I just wanted to say thank you to all of the amazing people who made our trip home so lovely.
The Winter Getaway - Songwriting Workshop - This was the best year yet. Everyone who attended was a returning writer so I considered it a master class! The songs they all wrote that weekend, some of them were incredible. I really hope they start recording their creations. I look forward to next year I'm definitely coming back! Thanks for bringing the extra guitar for me Richard!
The show at Milkboy- what can I say? Amazing. Thank you to everyone who helped us OVERSELL it out! Had we known there were so many of you, we'd have done 2 shows! For those of MY PEEPS who didn't get in, I have one thing to say BUY YOUR TICKETS IN ADVANCE! Do you know the guilt I felt for all of you amazing people who drove to the venue from far and wide and couldn't get in? I'm SO SORRY! Thanks to Dena and everyone at Philly Songwriters, we couldn't have had such a great night without you. Of course a HUGE THANKS to Amber deLaurentis and Christine Havrilla for your time and talent....always a fun night for me. Thank you to LOUIS for selling my merch, *who I said I was going to dedicate an entire blog to, but decided just to give a shout out here. Thanks so much for selling my cd's!! Thanks SO MUCH to Lisanne Knott for loaning me her beautiful guitar (and to Glenn for attempting to loan me the Martin!)
Gene Shay, my old (by old I mean I've known him a long time not OLD) dear friend invited me to be on his radio show in the beautiful XPN World Cafe studio AND let me invite an audience. Does it get any cooler than that? It allowed me to arrange to see people I couldn't squeeze into my tight schedule, so a million thanks to Gene (and Erin, Shane&Sherry, Don who rearranged your schedules). What a lovely interview with Christine, 6 songs between us, wow! Lots of fun and just a nice way to end our holiday. Hannah was so quiet til the very end, and then she ba ba ba'd her way on the air, her first interview! Anyone tape it? I'd love to hear it!
Thanks to everyone who took their time to meet us (basically at all of my favourite restaurants), you know who you are. And thanks to Angela and Lauren & Ethan for opening your homes to Frankie, me and sometimes crying baby Hannah! Hannah even got to meet her soul sister Tori, daughter of my old friends Cecily & Charlie.
My other HIGHLIGHT was meeting my favourite author Jennifer Weiner, a chance meeting in Fresh Fields where I chose to meet the lovely and talented singer songwriter Deirdre Flint for a snack. I was like a weirdo stalker deer in the headlights with nothing to say. What I should have said was, "How are you Jennifer? Congrats on your new book and all of your success." Instead I said something creepy to her kid like, "I'm your mommy's biggest fan." and "Thanks for putting me in your top 20 on Myspace." I'm a dork. What will I say when I meet Bowie or Mc Cartney? I should just insert my foot in my mouth in advance!
So, being back in Ireland is lovely, rain and all. We missed the cottage and Hannah missed her exersaucer! We are enjoying are time abroad immensely, but I definitely miss being in the USA.
I'm sure I'm forgetting things, but I don't want to bore you with every detail. I just wanted to thank you all for a lovely trip. We had a brilliant adventure and look forward to the next one. Hannah and I will be home for a month in June, can't wait to see you all again!
WEBSITES:
http://www.wintergetaway.com
http://www.phillysongwriters.com
http://www.geneshay.com
http://www.christinehavrilla.com
http://www.amberdelaurentis.com
http://www.lizanneknott.com/
http://www.deirdreflint.com
http://www.jenniferweiner.com/
Cecily's blog - http://zia.blogs.com/wastedbirthcontrol/
Did I miss anyone? I'm sorry if I did. Let me know and I'll add you!
xoxoxox