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Bluegrassing

drew — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:48:57 +0000

Regrettably, last Sunday Emily had to work. Knowing that she likes to hear of Poppy and me doing things while she works (instead of just sitting at home)–seriously!–we ventured out to nearby Joyner Park where the wonderful Town of Wake Forest was offering one more in its series of summer Sunday concerts. This particular Sunday’s concert featured bluegrass group The Rye Mountain Boys. For most of the show Poppy sat in her new umbrella stroller. The concert started just before she woke up from her afternoon nap, so I packed up Poppy’s lunch and we set up camp on the grass to eat, sunbathe and take in the guitar and fiddle music. We had a great time and Poppy, as she often does, quickly made friends.

Posted from Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

First Fourth of July

drew — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:33:03 +0000

For Poppy’s first Fourth of July we decided to go exploring with our new little, week-old gal. During the beautiful 90F heat we headed out to Falls Lake, only about a 15 minute drive from Wake Forest. Swimmers and beach bums flooded the beach as the day went on. Only 10 or so minutes into our own beach lounging our umbrella got gangled by the wind. We then moved under some shade trees to relax for the rest of the afternoon where we napped, took photos, and entertained Poppy as much as she would let us.

About the time we got hungry we headed home to search the cupboards. We were home only long enough to get geared up to set out on the next leg of our Fourth of July journey: The North Carolina Symphony’s free Independence Day concert at the outdoor Booth Amphitheater in Cary (about a 40 min drive west of where we live). We saw online that this concert year after year is acclaimed the best free thing in the area to do on the Fourth. Even better, as the last note of the symphony was sounding, the fireworks began! Check out the two videos below. All in all it was a tiring but exciting day of exploring new things we our new Poppy.

Walk in the Forest

drew — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:13:57 +0000

Emily’s been doing well at keeping the weight off. I was told the other evening that I haven’t gained any sympathy weight either. These are good signs. This is what we want to hear!

We’re both on our feet quite a lot: Emily at school and clinicals (running around the hospital) and me at work serving people tea. Also, now that it’s summer, Wake Forest has concerts in the park which is probably less than a mile from our apartment. We walked to the park last week to catch the local high school’s jazz band but we’re a little too late. They’d gone! This Sunday we left earlier and walked to the park in time this time to find a sign saying the concert had been moved for fear of rain. The concert, featuring a zydeco band, was now at a different park about another half mile from this one, further on away from our place. We made it in time and enjoyed a couple of songs and then headed back.

What I really wanted to tell you though was that today Emily’s been cleaning out the cupboards and by that I do mean cleaning them out by organizing and cleaning them out by eating. She was pretty tickled to find a chocolate bar (Hershey’s dark) hidden in the back of one of the cabinets. This was before the walk to the park(s). Who but a pregnant woman would take a chocolate bar with her on a walk, munching (and sharing a piece here and there) as we walk?!

Hadwynn

drew — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

We went tonight to see our friend and co-worker Daniel’s band Hadwynn play in an indie venue over in Carrboro near UNC’s campus. Beforehand was a Jammin’ Jamaican pizza from the pizza place next door to the club, duringhand was a rocking concert (video below) and afterhand was a drive home. That’s too many hands, but nonetheless, what fun.

Fall is For Fun

drew — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:11:31 +0000

What if I told you that I was eatin’ beans on toast right now? You’d think it a crazy coincidence that you’re on a website called MaustsOnToast and some guy’s talking about eatin’ beans on toast. You can infer from the fact that I’m eating beans on toast that I’m home alone tonight while Emily’s at class; otherwise we’d be having corn on the cob, french fries, and hot wings.

It’s been a while since either one of us Mausts on toast have written anything on here, so let me go ahead and say that we’ve booked flights to come to England for Christmas and New Years. We’re scheduled to leave December, 12th @ 6:00am Lord willin’ and the creek don’t rise. We’re hoping there’ll be happy Hayes’s there to greet us later that evening. Can you believe the airport was gonna charge $120 to park long-term while we’re gone!? We’ve got some friends lined up to take us. What friends they are, let me tell you: we’ve got to be at the airport at 4am, which means leaving our place at about 3:30am! It’s a shame we couldn’t leave sooner but I’ve got my last final exam that Tuesday night before we fly on Wednesday, the 12th. Anyways, you Angles, Jutes, Picts, and Saxons better get ready for MaustsOnTour. We need a vacation!

In other news, I’ve added a melange of autumnal pictures (pumpking carving, Celtic Woman, and a squirrel!) to the Photo Gallery in addition to pictures from my cousin Greg’s wedding in Ohio on September 22nd.

New World Symphony

drew — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:49:05 +0000

Tomorrow night, Friday December 8th, Emily and I have the amazing privledge to experience the sounds of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra live in person at the WVU Creative Arts Center here in Morgantown in series entitled The Torray Symphony Series. The Creative Arts website describes the upcoming performance:

“Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Andres Cardenes headlines this concert with a virtuosic performance of Bruch’s brilliant Violin Conerto No. 1, and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Artistic Advisor, Sir Andrew Davis, conducts Dvorak’s popular New World Symphony, plus Mozart’s famous Overture to The Magic Flute.”

Hopefully this will be the first of many trips to the symphony!