Coast Guard Day 2009 Staten Island

Look at what we did today!!!

My Mouth Is Hungry But My Stomach Is Full

I love how different each day can be on the road. :) The last 2 nights, we were in a hotel that had a bit of a stank, the view was a parking lot littered with old mattresses, the curtains were falling off the walls...

Tonight? I am laying in a King size bed surrounded by a mountain of comfy pillows, the complimentary products in the bathroom are Aveda - my fav that's too expensive to buy - and the view is part of the NYC skyline (right past the Newark airport). The guys are in the bar downstairs having a beer after a nice leisurely 10 hour drive.

Playing in the Suburban today:
The end of "Yes Man"
"The Departed" (That was fun to visit parts of Boston - including Costello Liquors right next to Berklee's campus)
"Role Models"
"Nick and Norah's Playlist" (With a nice reference of Berklee in that movie - Michael Cera's character wants to go to school there!)
And "Half Baked"

And with my mobile internet working again, I got some major facebooking and emailing done. Whew. That felt good. Still backed up, but getting closer.

Tomorrow - we play for the Coast Guard on Staten Island! WOO HOO!

Peace. Love. Fiddle.
~natalie

Penn State Altoona

West Virginia sure is beautiful! The interstates twist and turn so much more than normal! :) We made it to Penn State Altoona right on time. They had a great room set up with a stage and lights. And we got all ready to go.
But....
There were a few things missing...
Miguel left his boots at home.... I had never seen him play in tennis shoes before! It was funny looking. :) And it turned out that there wasn't any monitors. But it wasn't a big deal at all. We just did without!
But Hootie had something new. A Bass! He played his first show with it tonight. It sounded awesome, and it's a 5-string, so he had a whole extra string to play than normal! :)

Apparently, at Penn State Altoona it takes 3 good-looking guys and one British accent to put on a show!


These girls were all musicians, too. They were so sweet!


Totally his first country concert! He said "country's not really his thing" but, hey! He stayed the WHOLE show :) Nice.


And Jenny bought a cd for all of her friends! What a sweetheart!


So now we are driving to Staten Island. We play an afternoon show there, so we are already heading that direction. We are all starving right now, but there wasn't anything open in Altoona.... so we got on the road. Just tried to stop at a Perkins but it was CLOSED! We've found a Denny's in 45 miles though. SCORE. :)

Peace, Love, Fiddle,
~natalie