Fellow editor Matthew Clair and I both happened to be in Atlanta visiting the schools we taught at while doing Teach for America the last two years. So, of course, on the first night we had to visit our old stomping grounds.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 08:45PM 
I first discovered Gumbo Diablo at The Plough and Stars, a gem of a bar in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The dueling accordions, zydeco and Cajun sounds, and multilingual lyrics were a welcome shock. It seemed as if I was no longer in the snowy suburbs of Boston, but rather down in the sticky swamps of Louisiana.
Sunday, August 21, 2011 at 06:57PM Last weekend I attended the opening of Michael McBride and James Threalkill's exhibit "American Icons" at Hotel Indigo. The exhibit is a part of Se7en Art's larger gallery exhibit of other (mainly) Nashvillian artists.
Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 01:08PM The “bacon bomb,” an IED comprised of a contained campfire and about 4 days worth of bacon grease, was placed on a sandbar in the middle of the Saint Vrain River in Lyons, Colorado, where for the past 3 days, the Planet Bluegrass Ranch played host to the RockyGrass Music Festival. I was lucky enough to stay for the whole festival, working trash duty eight hours a day, camping at night, and listening to fantastic music.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 07:11PM 
Liz Lane has always called Tuscaloosa, Alabama home. She graduated from the University of Alabama where she attained her Bachelors degree in Apparel Design. She is now a children's designer for a local business, Babytalk, in Northport, Alabama and is producing a women's line of her own.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 09:52AM 
Check out Button Me Up! on this week's backpage.
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 09:55PM