the orange ring: September 2013

daily jam-lip sync

Today's daily jam comes from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Mr. Fallon finds the best things for his guests to. This clip includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt lip syncing to Nicki Minaj's Super Bass and freaking kills it. I was laughing and swooning the entire clip. The perfect Friday treat.

Remember to turn it to the left when listening with your headphones, save your hair cells, save your hearing!

concert series-mayer hawthorne

Ohh, that Detroit sound! My parents are big doo-wop fans and those songs have become the soundtrack to my childhood. Being a big fan of music and articles about music, I first found out about Mayer Hawthorne three years ago when I read an article in The Atlantic about this DJ from Ann Arbor who is introducing his soul+hip-hop sound to the world. He puts his own modern sound to the old doo-wop songs I have grown to love. I introduced Mayer to my dad and he loves it.

Earlier this month, Mayer came to town and of course, dad and I had to see him. This was the second time we saw him live and good god he did NOT disappoint. His music has this vibe that just makes you want to dance. And everyone does. It is almost like you are transported back in time where people are there actually listen to the music and have a good time instead of constantly on your phone during the show. It was magical.

Favorite song: Allie Jones

Beer of Choice: PBR
Videos or Pics: Took few pictures, Mayer discourages watching a live concert thru a phone screen
In the Pit or No: Pit, about 15 people back
Who did you go with: Parents, neighbors--all enjoyed the night

fall

It is officially Fall and the trees are already starting to change colors. The brisk air came here quicker than I remembered but I can't complain. Fall is my favorite season, but not because of the pumpkin spice lattes. (Can we tone that down by the way? Not everyone likes everything to be pumpkin flavored.) Anyway....I am excited for PITT football, wearing scarves with all outfits, the onset of Halloween, breaking out my boots, and my birthday. Bring it on Fall.

knit the bridge

Yes, this post is a little late, but I have to post about it. Do you know what yarn-bombing is? It's a type of street art that employs colorful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre rather than paint or chalk. Examples of this have been covered tree trunks, covered light poles, covered statues, and as of recent, an entire covered bridge.

Enter the Knit the Bridge. "Knit the Bridge is a grassroots, community-led arts project that brings the many diverse communities of Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania together to create a large-scale, aesthetically stunning, fiberarts installation on the Andy Warhol/7th Street Bridge. The installation will be on view from August 12th until September 6th, 2013."

Since Pittsburgh is a growing, innovative city, it sometimes has the rare ability to do something on a grandeur scale in unique locations. I mean, in what other city could you do this? I made my way down a couple of times to see the bridge up close and personal. All of the panels that were knitted or crocheted were donated to local homeless shelters after the installation came down.

There was a celebration of the completion of the installation with food and live music and the even an hour of yoga. Yes, yoga on the bridge. The local Lululemon stores teamed up with the Knit the Bridge community and came up with "Yarn and Yoga" where about 500 people, including myself!, did yoga on the bridge.

Pittsburgh: you're rad.