Troy Summer Vacation
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Bright and early on June 18th I woke up and took myself to the airport for what would be day 1 of my summer vacation back to Troy. I arrived back at Metro Airport around 12:30 PM where the pops picked me up. On our way home we found out my mom was near us (she was on some quilting trip thing) so we went to see her, obviously she was happy to see me, and I her. My first order of business after getting home was to get a new suit for Ryan and Erika’s wedding, of course I had to take Kelly with me as she was my fashion coordinator. After getting an incredibly fly DKNY (all up in the sky) grey (side-vented) suit it was back home to get ready for the GP. The Gathering Place is my typical Day 1 back-in-Troy watering-hole, I mean duh, it’s where friends meet. We had a pretty good turnout and I saw many faces I haven’t seen since Christmas, it’s a great thing!
The next morning I awoke early once again, as I had to get on a bus to head to Chi-town to see the one and only AC. The Mega Bus ride wasn’t THAT bad, but it was packed and of course the traffic on the Dan Ryan was horrid which made the trip that much longer. Finally, we parked and I met up with AC. We had to head to Emily’s work (whom I haven’t seen in YEARS) to get some keys to her apartment so AC could pick up some stuff he left there. Later that afternoon Aaron and I were heading to the Chicago Theatre for a comedian tour featuring guest host Russell Peters, who is AWESOME. The show went pretty well, most of the comedians were very funny except for the guy from Cash Cab, he kinda blew. After the show we went back to the apartment to find an intoxicated Paul, which was quite humerous. The rest of the night consisted of beers and good times. The next morning AC and I took Emily’s car back to Troy, as we had an Abrasive Method concert to attend.
The Abrasive Method show was at the Berkley Front which is generally a great spot, although this time it wasn’t that full. The AM show itself was great and there were a lot of Camp Ti people I haven’t seen in a long while that I got to hang out with. After the AM show we went over to Charlie’s for a small afterparty gathering, which was quite ridiculous.
Monday and Tuesday of the following week were spent helping Charlie and Tony film their first video for the first single, “Rescue”, off their new album “Living a Nightmare, Chasing the Dream”. The video was filmed by a guy named John who I think did a great job, he seemed to really know what he was doing and his camera was awesome. We filmed in downtown Birmingham, Royal Oak, and some storage facility in Troy. On day 2 of the shoot Tony’s friend let him borrow his 1960 Cadillac in which the boys rode in wearing suits. Unfortunately, the car kept stalling so we filmed as much as we could with it and then immediately got it back home. Yours truely actually has a small part in the video also, playing a lazy, uninspired fellow, it wasn’t hard at all haha.
Later that week was Ryan and Erika’s wedding at Cherry Creek Country Club in Shelby Township. The club was gorgeous and the wedding was outside (and on a perfect day, if I might say so). I went to the wedding with Mark and his girlfriend Megan. My date, Stephanie, was in Miami doing a final but she flew in (in her dress and all) and came immediately to the club missing the ceromony by about 10 minutes. The rest of the evening was spent mingling with just about everyone and anyone as the booze was flowing freely. Ryan and Erika looked fantastic and I am very happy for them both, I hope they’re having a fantastic honeymoon!
As you can imagine the day after the wedding I was….hungover…to say the least. Thus, my final night in Troy was pretty low key. I went to Bailey’s for a few but ended up heading to Joe Kools for the last bit of the night. Overall, my 10 days in Troy were stellar. I partied, I laughed, I danced, I smiled, I had a GREAT time and I am already missing everyone. Luckily, in a few short weeks I will be in San Francisco seeing my family again for my cousin’s wedding, should be SWEET!
Obviously the photo album has been updated so please check it out.
