Chapelle in the middle of nowhere. Say what?

Who can say no to that face?

This summer has been awesome! I have gotten to do so many things. It seems my summer bucket list has served as a bit of a blueprint for my summer. Methodically scratching items off my list wasn't exactly the goal of my summer, but having the intention to do so in the background has given my summer a bit more purpose it seems. Maybe it would have been that way without the list, since much has happened outside of the bucket. Who knows?

Line item two on my list was to go to a concert out of state. When I came up with that one, I was inteding to capitalize on my time in Georgia as an intern. I thought, "Hey Lindsay, you're a music student on a music internship, you'll certainly be attending a show during your time there especially since you're working for an awesome music dude." Wrong! Ha ha! There were absolutely no shows in the area. So, you can just imagine my excitement when just a few days after my return home a lovely opportunity presented itself like a little present wrapped with baubles and bows. (I'm not really sure what babubles are, but it sounds like it would be cool to get a present wrapped with them.) I got an email from Mocha club (a rockin' awesome organization that you should go visit http://www.mochaclub.org/) asking for volunteers for a show in Louisville, KY. My friend and I applied and got the job. Woot.

Fresh flowers adorning our table at
Sunshine Cafe

We decided to make a day of the festivities and visit a friend on the way down. We met for lunch in Yellow Springs, OH. It's a quaint little naturey, artsy, organicy (formerly not a word, but now is) kind of town. After a scrumptious lunch of tandoori chicken quesadilla's and coffee we went for a stroll around the block. While passing a park bench my friend leans over and says, "Did that guy look like..." I quickly finished her sentence with, "Dave Chappelle? Yes." We laughed and joked about how funny it would be if we actually saw THE Dave Chappelle in this little off-out-in-the-sticks town. As we headed back to the car, we were still going on about how much this guy resembled him. So, being all tech-saavy, we whipped out our smartphones and went to researching. As it turns out, we did in fact cross paths with Mr. Chapelle. Apparently he lives in the corn fields in that area and does his banking on the street where we found him in a gray tank top on a park bench. Who'd a thunk? (I wish now we would have gone back and got a pic with the Chapelle "look-alike". Oh Well!) 

We quickly got over our disappointment of passing up an awesome facebook, bragging rights photo opp and trekked on down the road. Each turn seemed to take us deeper into the inner city of Louisville. (I was a wee bit skeered at first, I must admit.) We unloaded and got set up at the concert and met the bands and what not. Katie Herzig and her crew for the evening, Larkyn Poe, and Matthew Perryman Jones, were all outstanding. Every set was made up of just three people, but it sounded like a full band. Outstanding! I knew Herzig would be good, but wasn't sure about the others and I have to say that Larkyn Poe blew me out of the water. I was thoroughly impressed with them on stage, and even more impressed with them off stage. Great girls. I hope to be able to keep in touch.

All in all, crossing this item off the lsit was sheer pleasure and came with some great added bonuses. I love living life on purpose!

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