Sexy (148 of 366)

As part of the Bastille Day celebrations, Minette Magnifique performed their well-known burlesque show.  Talk about sexy!

Is In The Details (47 of 366)

This is one of many beautiful floats from the Krewe de Orpheus parade during Mardi Gras. The Krewe de Orpheus was founded in 1993 by Harry Connick, Jr., and it is one of the largest parades at Mardi Gras. The parade rolls on Lundi Gras, which is the day before Fat Tuesday. There were 30 floats in the parade and each one was unique and full of little surprises.

Noisy (21 of 366)

Kevin Carter and Duane Trucks of Flannel Church playing with Roosevelt Carter on the pedal steel. These guys were great!

The Arts (202 of 365)

Widespread Panic is currently celebrating their 25th Anniversary. In addition to holding food drives at all of their concerts, WSP is heavily involved with Tunes for Tots. Each year they hold a TFT benefit concert which has helped to raise over $650,000 for Arts education in public schools.

Nightlife (200 of 365)

Musical (152 of 365)

Aqua (31 of 365)

The lights over the entrance to the 40 Watt Club.

Music (29 of 365)

This may seem like an odd choice for the "music" theme. However, this is actually John Keane Studios in Athens, Georgia. John Keane is a Grammy nominated music producer based in Athens. The three bands he has worked with most exclusively are R.E.M., Indigo Girls and Widespread Panic.

Lots of great music comes out of this little house.

Front Doors (28 of 365)

The 40 Watt Club, Athens, Georgia. The 40 Watt was a major performance spot for independent artists in the 1980s. One of the most well-known bands that got their start here is R.E.M.

Damaged (27 of 365)

The Georgia Theatre located in downtown Athens, Georgia. The theater is in the process of being rebuilt after being heavily damaged in a fire.

The theater is a huge part of Athens musical history. The building has been used as a theater and movie house since 1918 and has seen the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M., Widespread Panic, Beck, The Police, and Dave Matthews Band.

Sunday Six 2.0: Week 1

This week's Sunday Six is not especially creative for three reasons. First, I'm tired. Second, I'm sick. And, third? Well, it's just plain cold outside! So, that means you have all indoor photos today, and not very exciting ones.

However . . . on we go!


New shoes! I love them so.


A couple of folks mentioned they'd like to see the entire clock that I used for the "Clocks" theme during "365 in 2009." Here it is. My 1/4 clock.


A ticketstub from my New Year's Eve adventure with friends.






These are wooden circles I picked out for some modern wall decorations. They come primed, so you can paint them if you want, or leave them as is. You simply figure out how you want to display them and stick them on the wall. This morning I was playing around with designs and shapes, which turned into taking pictures of the designs and shapes. These three shots were the ones I liked best.

Not the best start to this year's Sunday Six, but it's a start at least! Until next week . . .

Sunday Six: Week 49

Okay, so I'm late again, but at least it's here! I will preface last week's Sunday Six by saying that this might be my weakest set of the year. I was just not feeling that great last week, and creativity was not flowing. So, that being said, here is last week's Sunday Six.


Over Thanksgiving, my Dad and I sat and went through part of his vinyl collection. I hope to get to look through the rest of it the next time I'm at his house. He tells me there are original Beatles albums. I'm determined to find them, and confiscate them for my own. Here are a few of my albums. My collection is definitely small, but it'll grow.


Part of the artwork on the new Dave Matthew Band album. It has some pretty fun art.


Recently delivered Christmas presents. These are for my Dad and Step-Mom.


Homemade corn and potato chowder. Yum!


One of several books I'm currently reading. It's been a long time since I've been reading just one book.


A shot of my super warm duvet cover. I snapped this just before crawling into my freshly made bed for the night.

This week's Sunday Six will be up later. Only three to go . . .

Sunday Six: Week 33 (Bright Lights Edition)

This week I have a Recap Six all from my long weekend in Fort Lauderdale.


I played with light trails during some of our drives around South Florida. I tried to pick things with lots of colors and shapes.


The I-95 North sign on our way back from night two of Dave Matthews Band in West Palm Beach. It was a great show!


