Monday, July 06, 2009

Rock Camp, Day one

No, not Camp Rock, Rock Camp.

Or, more specifically, Girls Rock NC Camp!

Yep, Grace is at Rock Camp. An organization called Girls Rock NC is putting on a Rock-n-Roll camp this week.

So, today was day one. Her Dad dropped her off this morning, so I didn't see her till dinner time. She is WAY psyched. This may be the most fun she's ever had.

Her band is called Sparkling Horses; apparently their Band Manager (i.e. camp counsellor) is a big fan of Sparklehorse, so they took their name from there. Grace is the lead singer, there are 4 other girls in the band: a guitarist/backup singer, a bass player, a drummer and a keyboardist. Grace actually knows the keyboardist from pre-school, so I'm kinda hoping they make it big, just for the wikipedia entries ("Cohen and keyboardist Rachel Cullen first met at 6 months in day care, but waited until elementary school to form Sparkling Horses")!

So, yes, she's have a great time. More Rock Camp updates later!

I KNEW that was going to happen!

So, in my continuing saga of self-awareness, I take quizzes. Mainly Facebook, granted: Which Vampire Would you Be, Which Crazy Southern Writer Would You Be, When Would You Die In a Horror Movie, etc.

So, today I took a quiz from some psychic association to see if I have The Gift to be a psychic.

Turns out, I don't.

But I knew that was going to happen!!!

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

I had a really good day. David and I toured the wineries on the Haw River Wine Trail. It's four wineries within the Haw River watershed; all relatively small. At least one does import grapes from other areas, but mostly the grapes are grown, if not at the vineyard/winery itself, at least in the region.

It was fun. North Carolina wines don't have the, um, complexity, shall we say, of a wine from the more traditional areas. But, particularly for people who really don't like white wines, the lightness of the wines can be nice. We found a lot of reds that were perfect summertime reds.

Plus we drove around the countryside and tasted a lot of wine!

When we got back, we stopped quickly by a Whole Foods, then went to hear the NC Symphony do a Pops concert, followed by fireworks. Yummy food, new wine, good music and fireworks. It just doesn't get much better than that!