shout out

Oh em gee

ACL lineup has just been announced and it is SICK - this will be my first year to miss since the festival began during the fall of 2002 when I was a sophomore in high school, which was frighteningly 8 years ago. Taylor and I made it our annual activity by going every year, all three days from morning to night. I am a little upset, to say the least, but I will survive. For those of you who will be attending...I hope you keep me their in spirit...especially at Phish, MIA, Vampire Weekend, Beach House, Miike Snow, Temper Trap, Portugal the Man, Gogol Bordello, Band of Horses, the xx, Deadmau5, and so on and so forth.

On the bright side...I have seen Beach House, Portugal the Man, and the xx so far in DC. I am also seeing Phish, MIA and Deadmau5 this summer.

So I'll be okay.

caribou/toro y moi

Saw Caribou last night with Toro y Moi and LOVED both bands. I hadn't heard anything from either and was very, very impressed. Caribou was a lot more psychedelic/jam than I expected which was a pleasant surprise. Toro y Moi played some great jams and as Madison put it correctly, is the "perfect summertime music". Check out the following among others:

Weakends - Caribou

Talamak or Blessa - Toro y Moi

And if you haven't been yet, you MUST go to Rock & Roll Hotel in D.C. on H Street.

nathan lane + robin williams + 1996 = masterpiece

We recently received The Birdcage from our dear old pal Netflix and I cannot rave about it enough. It was simply hilarious. I forget how much love and respect I have for Robin Williams. I mean come on...Mrs. Doubtfire is one of my all time favorites. And Nathan Lane was so Nathan Lane. It was refreshing to see some good ole fashion comedy. Agador stole the show.

why i love camp longhorn

Here is a lovely video for your viewing pleasure...my bestie Delaney filmed this for class and I just have to share it with you all. It involves Stephen Smith discussing the beauty of Camp Longhorn. Classic footage here folks.

If the fact you can only see half of Stephen at some points drives you crazy, watch it here.

mad skillz

Parmesan chicken with grilled veggies....recipe courtesy of Pat Ellison!

Banana bread (made from scratch) muffins...recipe courtesy of Kori's great grandmother!