Fun lights that we passed on our way back from South Beach.


This is a Tex-Mex bar in Ft. Lauderdale.


I have no clue what these lights are. I do, however, love the lines of the building lights!


Okay, so not an abstract photo. This is the Colony Hotel on Ocean Drive in South Beach. (And, yes. I deliberately cut off the full name of the hotel.)

Next week . . . photos from this week's trip! Then, you're back to the basics of in and around Metro Atlanta.

Sunday Six: Week 12

Another Recap Six for this week. Just like many of my recaps, all but one of the pictures was taken today.


A dandelion. There were about 5 of these growing in my friend's yard. However, when I got in position to take some photos, one of his dogs would come and knock the flower.


A quick snap of the "King" building as I drove downtown today. This tower has a "Queen" building standing beside it. At some point, I'll snap a picture of both of them together.


Another dandelion, but this one is nice and yellow.


The Ferris Wheel at the Atlanta Fair. I really wish the tree hadn't got in my way.


Okay, this is the last dandelion picture. :)


Finally, a photo of the stage at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Wednesday night I saw "Monty Python's Spamalot." It was great!

Stop the Action (77 of 365)

A member of Atlanta's Seed & Feed Marching Abominable band. They're known for their wacky costumes! Here, they're marching in Atlanta's St. Patrick's Day Parade.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

366 Pictures: #97 Rock and Roll

CDs by possibly the greatest rock bands ever -- Led Zepplin!

Date: December 28, 2008.

366 Pictures: #264 Box

Another music box. (Have I mentioned that my Mom started a music box collection for me when I was younger?) This box also plays "Music of the Night" and is decorated in the classic Phantom style.

August 10, 2008.

366 Pictures: #169 Music

My piano, which allows me to play music. Whether it is music anyone would actually want to listen to is another story altogether!

Date: August 9, 2008.

I'm Such a Dork . . .

Seriously, every time I start thinking or researching my trip to Puerto Rico I get one particular song in my head. I honestly have no idea why. The only thing I can think of is the one word they each have in common.

I'm going to link over to the song since my attempts to embed it resulted in my blog refusing to upload.

Major Dorkiness Found Here

Please, please send help immediately!

So Much To Say

Yesterday was the big show I've been very excited about. The Allman Brothers Band and the Dave Matthews Band concert at Piedmont Park. It was great! The weather was outstanding. It was warm during the late afternoon, but once the sun set it was perfect. I swear, there were way more than 50,000 people there.

We were able to plop our blanket down in what ended up being the middle of the crowd. We were in a good position to see all of the screens, but far enough that the bands looked really small.

The Allman Brothers Band came on a few minutes late, which was great for us, because we were running a bit late ourselves. They played some really good songs, Hot 'lanta, Statesboro Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man, Midnight Rider, One Way Out, and did Whipping Post as their encore. I was not pleased that they ended their set without playing Melissa. That was totally made up for later. The band sounded great, and Gregg Allman's voice sounded great, too.

The stage setup was nice. There was one large screen on stage, behind the performers, then two screens high, beside the stage. There was also a high screen in the middle of the meadow.

DMB played a really good set. Warren Hayes jammed out with the band on What Would You Say, and Gregg Allman came out and performed Melissa with them. That was completely wonderful, it sounded so amazing hearing both of them singing the lyrics. Dave said it was one of his favorite songs ever written. I liked Cornbread a lot better with the live band, than just the acoustic version on the new Radio City CD. It was a lot of fun. Don't Drink the Water sounded really, really good. I thought it sounded much better than a couple of other live versions I've seen and heard. The series of So Much to Say, Too Much, and Warehouse were a lot of fun. Once we heard So Much to Say, we knew what was coming up next. He also played his new single Eh Hee. I'd not heard it yet, but liked it. I actually grabbed it from iTunes this morning.

It had been several years since I'd seen DMB perform. I saw them several times when I was living in Nashville. I really think this was the best performance I've seen. The crowd was great, the sound was wonderful and it looked like they were all having a lot of fun on stage.