Langhorne Slim at Johnny Brenda's

Last night Meg and I and some of our friends made the trek into Philadelphia to see Langhorne Slim at Johnny Brenda's. I got hooked on Langhorne Slim about a year ago when he showed up on one of my Pandora stations. The entire experience, although not planned this way, was truly a locavore's delight.



It turns out that Langhorne slim is from Langhorne, Pennsylvania, in Bucks County, which is a high-speed-hour northeast of Downingtown. And Johnny Brenda's turned out to be a real gem. They only serve locally brewed beer and their entire menu is made with ingredients from small scale local farmers. Hell, we just wanted to go see a show, but we ended up getting a case of the feel-goods too.

Scarlet Begonias

I went to my first Grateful Dead show in the summer of '92. I was sixteen and highly impressionable. Needless to say, after that show, I was hooked. For the three years that followed, I went to see them any chance I could until Jerry's body finally had enough.

Now I'm not the kind of Dead Head that holds a vigil every August to commemorate Jerry's death or goes to Rat Dog shows just to keep the dream alive. No, I'm not that guy, but I collected some experiences from those three years that will always have an effect on the person I am and will continue to be.

(Holy shit. I'm sorry, I don't know what the hell just happened there.)

I like to sneak in my appreciation of the Grateful Dead's music from time to time with a subtle sign here and there. A few of the posts I've put up were titles to songs or albums, our chickens' names are Dead tunes, and one of my favorite plants in our house is a scarlet begonia.

This particular begonia is my third attempt (forth if you talk to Meg) at growing one of these things. I thought I would never be able to keep one, but this one has been in our home for almost two years and for the first time buds have begun to appear.



In celebration, I've been playing the Dead off and on all day. Why not all day? Well I'm a hockey fan too and there was a game on.