Some people were going to D�Arcy�s and some to Carol�s house for a BBQ. Since I couldn�t find Andi, I couldn�t commit to either and bid everyone adieu. I walked around yelling Andi�s name for a few minutes and then decided to walk to the car. When I got to the parking lot, Andi wasn�t there. But I remembered that she had my cell phone and I asked the parking lot guy if I could call her. He gladly lent me his phone and I told her I was at the car. She said everyone was worried because I disappeared. I assured her I was fine. I am a city girl after all, and went across the street to get something for us to drink. Chatted with the parking attendant a bit. He said he thought it was the biggest crowd yet for the Lafayette Square shows and said he�d try to catch them in the winter when they came back.
Andi arrived and we decided that we might want to go to Carol�s for the BBQ, but I had left all the phone numbers at Andi�s house, so we went over to D�Arcy McGee�s. Whoa! It was WAY too noisy and crowded for me. We�d never hear anyone inside if we could even GET inside! So we went back toward Andi�s and stopped in Pizza Hut for a pizza. I didn�t realize how much my foot was hurting until I tried to get out of the car and walk into the restaurant. Boy, was I happy to sit down in the air conditioning!
We went home and stayed up talking till 1:30AM. Then it was bedtime. Andi woke up before I did in the morning. That was a first! We went out for crepe�s and then Andi took me to Vidler�s 5 and 10 Cent Store in East Aurora. What an experience. ANYTHING you could ever want is here. ANYTHING! Spent some of my hard-earned dough and drove back
After Vidler�s, we came back for a fiddle lesson. She and I went to the Gaelic College for a couple years in the summer to learn Cape Breton fiddle. She wanted to learn Bob�s fiddle part to I�m A Rover. SO I wrote down the notation for her and we went through it. I left her with Bob�s advice for beginning fiddlers when I asked him in Massachusetts, �You gotta practice, practice, practice!�
She pointed the way to the New York State Thruway and went to visit her brother in the hospital. I had a fun ride home. NOT! The car was acting weird and I wondered for a while whether I�d end up spending the night in a hotel and waiting for the car to be repaired. But we limped home, blasting the good Newfoundland/Cape Breton music in the CD player, trying to cover up the noises and vibrations. I made it before midnight, too!
Anne here, reporting for roadtrip duty! Any shows nearby? |
