This past weekend, Chris and I decided to go on a Memorial Day weekend adventure and take a roadtrip to Pittsburgh, PA to see Kristen Hersh (of Throwing Muses fame). It was a 9 1/2 hour non-stop drive, but we broke it up into 2 days on the way down. The first day of the drive was pretty pleasant although it was 90 degrees outside. We were kinda dissapointed to find that many of the pit stops alongside 87 had very little in the way of vegetarian options or anything healthy–it was lots of KFC and a weird burger joint called “Fuddruckers” which brings to mind all kinds of nasty thoughts. C’mon, is it too much to ask for a veggie sandwich? or at least a Starbucks? So we mainly subsisted on french fries and ice cream–and on the rare occasion that a Starbucks WAS spotted, iced coffee.
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May 15th, 2006, Nothern Lights, NY

As a celebration for the end of my 2 year stint in the dental hygiene program (quite an accomplishment for both me AND Chris!), we scored tickets for a super-cheap concert playing in Northern Lights, an obscure concert arena in Clifton Township, NY. It was about a 2 hour drive to get there, but hey, even WITH the price of gas it was a cheap concert! The cool thing was that because it was a school night, AND because Northern Lights was such a faraway little arena, there weren’t a lot of people waiting in line. While we were in line, we met a brother and sister from Saratoga, Danielle and Tim. They were hilarious! Tim bought Danielle tickets as a belated birthday gift. We ended up hanging around with them the entire night.
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May 05, 2007, New York City, NY

Once again, Chris is the sneakiest husband in the world! After being certain that tickets were completely sold out for a beloved and rare Bjork concert in the New York area, I received an email from Chris saying “look at this picture”. When I opened the attachment, it was a map of the United Palace Theater in New York, with “you are here” pasted next to some orchestra seats. I can’t believe what a cool hubby I have!!!
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