The Town Pants

Newport Irish Festival

Brenna and I went to the Newport Irish Festival yesterday. The rain, humidity and grey skys made it the perfect setting for an Irish party. There were three large tents that held all of the food and mechandise. It was a little expensive but the money raised goes to charity.

Brenna spent a lot of time in the merchandise tent looking for her name. It is the kind of name that you cannot find here at all. She would like a sticker, tee shirt, even a pin that says Brenna. No luck yesterday! She said she thought her name was "too Irish even for this festival."

I did see a tee shirt for The Angry Piper. I would have bought it but he said he was going to be there today. It was black and had a picture of a pint of beer on the front that said, "I like to drink my pint in peace." and on the back, "But you look like you're in need of a good beating, and I'm always willing to help a poor bastard out."

I was drinking Harp all day. Piper will be be happy to know that there was no crappy girl beer there. Harp, Guinness or Smithwicks was what was on tap!

Added some pictures of the day to my MySpace. Tami *Smiley*. If you would like to see more of the day, go have a look.

An airbrush tattoo artist put a shamrock on my left breast. I know I dont need to draw any more attention to them, but what the heck. I was just having fun. He was a little shaky at first but it came out great.

The highlight of the day came when we saw that the band,
The Town Pants, would be playing at 3:00 PM. I already had a few of there songs on my iPod. They were amazing. We stood there in the rain yelling, dancing and watching some very intoxicated people around us enjoy the day as well. I bought all three of their cd's and Brenna got a hoodie. Check out the band. They are great. Songs I really like are, Breakfast with St. Swithin, The Old Landlord, Bottle of Rain, Mr Valentine's Dead, Ships Made of Wood and Whiskey You're the Devil.