This weekend I had the pleasure of visiting Lowell, MA and The Lowell Summer Music Seriesl. What a sweet town! I had never been there before and heard lots of horror stories about an aging mill town, but to my surprise it’s really coming back to life nicely. There are lots and lots of historic mill buildings, but many of them (all?) are now turned into live/work spaces, art spaces, galleries and even a museum or two! And of course it didn’t hurt that we were there to see the little folksinger (no, really, she’s tiny!) Ani Difranco.
The Summer Music series is held at Boarding House Park in downtown, and it’s really lovely. A terraced grass and granite seating area and a big stage flanked with archways covered with lush vines. Really nice. We dined alfresco on Heidi’s three bean salad, roasted garlic scapes, fresh peas, and some other snacky stuff. A lovely night. aaannnd her second encore ended just as the rain started to drizzle down on us! perfect timing!
Then we were off to The SoWa Open Market in the morning. I sold some cards and prints and enjoyed the sunshine. It actually got a little hot and felt like summer for most of the day!
That’s me! Manning my booth all professional-like. (sporting my Liz Elayne “Begin” necklace)
And here’s my intrepid helper, Heidi, peeking out from behind the crafty goodness! What would I do without my amazing friends who continually step up and help a girl out? You are all so wonderful! I think she had fun, too, so that helps.
We had the pleasure of being back-to-back with Heather Toupin of heatherjeany, too! One of the most fun neighbors, and also a super talented artist and Gocco-er! Check out her fantastic stationery, custom invites and prints, as well as baby onesies in her Etsy Shop and in her Flickr. You can also follow her on Twitter! How could I resist bringing home one of these prints? (thanks, Heather! True dat.)
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NoOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! i am about 5 minutes from lowell and hung out there two days ago. i almost went to the ani show but ended up not going at the last minute! i wish we could’ve met up! let me know if you’re ever in my hood again and maybe we can plan something.