So every night on tour, while Matt and Pete play “All of Me”, I try to hide out on stage and take a photo. Then I post it on Facebook so everyone at the show can tag themselves in it. After 20+ shows though, I realize these photos are all starting to look the same. I need to spice it up some. Got any ideas?
Last week’s run started in Madison, Wisconsin. All my life, I’ve heard great things about this city, and I’ve always had a place in my heart for Wisconsin because this is where my grandparents met and where my Dad was born. I’d never been to Madison before though. Since Pete and I are the adventurers of the band, we immediately took off on our bikes and rode all over the town, and now I can say all the rumors are true. Madison is awesome.
- See? Another one.
The next show was in Hoffman Estates, a suburb of Chicago. Pete and I got up early and took the train into the city. We only had about 3 hours to explore but made the most of it. We got our favorite coffee at Intelligentsia, stopped by Millenium Park to see the bean, and ate lunch at this GREAT place called Orange. Then we caught the train back to the venue and had a great show.
The last show of the run was about 3 hours south in Peoria. We have some great memories here. A few years ago on a tour with Superchick and John Reuben, we got snowed in, stuck downtown for a day and a half. It was awesome. We had this little snow-covered city all to ourselves. Snowball fights around buildings, snow angels in the middle of the streets. It was so much fun. Ever since, we’ve had great times here.
And on this trip, one of the World Vision reps, Dan, is from Peoria, and his family still lives there. They opened their house for us to come out and have a bonfire, hayride, and all-around fall-time-fun time-jamboree-celebration-thing. So we all went to their house and jamboreed our hearts out. Another memory to add to the list of good times in Peoria.
And finally we’re back home. Split between Nashville and Toledo. We’ve been hanging out at home, enjoying Autumn. As for myself, I had a little trip to Cleveland in there and stopped by this place. Is it too soon to be thinking about Christmas?
