Abby and Dia's Adventures

A Brief History of Abby and Dia's Concerts
Oct. 2004- Gavin DeGraw in Greenville, SC. Michael Tolcher Opens.
Aug. 2005- Gavin DeGraw in Raleigh, NC. Michael Tolcher Opens.
Nov. 2005- Michael Tolcher in Atlanta, GA. Family Force 5 Opens.
Oct. 2006- Family Force 5 in Columbia, SC.

A Brief History of Abby and Dia being Lost
Oct. 2004- Lost in Greenville looking for Gavin. GHOST DOG!!!!
Nov. 2004- Lost near the SC/NC state line. Are we in North Carolina?
July 2005- Lost in Columbia looking for a two-story Starbuck's with a balcony.
July 2005- Lost in Columbia looking for a mall.
Aug. 2005- Lost our minds while receiving a speeding ticket somewheres in NC at 3am.
Oct. 2006- Lost in Columbia by taking the wrong turn, and turning the wrong way- twice.

A Long History about what happened Last Night.
Last night Dia and I made the 2 hour journey to Columbia to see Family Force 5 give a free outdoor show at 5 Points. We left approximately 1.75 hours after our planned departure time. But we looked fabulous. I wore my teal Chinese shirt and my red cords, Dia had French jeans on with a button-up tied over a black tank. Tres chic!

We did not get lost on the way there. Nearly, but not quite. Go us! We drive up and find $3 parking right across the street, which was probably a huge rip-off, but we Chicagoans were thrilled.

We walk up and the concert is on a big open lot (probably a parking lot by day) that has a 20x20ft "stage" in one corner. The "stage" is really a 4ft high walled in area that looks like it should be a garden or something. There's a tree in it. Pretty classy. The lot has a little beer stand and a snack stand and the building on one side of it seems to be occupied by a bar and a Starbucks. A two-story Starbuck's with a fricken balcony. You should have seen Dia's face.

The opening band was called Mean Wiener. They were ok, an older, local-looking rock band. We got Bud Light in plastic bottles. Those things freak me out.

Dia had this idea about putting on a French accent and telling people she was French. Some guy walked up to hit on me (he complimented my shirt) and Dia just jumped in. It was amazing. His tongue was dragging on the ground. He thought her frenchness was so sexy. He totally believed that she was my French cousin. It was positively the most awesome nonsense Dia has ever pulled in front of me. I'm now learning accents for the exclusive purpose of picking up guys.

Anyway, eventually Family Force 5 came on and they were so brilliant. They are great live and they are so energetic. Plus they are nuts. The guitarist jumped down off the stage and did a lap around the lot with a stop to play a solo on the curb for passing cars. One of the guys did the worm on the 1 foot wide ledge. The lead singer spent a lot of quality time hanging over us on the light post on the ledge. So crazy, so fun. Afterwards we got pics with the boys and signatures.

When we left, Dia turned on the wrong road. But we found our way to the interstate and promptly got on going the wrong way. Luckily there was a Waffle House at the next exit so we went in and grabbed some coffee and grub. Our waiter was totally high. We ate and got pecan pie to go. We got back on the road in the right direction and then got on the next road going the wrong way. It happens. We made it home in one piece anyway. Good Times.

Yay getting lost and concerts and finding that damn Starbucks a year after we gave up on it.