Wednesday, March 30, 2011

almost famous

This is my beautiful, talented roommate Emily. Last night Jonathan, Sarah Beth and I drove to Atlanta to see her play at Eddie's Attic, and she was absolutely glowing. When I met Emily freshmen year she had never written a song and hardly anyone knew she could sing. Now she's recording an album, has a following and opened for Hootie and the Blowfish last week.

Emily was the opening act, and you could tell the next band regretted having to follow her. Her song writing has become so much more mature in the past few months, and she was so comfortable on stage it seemed like she'd been performing for years. Watching Em play is always a little bittersweet, because I miss days when she and I could skip our classes and stay up til 4 in the morning talking every night. Now she travels most weekends, and I have responsibilities I can't neglect. Thankfully, we still find times every now and then to sit and talk about anything and everything, and tonight Emma and I got to help her write a new song!

If Em hadn't been so breathtaking, these leopard print shoes would have stolen the show. They looked adorable, and she used them as a new percussion instrument.
You can buy Emily's music on iTunes or go to her website to find out about upcoming shows.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

ready set ... go!

At the beginning of this week I felt like I was starting a marathon of constant business. Instead of easing back into things after spring break, I had articles for work and big assignments for almost all of my classes. But after countless cups of late night Jittery Joe's coffee and early mornings spent at Walker's, I finally finished!

To celebrate the end of a stressful week, Britt, Sarah Beth, Emma and I went to dinner at White Tiger and it was so good! White Tiger is tucked away in the middle of a neighborhood, and on the outside it looks like a run-down shack. But next to the tiny old building there is a yard full of picnic tables where we ate delicious barbecue sandwiches with a twist. I had one with tofu, barbecue sauce and arugula cole slaw on it. I know it sounds weird, but loved it so much I would have had another after church today if I hadn't been out-voted!


After dinner Tatum joined us, and we all went to play pool at Magnolias. I say "play pool" loosely, because Sarah Beth and I didn't hit a single ball the whole time... but we had fun aiming and missing!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

seven things

One of my best friends Sarah Beth has a great blog called Chronicles of a Cody Girl , and she just got the 7 Fun Facts Blog Award. She is a much more faithful blogger than me and deserves to be recognized, but she gave my little beginner blog the award too! I look up to Sarah Beth a lot, and after reading her blog you'll see why. She is so wise and compassionate and always makes you feel like the most important person in the world when she talks to you.


So in response to SB's nomination, here are 7 facts about me ....

1. When I know people really well I start calling them by a double name - Brit Brit, Kaiti Kaiti, Tyler Tyler. It's kind of weird, but I think it's just a nickname to tell them I love them a lot.

2. You've Got Mail is hands down my favorite movie of all time. I would be Kathleen Kelly and own a children's bookstore in NYC if I could. It's hard to beat 80's and 90's romantic comedies. They were just better back then.

3. When I get hurt I way over react. I think this started as a self defense against little brothers, but I actually am a pretty clumsy person. In high school I broke my foot by stubbing my toe too hard and dislocated my knee by piroetting in the kitchen.

4. I did ballet from age 3 to 15. I loved it, and I still have all of my point shoes. They used to hang on my wall, but now their tucked away in a box in my closet.

5. I was obsessed with Madeline when I was little. I had all the dolls and books and I always asked my dad to draw a scar on my tummy to pretend I had gotten my appendix out too. Despite my low pain tolerance, I've always had a secret desire to get my appendix out.

6. I love going on long drives. I could drive and listen to Patty Griffin for hours and never get bored. I also love long drives with people, because that's when I have the best conversations. I like that there are no distractions from being together and I love the feeling of escaping and going somewhere new.

7. Mornings are my favorite times of the day. I love waking up when everything is still and quiet, and I love feeling at peace before the stress of the day. Every morning a I wake up an hour or two before my first class, because I want time to eat breakfast, study at a coffee shop or catch up on reading. I also love meeting people for breakfast at Mama's Boy or Big City Bread . My new favorite thing is a smoke salmon & fried egg biscuit sandwich at Big City.

So now it's my turn to award a blog...
My roommate Emily's blog is actually her music website, but she treats it like a blog. It's so friendly and well written, and she puts up pictures and videos all the time. You should visit it because she has one of the most amazing voices I've ever heard and she's one of the most loyal and loving friends I've ever had.

Monday, March 21, 2011

spring break

Okay, I know I abandoned this blog for a long time, but thanks to Kaiti and Sarah Beth I'm re-inspired to keep it up...

Last week me and 18 friends went to Brittany's family beach house in Edisto, S.C. We started the trip out with dinner at Cracker Barrel. Since breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, I had biscuits for dinner. They were buttery and delicious, and I knew I was on vacation when I made them my whole meal.
We spent most of our days relaxing on the quiet beach, and we had an intense kitchen dance party every night. On Wednesday we went an old plantation called Botany Bay. After driving past fields down a long dirt road and walking through marshland you reach a beach that's covered with old white trees.
It was beautiful and unlike any beach I had ever seen. It looked like the site of a Vanity Fair or Anthropologie photo shoot.
There were only 7 of us left on the last night, and we went back to the Botany Bay marshes to watch the sunset and take pictures. I know it's nothing like the Africa, but for some reason the flat marshes and low trees reminded me of Lion King more than coastal South Carolina.