Sunday Six: Week 49

Okay, so I'm late again, but at least it's here! I will preface last week's Sunday Six by saying that this might be my weakest set of the year. I was just not feeling that great last week, and creativity was not flowing. So, that being said, here is last week's Sunday Six.


Over Thanksgiving, my Dad and I sat and went through part of his vinyl collection. I hope to get to look through the rest of it the next time I'm at his house. He tells me there are original Beatles albums. I'm determined to find them, and confiscate them for my own. Here are a few of my albums. My collection is definitely small, but it'll grow.


Part of the artwork on the new Dave Matthew Band album. It has some pretty fun art.


Recently delivered Christmas presents. These are for my Dad and Step-Mom.


Homemade corn and potato chowder. Yum!


One of several books I'm currently reading. It's been a long time since I've been reading just one book.


A shot of my super warm duvet cover. I snapped this just before crawling into my freshly made bed for the night.

This week's Sunday Six will be up later. Only three to go . . .

Vacation & Holidays (217 of 365)

The view from our pool cabana. Sadly, we were only able to enjoy the cabana for about a half hour before it started pouring rain. The wind was blowing chairs and cushions all along the pool area. We camped out inside the cabana until it slowed to a steady rain and then, headed inside for lunch.

Crossroads (216 of 365)

A South Beach intersection, complete with neon lights and passing cars.

Holes (215 of 365)

Holes in the clouds which let the bright, blue skies come through. It rained off and on Saturday. Thankfully, it let up just enough for us to get into the concert venue without getting drenched!

It's Saturday Morning (214 of 365)

This is a glass divider within our hotel restaurant. I took this one while we were waiting to be seated for breakfast. I just like the lines of the glass.

Advertisement (213 of 365)

This is a Beck's beer billboard we passed on our drive back to the hotel from South Beach. I like that you can see the Beck's all the way across the photo.

9:00 a.m. (212 of 365)

This is the view from the other side of our balcony overlooking the beach. I took this photo Saturday morning, just after 9:00 a.m. It was rainy and cloudy in both directions, but most of my photos still turned out okay.

Summer Fun (211 of 365)

This past weekend I flew down to South Florida. We had no plans other than relaxation and a Dave Matthews Band show! This is the view from one side of our balcony overlooking downtown Ft. Lauderdale.

Sunday Six: Week 33 (Bright Lights Edition)

This week I have a Recap Six all from my long weekend in Fort Lauderdale.


I played with light trails during some of our drives around South Florida. I tried to pick things with lots of colors and shapes.


The I-95 North sign on our way back from night two of Dave Matthews Band in West Palm Beach. It was a great show!


Fun lights that we passed on our way back from South Beach.


This is a Tex-Mex bar in Ft. Lauderdale.


I have no clue what these lights are. I do, however, love the lines of the building lights!


Okay, so not an abstract photo. This is the Colony Hotel on Ocean Drive in South Beach. (And, yes. I deliberately cut off the full name of the hotel.)

Next week . . . photos from this week's trip! Then, you're back to the basics of in and around Metro Atlanta.

So Much To Say

Yesterday was the big show I've been very excited about. The Allman Brothers Band and the Dave Matthews Band concert at Piedmont Park. It was great! The weather was outstanding. It was warm during the late afternoon, but once the sun set it was perfect. I swear, there were way more than 50,000 people there.

We were able to plop our blanket down in what ended up being the middle of the crowd. We were in a good position to see all of the screens, but far enough that the bands looked really small.

The Allman Brothers Band came on a few minutes late, which was great for us, because we were running a bit late ourselves. They played some really good songs, Hot 'lanta, Statesboro Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man, Midnight Rider, One Way Out, and did Whipping Post as their encore. I was not pleased that they ended their set without playing Melissa. That was totally made up for later. The band sounded great, and Gregg Allman's voice sounded great, too.

The stage setup was nice. There was one large screen on stage, behind the performers, then two screens high, beside the stage. There was also a high screen in the middle of the meadow.

DMB played a really good set. Warren Hayes jammed out with the band on What Would You Say, and Gregg Allman came out and performed Melissa with them. That was completely wonderful, it sounded so amazing hearing both of them singing the lyrics. Dave said it was one of his favorite songs ever written. I liked Cornbread a lot better with the live band, than just the acoustic version on the new Radio City CD. It was a lot of fun. Don't Drink the Water sounded really, really good. I thought it sounded much better than a couple of other live versions I've seen and heard. The series of So Much to Say, Too Much, and Warehouse were a lot of fun. Once we heard So Much to Say, we knew what was coming up next. He also played his new single Eh Hee. I'd not heard it yet, but liked it. I actually grabbed it from iTunes this morning.

It had been several years since I'd seen DMB perform. I saw them several times when I was living in Nashville. I really think this was the best performance I've seen. The crowd was great, the sound was wonderful and it looked like they were all having a lot of fun on stage.