

Some Enchanted Evening...

Holy Crap!!! I freaking saw THE Bernadette Peters. It was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

So you already know I won the tix, and they were great. We were about 15 rows back...which is awesome in the new Symphony Hall. The sound was great... supposedly this building is a top rated acoustical experience... but I'm not an acoustician... I just know it sounded great.

This was a Nashville Chamber Orchestra event. The first half of the evening was a performance of some Celtic music. I cant say I was very excited about this at first, but it sounded so beautiful and wasnt anything like I expected. I dont know why I expected something hokey...b/c it wasnt at all. We really enjoyed it.

After intermission, it was all Berndette... along with a larger group of the NCO. I got no shame in my game admitting that I did tear up a bit during BP's performance. She was all that I expected and more. She had on a fabulous gown that was very slim fitting--totally opposite of another artist I love, Loretta :)---that was covered in tasteful sequins that looked beautiful sparkling in the theatre lights.

She seriously has the voice of an angel. I had a permagrin on my face the entire time. She sang "Some Enchanted Evening" and another song from South Pacific. She also did "Fever" and some songs from her most recent Broadway show, Gypsy. I wont go on about the rest of the playlist. I didnt know all the songs...and she didnt sing some things I wanted to hear ('Sunday in the Park with George' for example), but I have no complaints.

The show was also a benefit for the Nashville Humane Society and she came back out as an encore and was carrying the cutest puppy...and then she sang a song to him... the dog was loving it and was very well behaved... it was ADORABLE.

If I find a more comprehensive review from the show, I'll edit this post and provide the link. It was indeed a magical evening.

Random Bernadette Peters trivia.... Did you know she was Karen Walker's sister on 'Will & Grace'??? It was just one episode I think... but very funny... the episode was titled "Whatever happened to Baby Gin?" This was much later in the series and no one knew Karen even had a sister. Well, the episode just happened to be on Lifetime last week and I caught it. Too funny. BP liked to draw attention to herself by walking in a room and asking what everyone was looking at...havent they ever saw someone with one leg that is shorter than the other? The premise was that Karen felt bad all these years b/c she thought she was responsible for this childhood incident to BP, but in the end, that wasnt true and BP was just milking it for the wrong reasons.

There's your Bernadette Peters post for now. I hope you all get to see her one day... I definitely have her on my list of people I HAVE to see on Broadway.

Flugtag or Bust!!!

Ok... so we went to the Red Bull Flugtag event on Saturday. I was really looking forward to this. I have seen the commercials and always thought it was be an interesting/fun spectacle.

I saw on the news that the gates opened at 11am... first flight at 1pm...and that they expected 55,000 people to attend... I didnt buy that... BUT... DAMN...was I wrong...

We busted up in there right around 1pm and couldnt even see the launch stage from Riverfront Park... we finally decided to cross the river and view the event from the Titans stadium area... We could actually see from there but after about 5 different launches that immediately nosedived straight into the nasty Cumberland River...we left. It was way too hot and the lines just to get a bottle of water were too long.

So... anyway...Flugtag would be fun... but it was way too crowded for us...

On a more exciting note.... IM FRICKING GOING TO SEE BERNADETTE PETERS TONIGHT!!!!

She's a living Broadway legend and is performing with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra at the Symphony Center. I came really close to buying tickets...but didnt--b/c Hal is a party pooper and wasnt as interested as me--...

Anyway, I entered a contest to win tix... and....I WON!!!! So the event is tonight.... and I'm in gay, Broadway heaven...

I'll update you on the show later... sorry I dont have any Flugtag pics... we took the camera but were way too miserable with the heat and crowd to care about it though.