Go Horse!

While this has little to do with paintings or Penny Pickles, it does have A LOT to do with the mental health of the artist behind Penny Pickles, ME!  I do have a few paintings waiting in the wings - but I am waiting on them getting to my clients, so until then, my day at Lucas Oil Stadium will have to suffice.

Sunday, Ryan and I had the good fortune to score some sweet seats from my girlfriend Heather, the creative genius behind Maida Vale.  If you are in need of anything stationary - including wedding and shower invites or announcements - this girl is the person to go to.  

I digress.  So Heather and Shawn have super amazing seats and they live in Seattle and weren't able to come in for a hand full of games.  So they offered them up to some of their friends.  We jumped at the chance and have secured our position as buyers for as long as they live in Seattle.  

I digress again.  We went to the Houston Texans game - and it was AWESOME.  First off the seats are amazing, second off, I hadn't been to a Colts game in two years, third, it was a phenomenal game and we won!!!!  So as we are sitting in our amazing seats, I look down a couple of rows and who is sitting there?  Ashley Manning, Peyton Manning's wife.  She was decked out in a gorgeous blue leather dress and well, there was no denying it was her (especially after I spied her wedding rings.  She got up and moved to the boxes above us - so we tried to be suave and catch a picture, here's what we got.  I swear it is her, I feel like an idiot with a Sasquatch siting. 

Anyway, at halftime we went to the Bud Light Zone to visit our buddy and old neighbor Mikey T. Poor Mikey has season tickets - but his seats are under the press box and you literally can not see half of the field.  So he stands in the Bud Light Zone with the other poor folk with crummy seats.  We went back to our seats after the half and who was sitting in our row, but the entire staff from the Tickets and Promotions staff.  So I made minimal small talk, but I was able to ogle over one of their Superbowl rings, which, even for being the second tier of rings, was amazing!   It was an awesome game, we won, Bullitt made an amazing defensive interception to secure that win and I couldn't have asked for a better finish.  

After the game we went back to our old neighborhood and had wings and beer at KSR (Keystone Sports Review) - which btw is THE most amazing bar food in the world and their wings are better than dare I say BW3's or Hooters.  We ate and visited with some old friends and then headed back to Canada to pay the sitter and put the kids to bed.  

Other than my body rejecting the shear volume of nasty, greasy food, it was a PERFECT day!  Any chance I can get out with Ryan and spend a bit of time with just us is great -but this date exceeded my expectations.

Later this week, I'll be sharing some of my new pieces - until then take care and Thanks!

you went out on a school night?

Ryan and I went out last night on a school night.  How, do you ask?  Well I was fortunate enough to have the stars and moon a line and my brother is on Fall Break, like the rest of central Indiana.  Apparently Noblesville Schools wanted to be a bit different this year than the rest of the school districts, so my usual babysitters have school today.  So my brother and my sister in law Anna (who took today off) watched my three chickens so that Ryan and I could go to the Music Mill and see TR3.  For those of you who don't know who I am talking about - it is Tim Reynolds - amazing guitarist and also plays with the Dave Matthews Band.  He and Dave are featured on the Live at Luther College CD.  It is an amazing CD I recommend it highly. 

So we got a chance to hit Steak and Shake (our old stomping ground from College) and go to the Music Mill and listen to some fantastic music.  

We were surprised because their was an opening act and we really liked them!  Their a local band called Red Moon. They'll be playing in battle of bands in a another couple of weeks.  They had a Dave Matthews style about them and their guitar players were phenominal.  I highly recommend you check them out.

We got home about midnight, all our chickens were fed, bathed and in bed.  Just a perfect way to end a perfect night!

I've got a couple of paintings I am finishing up, and few I'm starting.  They'll be up soon!  Thanks!