Reflections on Turning 30

So many people have been telling me that this birthday is one of the “big ones”… I’m turning 30! Really though, I’ve never been one who’s worried about my age or has really put too much emphasis on my birthday. I really don’t remember my birthdays being very significant when I was a kid. They were family get togethers with one or two presents and a small cake. My 21st birthday was pretty uneventful in the grand scheme of things. It was spent, like most nights in Athens that year, with my best friend at the time Bianca... Going from bar to bar. My next few birthdays were spent with friends at pretty low key house parties. My last few birthdays have been spent working all day and getting together with my sisters and sometimes my parents to have dinner. While I have cherished all of them, I’ve never thought of them as life changing.


As this birthday has approached, I have been reflecting a lot... But I don’t think it really has too much to do with me turning 30… It’s how much has changed in my life over the year. Last year at this time, I was at my older sisters house about to blow out my candles… I never wish for anything specific usually, more like world peace or for a really good year… but last year was different. At the last minute, the wish “I want to meet my husband” flashed into my head. It actually surprised me. It was not preconceived. I had not been thinking of marriage at all. In fact I loved being single and was quite content with the whole thing. I was actually shocked by the thought and the fact I actually wished it! I shrugged it off after a few minutes as some weird glitch in the matrix. One week and just a few hours later, I was running the music at Spring Revfest when I caught the eye of this really cute guy in the crowd. Now a year later, am spend my birthday with that guy… and about 500 other music and art lovers as we run the music for this year’s Spring RevFest together. We’re also getting married in September.

In my first 30 years of life, I look back and am amazed at what I’ve accomplished. While I sometimes still think of things in my past and wonder how exactly I’ve been lucky enough to still be here, I wouldn’t take back anything.

Kerry

Spring Rev Fest!! Saturday, April 9 - 10am to 10pm

Spring RevFest is this weekend!

Please come on by!

Date: Saturday, April 9, 2011

Time: 10am to 10pm

Address: 1680-B Spring Road Smyrna, GA 30080.

We will have the following local artists performing:


9am - Sound check and set up: Darrell Leven
10am - Clusters of Grey
11am - Brett Schieber
12pm - In-Town Band
1pm - Wesley Cook
2pm - Jonathan Pharis
3pm - Loren Mulville
4pm - He Sang She Sang
5pm - The Phillips Brothers
6pm - The Romans
7pm - Dialect Trio
8pm - Nanyana
9pm - Insidious Interference

We also have several vendors coming out, so please stop by to see all the amazing local artists and their wares!

I look forward to seeing everyone!

Kerry

Dad's Guide for Selecting Drinks

A while ago... I'm actually talking about around my 21st birthday, so more than just a while ago now... I asked my Dad to write up a good wine guide for me. I have kept this piece of paper in my kitchen since and have relied on it for my basic wine selections. I'm here to share it with you today. :)


Wine Basics:

• General Red: Cabernet Sauvignon
• White Special: Pouilly-Fuissé
• Dryer Red: Beaujolais
• Common Rose: Mateus Rose
• Italian Champagne: Asti Spumante

For Food/Other:

• Port, Sherry (dry-sack), Brandy, and Cognac (VVSOP) are good for appetizer or dessert. They are fortified with high alcohol content
• German wines are also good for appetizers or dessert because they are usually fruitier
• Poultry, Lamb, and fish: White (go with a sweeter white with Lamb)
• Beef, Liver, Venison: Red
• Pork: Rose
• Chinese: Saki or Rice Wine heated, or Plum Wine or Japanese beer chilled
• Black Bread and Cheese or Bean dishes: /russian Vodka and spring water on the side
• BBQ: Jack Daniels or Marker Mark
• Cajan or hot dishes: Vodka or Rum, suggest Screwdrivers or White Russians
• Mexican: Jose Cuervo Gold, suggest shots with lime and salt or mixed for margaritas, or Mexican Beer
• Cigars: 25 year Ambassador scotch whiskey, Cognac VVSOP, or Brandy

In general:

• Buy California wine with corked bottles.
• Always sub Asti Spumante for any champagne.
• French and German wines are never very predictable and tend to cost more.
• Older Brandy, Scotch, Whiskey, and Bourbon are for sipping.
• Young, hard liquor is best for mixers (Green Label Jack, Johnnie Walker Red and Canadian Whiskey/Bourbon)

Lots of Shows, Lots of Things to Do!

So here we are ladies and gentlemen…  Lots of things have been happening!  Lots of wedding related things for Darrell and myself, but also a lot of music stuff too!! The Phillips Brothers are very close now to coming out with their very first demo.  When this happens, free copies will be available!  I’ve also been busy with helping plan the upcoming Spring RevFest 2011.  We have all of our bands booked!!  Come on out on April 9^th to find some really cool art and listen to some great music! 

Wedding-wise...  The church has been book, the dress ordered…  We both have a good idea about the rest of it and it’s really just all falling into place!   

I just wanted to do a quick post for my next 3 upcoming shows…

Minutes to Live

Land of 100 Hills Coffee

February 18^th @8pm

352 South Atlanta Street
Roswell, GA 30075
(770) 645-1149

The Phillips Brothers

Rev Coffee

February 19^th @7pm

1680-B Spring Road
Smyrna, GA 30080-6108
(770) 573-4434

Minutes to Live

Southeastern Flower Show

February 27^th time TBD

Cobb Galleria Centre
Two Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339