Sunday Evening Update

If you follow me on the tweet machine, you may have noticed that I will be staying home from the show tonight. I have a bunch of non-fun work to catch up on... and, yes, occasionally it's pretty nice to have a night to myself away from the boys. Not that I don't love them to pieces... it's just that Carl smells really bad.

(kidding!!)

(or am I??)

Before I strap myself to excel for the night, I'm going to update you. Looks like the last you got was Toronto. Whoa, what have I been doing with myself? Oh, right. RUNNING THIS MACHINE. So - where have we been? We've been to Pontiac, MI; Akron, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Columbus, OH; Indianapolis, IN; and Chicago, IL.

Let's do this thing.

Pontiac, Michigan: The boys did a stripped down, acousticy show for the fans since the stage was Nate-sized. These are always fun. Fans seem to enjoy them just as much if not more!

Akron, Ohio: We played at our beloved Musica.... which was great and I met some amazing Rp fans who wrote me a love letter. I never get letters, so I am keeping it forever and potentially framing it. But are you aware that EVERYTHING shuts down in this place on Sunday? We had to search high and low for somewhere to eat. CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN THIS TO ME? PEOPLE EAT ON SUNDAY HERE, RIGHT? IS IT A LAW THAT YOU MUST COOK ON SUNDAYS?  Luckily, we stumbled upon Luigi's and had a stellar Italian meal (and that's a high compliment from a girl who's about to get hitched to an Italian fellow). I would recommend it, but you have to go under a bridge, talk to a gnome, answer a riddle, and do an interpretive dance of a meatball. So if you're up for that... go for it! (I accidentally put the letter in a frame with Columbus, OH below. IT STAYS - I AM LAZY.)

Pittsburgh, PA: I'm actually not going to say a lot about this stop. The guys played great, but I didn't love the place so much. Hmmmm...... (insert whatever emotion you think I need here). PLUS, we had to leave directly after the show to drive to Columbus for a radio interview... so we didn't see much of Pittsburgh either way.

my grr face at the sitch + my middle tooth (like Tom Cruise)/ron on the phone/pittsburgh

Columbus, OH: What up guuurrrrrl. You're way cute. You gave us an amazing NPR station interview (hello, WCBE!), Ethiopian dinner, and a packed out venue.

RP doing radio//my luv letter from Akron

Indy, IN: LOVE YOUR FACE. Who knew this city was a real city (jk jk)? So clean and fresh - I could kiss you and then squeeze you and then make you scared that I was stalking you. Our friend Dave took us to eat at The Libertine and out for drinks//some touristing. You... you're GREAT!

[INSERT MOMENTARY SCREAM FOR BATTLE CREEK, MI WHO CANCELLED THE SHOW WITHOUT TELLING US. YOU READ THAT 100% RIGHT. THEY DODGED OUR PHONE CALLS, IGNORED OUR EMAILS, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY GOT A HOLD OF THEM THE NIGHT BEFORE RON WAS TO PLAY, THEY TOLD US THAT TWO SHOWS HAD BEEN BOOKED, OURS HAD BEEN CANCELLED, OUR CONTACT NO LONGER WORKED THERE, AND THEN THEY HUNG UP ON COUSIN CARL. THEN THEY TOLD FANS THEY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE THERE FOR WHEN SOME SHOWED UP. THERE IS NO WAY I  COULD/WOULD MAKE THIS UP. NORMALLY I WOULD NOT RANT ABOUT SOMEONE IN THE INDUSTRY BUT THIS WAS SO INCREDIBLY UNCALLED FOR AND DISAPPOINTING.]

(anyhoo...)

Chicago, IL: We started off on a bad note when you ripped my big toenail in half, but you TOTALLY REDEEMED YOURSELF. Amazing interview at Fearless Radio (you'll be able to listen to the podcast tomorrow)... packed-house show... found an amazing vegan food spot... got to hug multiple members of Zach Berkman's family. It was FANTASTIC!

And now you can see why I've been a little up and down on the twitters. I feel like the thing people have said the most is that they want the real-ness of what it's like out here. Well... didya enjoy that realness? CONSIDER YOURSELF UPDATED!

(I'm really sorry for my overuse of caps lock in this post)

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