Pecan Festival

Last weekend we went to the Old Pecan Street Festival.  It was really fun for the first 30 minutes!  The weather was great except for the humidity and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves while we were in the shade.

Jr loved the little inflatable section while mom, dad and baby bear watched while sweating to death in a air-flow free vortex of stale air.

 

Jr enjoyed his turkey leg…

 

….and Baby Bear enjoyed the ambience.

 

After an hour and a half of painful fun, we headed back to the car.  I love this picture because it shows the old brick building in the back with a ”Rock and Roll” sign, the henna booth and tree providing shade with typical Austinites walking around seemingly unaware of HOW FREAKING HUMID AND UNCOMFORTABLE THE DAYS IS.  It was fun to be out and feel a part of the city that’s apparently filled with cybertrons who don’t process bodily discomfort.

We made it back sweat-drenched to the air-conditioned car and was obviously upset to take so long to leave.

After overheating at the festival, we stopped by the ice cream of the gods, Coldstone Creamery.  What a great day after that devine icy cold treat!

 

We’ll have to go again next year depending largely on the UV index, wind, humidity, pressure, dew point and visibility projections on weather.com.

Baby Bear and Daddy

Baby Bear getting some attention from Daddy and loving it!

Jars Anyone?

Jars of Clay was in Phoenix last night – hope none of you missed it!  Although you couldn’t get this special deal in Phx anyway.  Hmmm… those boobs.  I wonder why they’re hatin’ on Phoenix.  (Yeah, that’s right.  I said it.)

We may try to go to the San Antonio show, but are still trying to figure out, you know, how we would do that.  With the children and the not knowing people very well in the new city and all.  Plus, we have an carnival at Jr’s school that day and I volunteered us for a booth.  Oh well. We’re still scheming though… so you just may see pictures soon.

 

Very special ticket deal for all remaining MusicBuilds shows!  For all remaining MusicBuilds shows, except for September 25th in Phoenix we’ve arranged for a very special ticket deal for anyone who has not yet bought a ticket and comes out early to see our set. Aside from Phoenix on September 25th, we play at 6:00pm sharp each night, and want to try and get as many people out to see us as we possibly can. The details: - Arrive at the box office no later than 5:30pm to purchase tickets. - Tell the box office representative, “I am here to see Jars of Clay”. - You will then be able to purchase a ticket at the special group rate price as an individual. This will be a typical savings of anywhere from $10-$100! - Your seat will be located wherever the group seating is located. - Again, this promotion only extends to people who have not yet bought tickets. At all shows, the band will be doing autograph signings immediately following their set, so come out and say hi. Hope to see you out at the shows! Team Jars    See JARS OF CLAY Live! DATE VENUE CITY TICKETS September 20 Lakewood Amphitheater Atlanta, GA BUY NOW September 21 Sommet Center Nashville, TN BUY NOW September 25 Cricket Wireless Pavilion Phoenix, AZ BUY NOW September 26 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine, CA BUY NOW September 27 Cricket Wireless Amphitheater San Diego, CA BUY NOW September 28 Sleep Train Amphitheater Sacramento, CA BUY NOW October 02 Superpages.com Center Dallas, TX BUY NOW October 03 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Houston, TX BUY NOW October 04 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater San Antonio, TX BUY NOW October 05 Ford Center Oklahoma City, OK BUY NOW October 10 Target Center Minneapolis, MN BUY NOW October 11 Starlight Theatre Kansas City, MO BUY NOW October 12 Broomfield Event Center Denver, CO BUY NOW