kidsmoke

Home again, exhausted and Berkshires-mosquito-bitten, but still haven't managed to wipe the enormous grin off my face! I'm so glad I got to see so many old friends, and put faces to several here on the board who I'd only known by their posts. You're all pretty wonderful! Brennan (my son) has Saturday's Wilco set and was hard at work on it every chance he had on Sunday and Monday, even on our flight home. We kept blocking people heading back to the restroom with headphones being passed across the aisle to our friend Julie, so she could hear choice bits. Remember when the train came through,

There's one a short block away, easy to find, that would like have the game going I think. Does anybody remember the name of that place we went to at SSF1? Sorry, I don't.

Would love to meet you & the fam. Come by the VC table in the bar/food area overlooking Courtyard C on Friday night...please folks, don't be shy. It's such a great chance to connect! Plus, free beef jerky! Homemade even.

Loved that.

Just so everyone is clear on this, no, we do not allow individuals to use Via Chicago as free advertising space. As our rules clearly state, this is prohibited. "The following will not be tolerated: Spam and personal advertisements, including "street-teaming". Via Chicago is not your free advertising space." I've contacted the individual poster who wanted to rent out his place and several parking spaces and advised him of this policy.

No, of course not.

I love how you guitar wonks are so ready and willing to help each other! Music really does bring out the good in people.

That's a great looking poster! Terrific setlist, too.

Well of course it probably is. Shows you how little attention I pay to that godawful show.

I'm loving this.

Good job, girl! And I also loathe the Sex in the City women.

I like this Lotti t-shirt idea. It would need maybe a sketch of Lotti in some classic pursuit. Yes, but I understand that this t-shirt is Lotti's favorite base garment for ice-fishing competitions.

Be sure to come by the VC table so we can meet you in person. Details in the Solid Sound thread.

They're pretty danged special.

We will allot extra nametags for you (to write all that) and will try to assist in apparent emergencies. Diane, you can stand behind dagwave for added safety.

Is that what we're calling this? Organizing? It's always the women.

Only that the sign should have large sequins glued around the sides for a border, and it would really be cool if it had pom-pons attached somehow. And perhaps real name below.

Ah, you volunteers are all the same. Would the tee shirt have to be new?

Leigh, how lovely of you to volunteer to man our VC booth!

I can't wait to see everybody! We should do a VC meet-up somewhere, pre-festival, on Friday...would you be interested? It would be great to see so many old friends as well as meet those who are still only known to me by a VC username. Nalafej, apologies...I was just telling someone that I was pretty sure you were a female. Don't know where I got that. Yep, we need a meet-up. There will be homemade beef jerky to go with your brews.

So happy for you, nalafej! Will this be your 1st Solid Sound? Did you find good lodging I hope?

Now that it's officially summer, what do you all have planned for your summers? Not just entertainment, but also plans for home improvement or self-improvement projects? Ambitious hobbies? Travel? Tell us what's up. I begin my summer with the Solid Sound Festival, and we hope to have completed the scraping, sanding, and repainting-of-the-eaves project at our house by summer's end. Or much sooner, hopefully. So, some play and some work. Also, my garden is almost completely in (late start) and it's beginning to look lush and green and happy. Soon these squash vines and tomatoes will be runnin

I can't even begin to explain why these songs make me laugh until I'm crying. Maybe all these songs needed was some goat. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpL6_0OBuA

I saw Temple Grandin speak last night at UC Riverside...she was brilliant, passionate, and frequently very, very funny! What an amazing woman. Afterwards she posed for photos and gave out autographs, and I was able to get her autograph on my copy of her wonderful "Animals Make Us Human". Highly recommended for anyone who loves and/or works with animals...her keen insights are fascinating, and often counterintuitive to what we think we "know". great reading.

"Like"