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This weekend Peter & I were guests at a wedding! I love being a guest at a wedding. This was actually the first wedding we've been to (as guests) following our own, which made it even more fun.
Our friends were married on a family farm in New Hampshire. Over the last year they visited almost every weekend to get the farm ready for a wedding. Their families visited and helped them pull weeds and vines and relocate lilies, hosta and ferns. They made the property beautiful. The barn was cleared of things-you-normally-find-in-a-barn to make way for dancing.
We visited a few weeks ago to help do some last minute things. Our work was mostly fun stuff – painting signs, putting together their escort cards, and hanging lights in the barn to dance under.
Those lights though, they ended up being the lights they were married under as well. You see – it rained on Saturday. Well, it actually poured – torrentially at times with a bit of thunder and lightning mixed in for good measure. Everyone made their way across the property under shared umbrellas – and our friends were married in a barn. It was a beautiful and perfect ceremony. It's the way it happened, and I can't imagine it going any other way now. As Doug said, "It's funny how so much can go wrong yet still go so right."
The rain did stop and we were able to have dinner outside under a tent – and then we headed back down to the barn for dancing. My favorite part. I danced until I was a sweaty mess and loved every moment.
The song that will always get me on the dance floor (you know, besides "Hey Ya" by Outkast) is "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" by Michael Jackson. I suggest pressing play and dancing right now. Go Ahead!
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough | Michael Jackson
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We walked in the door at 3:30am this morning. Our travels began last Tuesday evening and took us to New Haven, CT – Hopatcong, NJ – back and forth between mid NJ – "Down the Shore" – NYC – and back up. We were in the car quite a bit. Not a very restful trip, but we did see a lot of people we haven't seen in a while, which I loved.
One of the reasons we made the trip was for Peter's Grandmother's 90th Birthday party. 90! Peter comes from large families on both his mother's side and his father's side. I am one of two grandchildren on my mom's side (me and my brother) – and one of five on my dad's side. So...to be married to Peter, who is one of 17 grandchildren (just on his dad's side alone) is quite amazing to me.
I've only really begun to know this side of the family in the last couple of years. Greg, one of Peter's cousins, has helped me quite a bit in learning everyone's names – and telling me family stories (which I love). He's kept up with my blog and even mentioned finding new music from my Monday Morning Music (I've missed a few Monday's recently, huh?). He's downloaded some Lucksmiths, which is one of Peter and my favorite bands – especially for summer listening.
This weekend Greg handed me four CD's full of music for Peter and I to listen to on our drive back up to Boston. We didn't get through them all yet, but one of the discs started off with a Del Amitri song that I haven't thought about in years. That song also reminded me of my obsession with another one of their songs – "Roll To Me". My brother will vividly remember me listening to that song – on repeat – pretty much anytime I got into my car when I first began driving.
So...for your listening pleasure this morning we have to Del Amitri songs. Thank you, Greg for reminding me about both of these!
and...Graham, this one is for you ~
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Very early on in our relationship Peter took me to a Grant Lee Buffalo concert. I wasn't too familiar with them, and their music didn't grab me right away immediately. I did know one song (it was on the first mix tape that Peter ever made for me) and the chorus to a few others. We saw them at Iriving Plaza where we stood right against the stage (Something we did for many concerts there. To get that spot we would often go to the city early and sit on the side walk with our books - enjoying the day, all while securing our place for the concert that evening. This is also something that I'm very grateful to not feel I need to do any longer. Ah, youth).
At the end of the last song they played that night there is a chorus that gets sung over and over again. I can't remember the song, but Grant-Lee Phillips handed me the mic and Peter and I sang, along with the entire audience. Good thing I knew a few words!
Fast forward to about a year or so ago when Grant-Lee Phillips came to Club Passim in Cambridge. The opening band was Winter Pills, who were also Grant-Lee's backing band that evening. They had learned the songs on his new album, and a few old Grant Lee Buffalo songs. Peter took a shot and called out the song he had put on my mix tape all those years ago. And, they just so happened to have learned that one! My goal in life is to hear every one of those songs live.
This morning I've chosen to play a song from his most recent album Little Moon, called "Good Morning Happiness". I think it's appropriate for a sleepy Monday...a day that may need a bit of a pick me up. Today is a fine day...and there's still so much more to go.
Good Morning Happiness | Grant-Lee Phillips
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Hey folks! Peter pinch-hitting for Lara this morning.
It seems that Spring needs some encouragement in Boston this year, so I’ve been listening to songs made for open windows and sunshine. I can’t imagine this has had much of an effect, but then again, it looks pretty nice out there today... I can say for sure that this song has encouraged me to step outside into the weather and go pay attention to what chance has waiting for me.
Listen closely to “The Town and the City” by Teenage Fanclub and see if you can stay inside.
Teenage Fanclub | The Town and the City
Enjoy!
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