Final Stretch

Hey everybody reading this in cyberland. Thanks for reading our ramblings about the road and following our fun times. We appreciate each and every single one of you. Almost done on the road. What an adventure it's been! We've met so many great people, made so many new friends, seen so many new places, had so many great adventures and I cannot wait to get back out again.

The last couple of days were fun. We played in Pittsburgh on Wednesday night at Cappy's Cafe. It was quite the quaint place. Both very friendly staff and locals. We had some fun conversation about the Pirates and Cubs. I was talking about the disappointment I've had over the years and I'd rather the Cubs don't even get my hopes up only to get swept right out of the playoffs. They said they'd rather still have a reason to watch baseball in October. Ohhhhh there's always two sides to the sword. After some people started coming through the door we ended up playing the quietest electric set that we have ever played. Stephen's "playing at half-staff" post is by no means facetious. This was due to the size of the "stage" and venue. I thought it went pretty well considering we have never done this before. Afterwards we went back to a couple of the staff's pads and partied for a while. Sarah, Jason and Meadow took care of us at Cappy's and even offered up couches/floors/futons. Some great eggs, toast and tea cooked by Sarah were had to get the day running. Unfortunately the van wasn't running so it was not the start we all hoped for. Sarah lent us her car so we jumped the van and returned it to her residence. Then we scooted off to Cleveland.

The Barking Spider was our Cleveland destination. That place is awesome. If you ever go to Cleveland stop in and have a pitcher. They are excellent people and run a neat place. It was more of a laid back, acoustic hippie jam feeling place but we don't know anything about that. Just rock and roll. So that's what we did. And we did it well. And then we hung around for a bit and made yet more new friends. Melissa and Eileen hang out at The Spider and complimented us on our set, introduced us to Melissa's shy dog Sophie and then we took left to hit our next destination...with a small pit-stop ahead.

We're playing in Lansing, MI shortly (I'm typing while we're driving there). We crashed at Jinan's, an old friend from home, last night. It was great to have a feeling of home on the road. She took us in and we all had drinks and convo to catch up.
I watched all 3 episodes of South Park's "Imaginationland," of which I laughed my ass off to. A mini keg of Oberon Wheat, Black Box of wine, fun with Nina (8 week old boxer...such a doll), great breakfast consisting of french toast, eggs, strawberries and array of drink options (non-alcoholic), showers and laundry we set off to Lansing. And that's where this ends for now...

Kevin James