Thursday, June 17, 2010

Summer Tour 2010 - Day 4: Chicago, IL

Tonight was no exception to the rule of this being an awesome tour! I played at Uncommon Grounds in Chicago (right by Wrigley Field during a Cubs game!) with two local songwriters, Mark Brink and Liza Day.

Check it all out!



I also got a chance to catch up with some old friends. We stayed until close...couldn't help it! (Luke, me, Heather & Ben)



And congratulations to Heather who just graduated from law school! I am so lucky to know so many great people.

Thanks again, and I'll see you tomorrow in Madison!
Kristen

Summer Tour 2010 - Day 3: Burton, OH

I had a great day yesterday (as you saw from my Amish video). I really love driving through country roads, and that's what I got to do. Lucky for me, that's what a lot of this tour is...good thing I enjoy it!

Anyway, I shared the show last night with my friend Tom Evanchuck and had a great time!

myspace.com/tomevanchuck

We played at Coffee Corners , which is in Burton's downtown. At the end of the night, we even shared a few songs...just messing around. I wanted to post this next photo though...it's hilarious. Don't I look annoyed at Tom?

Me looking annoyed.

Anyway...here's the video recap, and some songs!



As I mentioned. I stayed in an old farm house last night. I didn't take a picture of the house, but I did take a picture of the front yard...it was too beautiful not to!

Pretty!

See you tonight in Chicago with Mark Brink and Liza Day at Uncommon Ground!

Summer Tour 2010 Day 3 - Burton (Part 1)

As I've mentioned a time or two...I had a great night last night in Pittsburgh, and really enjoyed getting to know my new friends, the Thomas family. (Including their cute dog, Taffy.)

Taffy Thomas...isn't she cute?

On the drive from Pennsylvania to Ohio, I ended up driving through an Amish community! Some of you may remember from years past, that I love the Amish. So you can imagine that I was pretty much freaking out as I was driving through.



Then I pulled into the town of Burton where I saw two vans full of Amish dudes...

Two vans full of Amish...feels like the start of a joke...

I parked, got settled, and met everyone at Coffee Corners (this places is great!) Then I went for a walk around the town. I saw where the first Burton telephone was posted.

Home of the first telephone!

Then I saw a honey bee tree...I didn't even know that existed! I didn't get too close though, I was a little scared.

The Honey Bee Tree!

Then I got to the log cabin where they sell maple syrup, candy, butter, etc. I got to sample a lot of stuff (the worker's name is Nina, she was very willing to share!) Here's the outside...

The log cabin.

What a great day! And I'm just going to start unloading stuff for tonight's show, which is going to be another good one. I can feel it! I'll post some more videos soon!

Summer Tour 2010: Day 2 - Pittsburgh!

I have had a great start to this tour! Let's hope the momentum continues as I head to Benson today. I had a great show last night at Club Cafe. The staff was great, the sound was amazing, the other acts were excellent...so rather than type about it, I thought I'd talk and show you about it. Check out the video that I made of our great night.

See you soon!
Kristen
ps...you should check out these people and buy their stuff:
Cathasaigh
Ash & Brit Thomas

Summer Tour 2010: Day 1 - Harrisburg!

I had a great day yesterday, and wanted to try my hand at making a video to capture the day! I'll give you a written version tomorrow. Anyway...

Here it is:

Summer Tour!

Don't miss me on my summer tour!