long weekend

crazy last few days! sorry for the lack of updates. ive been feeling under the weather and just super tired. this weekend we had two shows back-to-back out at governors island. saturday was Portugal. The Man. and sunday was She & Him (a personal favorite).

fourth of july is my absolute favorite holiday. it reminds me so much of when i was little, chappel hill, hockley, the kiltz and tomball. one time in hockley all the boys were in charge of fireworks and all the girls were sitting on the fence watching them. one of the tubes fell on its side and the firework shot towards the fence and we all fell/jumped off to get out of the way. i remember that like it was yesterday! fourth of july was always a major holiday back in tomball/hockley. all of our close family friends would turn it into a day filled with swimming, food, fireworks and running around in the country -- something i miss a lot!

this years july 4th was, of course, fun because its my favorite holiday, but definitely treated a little differently than most texans do! other than watching the macy's fireworks show (which was incredible) on the hudson river there isnt a big sense of excitement for the fourth, which made me a little sad. so to compensate i went and bought myself a patriotic tshirt to get myself revved up for the big day.

my room mate, ainsley, has a house in The Poconos and invited us to go but since i had to work these shows only kelley could! so melissa (their besty from delaware who lives upstairs) stayed in the city and ended up coming out the governors with me and brought along some of her buds. we had a great time enjoying the (hot) sun, a glass of bushmills + ginger, and listening to she & him (or 'shim' as the boys called them).

as usual, kyra and i hit up the bushmills photobooth. see them all here! kyra thought it was hysterical that i loved july 4th so much. she stared at me and then busted out laughing after i asked "wouldnt it be SO awesome to spend july 4th in washington dc? our nations CAPITAL!?" i still think it would be sweet, not sure why you wouldnt want to do that! :)

the highlight for me was seeing she & him in concert, and from only about 20 feet away! zooey deschanal is (as you will soon learn) my new girl crush.

i hope you enjoyed your fourth of july festivities!