The trip to Athens for the Josh Ritter concert was gorgeous. First off our flight was canceled so instead of having plenty of time to meander over from Atlanta, we were in a mad wicked rush through the dark Georgia night. The show began at 9. We arrived in Atlanta at 7:30ish, snagged a cherry red Impala SS and were off.
I called The Melting Point to have them let LG and RY get their tickets without me being there so they could go on in. We hit the HI at 9 pm, checked in, changed clothes, and hoofed it across downtown. I called LG as we walked and learned that the opener (Ingrid Michaelson) had finished. We got there about 5-10 minutes before Josh took the stage. Our Athenian Angels had saved a table on the second tier and by standing on our sturdy wooden chairs, we were able to see just fine. The crowd was mostly young, though there were some others in my age group-ish, and very enthusiastic, even singing along. As RY told Josh later, Athens crowds are usually much more jaded.
After the show I spent a smallish fortune at the merch table - new tour shirts, people! Josh was signing out by the bus so we got into line. Since I had bought the vinyl of Conquests I tried to get all the band members to sign the album, but Mr. Liam slunk away into the night with his cymbal bag. Another time, maybe. We had a good chat with Mr Austin though. We got our share of time with Josh, hugs and autographs for everyone.
To keep this short, the rest of the weekend was spent eating (The Grill, The Grit X2, Clocked) and hanging out. We drove to Watkinsville so I could shop the sale at the cool yarn shop. We spent time Saturday night wandering the UGA campus with LG as our guide; that hoaxing varmint is not to be trusted! We got to spend a bit of time with EM, though I think our numbers intimidated him a little, bless his subversive little heart.
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