Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Pink Moon Rises Over Rock Camp - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com

Pink Moon Rises Over Rock Camp - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com

There's a Pink Moon over Rock Camp

Today was a c-r-a-z-y day! I woke up at 9am (Seth was already at school) to the dogs barking at the porta-john delivery man. He spent the day placing our 15 johns around the venue!
Some wonderful folks from WVNS 59 News showed up today and interviewed me about Pink Moon. I showed Anne and Patrick around the farm, they took some great shots...and I was on the 6pm news!
Check out the article and video here!
That was nerve racking (as you can probably tell from my clip). I spent the rest of the day answering calls and emails about the fest. Got everything taken care of though! A ton of people are coming tomorrow to help decorate and get ready!
When Sethro got home we headed out to Christiansburg to get supplies from Lowes and Walmart (I know, I know...but sometimes convenience is king...) We bought the Lowes out of black light bulbs and we bought the Walmart out of walkie talkies! It was a very productive shopping spree.
I'm exhausted...but honestly, I don't know if I'll be able to sleep! I have to, I know...but I feel like I used to when I was young on the night before we went to Disney World!
Our article in the Roanoke Times came out today as well! Check it out here!
We received our really fantastic, vinyl custom printed weekend wristbands in the mail as well! They look great (and I'm already wearing one...even though I probably don't have too...). I also rush ordered Pink Moon stickers today!
Now it's time to enjoy Jeopardy (and maybe watch our tv spot one more time...that's definitely staying on the dvr!) and go to bed! More updates tomorrow...and then the fun begins!!!!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Saturday Night Live

It's turned into an even better evening. Katie and Bird showed up just after Sabrina left! We had a wonderful dinner, a few glasses of wine and relaxed.
Then Tom and Brenda showed up. The house got wild for a bit, and finally, after creating a small mess, went on their way.
Anyway, it's turned into a truly lovely evening. We're lounging in front of the fire, enjoying a relaxing evening before working out butts off tomorrow. I'm glad for the good company and a quite evening now.

It's the final countdown!

Sabrina came over today! She's the most incredible woman, and she really soothed my soul. When I woke up this morning, my eyes popped open and all that ran through my head was so much to do, so much to do, so much to do. By the time I was dressed and downstairs I was in full fledged stressed out panic mode. And then Sabrina came by, and we figured out literally all of the Pink Moon logistics, relaxed, and painted a ton of absolutely beautiful signs that Sabrina's Uncle Tony made for us. Sabrina also brought us a bunch of great little birdhouses for the kids to paint in the "kid's corner" and then hang up in Bird City.
Now, Seth's lit a fire and I'm cooking dinner. We're watching old episodes of Two and a Half Men and wrapping up some last minute busy work.
5 days...I can't wait! A bunch of my friends from NYC, Boston and CT are coming...my dad and his girlfriend are coming! So many cool people from this region and the surroundin ones are coming! This is going to be epic...and I do not use that word lightly!

Happy Birthday Krista!

Last night, after Seth got home from school and took a nap, we headed down to Rich Creek, VA for Sabrina's daughter Krista's 17th birthday party. Our good friend DJ Rahbee was playing, and it turned out to be a ton of fun! I danced my butt off, Seth played basketball (and raced, and got pelted with ballons) with the little kids at the party. It was adorable! Robbie raged it, and everyone had a great time.
This morning I woke up and immediately started working! 5 DAYS TILL PINK MOON! No time to slack! No time to lounge! Plenty to do! But this year is going to be incredible! I can feel it!

Friday, September 9, 2011

Congradulations to our Jambase Contest Winner!!!

Can't wait to see you at Pink Moon III Mark Korman!!

So much thanks to Marcus Schmidt and everyone at Jambase!!


