Ben Franklin Bridge

Saturday the 21st was Dr. Dog's closing show for the XPoNential festival. Well, it was actually Wilco's show, opened by Avett Brothers, opened by Dr. Dog, but they were reason we went. It took us a bit of while to get out of the hose. The night before, after spending a few hours shredding guitar with Nicole i decided I hated all my clothes, so instead of doing laundry until I found something forgotten about to wear (cause that would just take so much time and effort) I decided to make myself a new outfit! So I showed up at my friends house the next day with my clothes in pieces, and finished them in her basement while she watched old episodes of Gilmore Girls.

We got a bit of a late start, but somehow managed to make it from Lancaster to Camden just in time.

Photo cred: random girl outside the bathrooms

We were pretty happy

It's funny, whenever anyone uses my Nikkormat, once they take a picture they automatically tilt it to check the picture, and you can just see the flicker of confusion flash across their face, its been so long since they took a picture on something that didn't let them see it instantly.

Pulling into the parking lot, every car was playing Dr. Dog, even though they were opener, I guess because they're a Philly band and it was (more or less) Philly turf.

The drive, almost there on the Ben Franklin Bridge.

Maureen's the best because she always drives, even if it means burning gas in traffic jams

***all images are taken by me, (unless stated otherwise) with a vintage film Nikon Nikkormat SLR (unless stated otherwise)

ALSO: thanks to Pricilia at Panda Greentea for the Liebster Blog award

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Dawes 7/22/12

I think I'm about to post the past weeks events in a backwards order.

The other night I went to a free Dawes show at Longs Park in Lancaster with my Sister, we were sitting in chairs for most of the night, but I worked my way up to the front a few times to get these shots.

all images were taken without a flash using a vintage nikon nikkormat film slr

Just Discovered

Whenever I'm bored or unable to sleep (generally equaling in boredom) I like to putter around youtube watching videos of bands. I actually just got back from a very long night and a Best Coast concert in Philly and logically I know i should go to bed right now and get some sleep and go to my internship in the morning, and on the other hand I really want to listen to Dead Ghosts (who I truly just discovered about 5 hours ago) and the growlers and play my electric guitar with the amp turned up, I am not (playing the guitar that is, I am listening to dead ghosts). Because it is 2:30 in the morning, and I would probably wake up the entire neighborhood. So I decided to blog. But because all my pictures from tonight are on rolls of film, and that film hasnt been developed I cant post those. So instead I'm going through some of the videos to some of my favorite songs to share them here. Whether you like them or not (although you should...just sayin)

I'm apologizing now for my attempts at humor and sarcasm, whenever i get really tired I also seem to get very "witty" (note the sarcastic quotations).

#1 (this is in NO particular order): Wandering Eyes by the Growlers

dont f*** it up
The face, the voice, what more can I say

#2 (if this were in any particular order this video would probably be number uno): Ty Segall live at Permanent Records

I love him I love him I love him
and dont even get me started on how much I would kill to be emily rose (the drummer)

#3: Easy/Lucky/Free by Bright eyes (aka Conor Oberst)

this is impossible not to like

Into the Woods (sort of)

With Nicole Eyster of Cat Woman Crafts

(photo cred: nicole eyster)

(photo cred: nicole eyster)

a small oasis located behind a popular ice cream parlor located near our houses.

all these pictures were taken with a vintage Nikon Nikkormat. Although for some reason they scanned onto my computer a lot smaller than the other rolls, and I'm not entirely sure why.

**check out nicole's gorgeous crocheted flower hair pins and accessories at her etsy shop Cat Woman Crafts

the heat wave hits like a tidal wave hits the shore

my city, a heat wave, f21 dress, old navy cardigan, steve madden boots, vintage Etienne Aigner bag, vintage shades, a couple of store fronts, and some empty back alleys

                                                                           

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Las Flores

Roses, half dead and half alive, growing against my house

these window ledges used to be my favorite place to sit in the city, now they look prettier but there's no room for me

hanging flowers, outside and ice cream shoppe (above) and infront of the police station (below)

TUMBLIIN'

so, i got a tumblr to post images and quotes, of things that i see/hear that intrigue me. You can find it here.
These are some images that I found on other people's tumblrs when i searched for "vintage", and thought I'd share.

Enjoy!