Hello all!

Apologies for the tardiness on writing about the Buffalo show at Tralf.. it was truly lovely, a really wonderful venue with equally fantastic people.

Here's a picture post in the meanwhile until we have time to write in more detail. There's also the Brooklyn and Nashville show to write about and right now, we're headed to Orlando, FL for our next show!

Jon LoRusso, Peggy Yen, Betty Yen, and Michael Yen holdin' down the merch table.

Gregg Tillery with two lovely ladies.

Jon Lorentz reuniting with Tim Hogan for a special appearance by Barefoot Soldiers.

The Hoof & The Heel performing.

Yay! CD Sale! Thanks for the support!

Gregg Tillery with Chris Kavanagh on drums.

Marcus Very Ordinary rocking out in their hometown of Buffalo.

Veronica Scotto with friends.

Mrs. Lorentz with her boys: Jon LoRusso, Tim Hogan, and Jon Lorentz

Barrick LaTona with family.

-Jerky (beef, turkey)
-fiber one oats and chocolate granola bar
-salted nuts (cashews, almonds, peanuts)
-craisins dried cranberries
-nutri-grain bars (apple, cinnamon, strawberry, blueberry)
-mrs. may's (almond crunch, cashew crunch, cran-blueberry crunch)
-wheat bread
-peanut butter and jelly
-almond butter
-chips (Doritos nacho cheese, Doritos cool ranch, fritos, cheetos crunchy, lays bbq, lays classic, lays sour cream & onion)
-dove chocolate
-sour patch kids
-cassette tape of Skee-Lo's "I Wish"

"Hey, I wish I had my way
'Cause everyday would be a Friday
You could even speed on the highway
I would play ghetto games
Name my kids ghetto names
Little Mookie, big Al, Lorraine
Yo you know that's on the real
So if you're down on your luck
Then you should know just how I feel
Cause if you don't want me around
See I go simple, I go easy, I go greyhound
Hey, you , what's that sound?
Everybody look what's going down
Ahhhh, yes, ain't that fresh?
Everybody wants to get down like dat"

Nashville, you're in my heart. See you tonight.

-JcL

It's been a busy few days.. we got into Chicago late (we always seem to be late..) and had to drop people off at various locations where friends (Angie V., Christine P.!) again kindly let us crash with them.

Peggy and Betty had a lovely adventure finding secure parking for our tour van in downtown Chicago. We stayed at a hotel, generously provided by our awesome friend Jake who felt guilty that he had promised us a place to stay but had moved out of his place a few weeks prior. Thanks Jake! You're the best.

The next day was hitting the street to promote the show. For dinner, we ate deep dish pizza from Lou Malnati's. Later that night, we joined friends at Piece and then somehow ended up at Wingstop. There, Betty charmed the manager into hanging a poster and giving out a download card with every order. The manager also gave us free wings. You rock, Wingstop manager.

Barrick and Veronica at Lou Malnati's.

Michael, Chris, Peggy, Jake, and Betty at Piece.

Chris and Michael at Wingstop.

It looks like stormy weather is following us -- Chicago was rainy and cold the entire time. Despite that, it was a fun experience and we all got to see old friends.

Love in October closed out the Chicago show and were awesome. Thanks so much for playing! I was totally jealous of their professional setup. They also cleverly use a rope light to illuminate all of their merch and now I harass Peggy daily to get me one.

The Kinetic Playground is amazing on the inside. They had a great stage and an awesome sound and light system. The videos I got from this show sound and look amazing.

Gregg, Christine, Jon, and Veronica at The Kinetic Playground.

The amazing Angie V. and her posse (Betty launched herself into this picture)

I'll put Buffalo in it's own entry -- there was so much in Buffalo despite the short time we were there.