7 Walkers offer their protection...

Yesterday was a great day. After Sethro got home from school we showered and got dressed and headed to Floyd, VA. We ate a wonderful seafood dinner at the Oddfella's Cantina...a great bluegrass jam was going down on their little stage, and dinner was wonderful! We had two appetizers of oyster and chicken of the woods mushrooms sauteed in a butter garlic sauce, and muscles and clams in a tomato basil sauce. We shared their swordfish special for our entree, which included scallops, shrimp, and a shitake mushroom sweet and sour sauce.
After dinner, we headed over to The Sun Music Hall/Dogtown Roadhouse to see Billy Kreutzmann's band The 7 Walkers. Man...it was an incredible show. A great troupe of fire spinners did a performance before the show started. 7 Walkers RAGED....stole my face right off my head! We saw a bunch of our friends there, including Will and Mandy. I danced my butt off, and enjoyed the quality tunes with Sethro. Honestly...in my opinion, 7 Walkers, even with their fantastic, authentic, New Orleans flair, was the truest "incarnation" or off-shoot of the Dead, that I've seen. They were all phenomenal musicians, and clearly into what they were doing. They encored with an awesome Eyes of the World>Lovelight. It was a great time.

We handed out fliers for Pink Moon as people left. We skedaddled out of Floyd around 12:30am, (I drove) and we got home around 2am.
Seth had to get up for school this morning. I told him it was good practice for Pink Moon. He's really been doing an amazing job teaching Algebra at the local high school. I think he really likes it too! It's good to see him clearly having such an important and positive impact on the community around here...in a more main stream sense.
6 DAYS TILL PINK MOON!!! It's down to the wire here...but this thing is going down, and it's going to be incredible!!! I can't wait...I'm so excited, but I still have so much to do!

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Labor Day Work Weekend

I woke up at noon on Saturday and realized that...duh...it was Labor Day weekend. I talked to Sabrina on the phone and had just settled into the idea of no one showing up for the work weekend, when people began arriving. First Broman and Aaron from outside of Roanoke. Then Katie and Melrod and Ben. Then David and Elijah. Then Sabrina and Boo. Then Evan and Victoria!
Despite the good turn out, the weather jinxed us and the afternoon was...soggy. Evan and Katie cooked dinner in the rain, while I cleaned the house and other cleaned up the farm.
It was a good time, with a ton of sweet dogs. Bird showed up that evening and we all chilled in the newly finished living room - which is finally clean and roomy and comfortable.
It was a really great evening with friends, and slowly, bellies full and hearts warm, we all petered off to bed.
When we woke up Sunday morning Bird was already weed whacking, and everyone else was cleanin3g up and working. Breakfast had been cooked! It was fantastic! I set Katie and Victoria on painting signs while I cleaned the sitting room upstairs.
It was a productive day of clean up and conversation. Everyone went their separate ways, and Broman, Aaron, Boo, Sabrina, Seth and I sat down in the newly cleansed sitting room to watch "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs!"
After everyone left, Billy and our neighbor across the way and his girlfriend stopped by. They're going to help us out with some electrical work for Pink Moon.
Finally Seth and I got to sit down and relax. It wasn't long after that we shuffled off to bed.
Labor Day itself was rainy and lazy. Not much business work could be done and I spent most of the day playing Portal 2 and smoking cigarettes. In the evening we answered some questions about Pink Moon for 16 Blocks magazine...the story should come out Sept. 9th! We headed to bed early, because Seth began his job teaching Algebra I at James Monroe High School this morning.
In fact he woke up before five to get ready, showered, shaved, fed and out the door for school this morning. I woke up around 7am, right before he left, to help him pack up his lunch and wish him good luck. I spent the day tying up various Pink Moon loose ends, and promoting on the Facebook! We lost power (helluva rainstorm) for about four hours at 12:30pm.
It was still out when Seth got home at 3:30pm. We took a nap...then Sethro made BLTs for dinner while I banged out some business stuff.
Now, Seth's nursing the fire, the kittens are playing, and were watching the Jeopardy: Teacher's Tournament. It's chilly, but Seth just got the fire going. The house is clean, Seth has a respectable day job (he will have to work from 7am-4pm the Thursday and Friday of Pink Moon), we're well rested and well fed. Only 9 days until Pink Moon....
"Pink Moon is on it's way" - Nick Drake