Our neighborhood has been exploding since yesterday evening. Any excuse in the ghetto is a good excuse right?
I hope you’re celebrating today as more then just another day to grill out and do the ‘Merican thing. What do you have freedom from? What do you need freedom from today? What does someone you know need rescue from? Ask. Pursue. Seek justice. You might be surprised what you are capable of when you rise to a cause.
We ate at this crazy restaurant called Cootie Brown’s. It was pretty solid for being in Tennessee. Don’t ask what that statement means because I don’t know.
We had their “famous” spiral chips and a Bistro pizza which was loaded with veggies and pesto on a wheat crust. It was tasty to say the least. Really however the coolest thing about the whole place was the atmosphere. Everything is tye-died and painted in crazy colors. The signed is totally rusted out and lit with neon which looks so awesome. They also have bags of water and crystals on the edge of the porch which they swear confuses flies & bees and keeps them from flying inside. We didn’t see any while we were there so I can’t really back that up.
Dig it.
After being run off because of the rain we spend the next day wandering around ancient (not really) Jonesborough Tennessee. The oldest city in Tennessee and home of Andrew Jackson for a bit.
There was not much there. Some antiques. A museum/gift shop. And a bunch of churches. It did have a nice little walking district though.
We were supposed to go camping but it rained. So we hiked. In the rain. It was so much fun! Especially the gigantic stone steps, the hippies that smelled like hippies. the weird middle aged guys swimming, and the dogs that played fetch with rocks the size of your fist. So great.
Above you can see
1 – my amazingly beautiful wife
2 & 3 – Laurel Falls
4 – Some fantastically bad shots of us. The flash was so underexposed. It’s great.
5 – Deryck & his awesome socks. He looks like a very contemplative mountain man.
It’s incredibly hard to keep up on blogging as I keep realizing when I travel. So sometimes it feels like there’s nothing on here for quite a while, and then on a day like today, it’s as if we’ve found an oasis in the desert and you’re overwhelmed with goodness (or at least I hope it’s like that).
Well here’s a smattering of the past 6 weeks.
Taste of Cincinnati (1-4) Fun with The Bell & The Hammer, Ellery, Brad in Green, and the Cop with the Pink Bag.
My art still hanging totally at home at the Speckled Bird Cafe. (5) Not sure how much longer it will be up so go check it out!
A day at Ault Park with Dave the bagpipe player, Andy, my beautiful wife 
, Deryck being so cool, and Anna shying away from the camera. (6-10)
And a couple of amazing pizzas I cooked up with/for our small group last night. Pepperoni & pineapple + Sausage, shrooms, onions, black & green olives plus banana peppers! It was awesome. Thanks to Carissa for her homemade sauce.
Bec & I leave for the summer very soon to go on tour in Tennessee for 7 weeks. We’re hoping for a great time, an overdose of sweet tea and to not miss out on too much while we’re away. I’ll keep up the writing while we’re out and hopefully we’ll have some intriguing insights into the lives of highschoolers and the college campuses of Tennessee.
Peace.
