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Kryptonite in Rockford, IL
Rockford, IL holds a very special place in the hearts of Bailiff. They’ve played this town several times and every time they come back, their die hard fans show up and are always there to support them.
As we rolled up to the Kryptonite bar in Rockford, IL. the guys wanted to load-in take their time, get things situated, and try to grab some food. Things all seemed to be going as they typically do on the road; load-in, sound check, grab a beer, maybe some food then do some pre-show game face routines. All the locals had crowded into the bar playing drinking games, and enjoying their thirsty Thursday night.
Little did we know that things were about to drastically change. The guys filed onto the stage, began their set and all seemed well. As the guys played through their set, out of no-where all power cut out without warning. Not knowing what was going on, the guys did what anyone in their situation would do, and attempted to entertain the crowd and continue on through their set. After some adjustments, the bar owner and sound tech, crossed their fingers and Bailiff restarted jumped back into their set. To make this story bearable, this same scenario, power cutting out and stopping Bailiff’s set, repeated itself a total of 5 times, No one could seem to figure out what was causing it. But after some frustration, testing of patience, and a couple brief breaks to snag a slice of pizza or two mid set, the issue somehow got resolved and the guys were able to get through their songs in their typical Bailiff fashion.
Needless to say, this show in Rockford, IL will go down in the history books as one of the best/worst sets of their life. There is no way I’ll ever forget it, and their fans deserve a big round of applause for sticking it out and not loosing their minds as the sound/power cut out each of the 5 times throughout Bailiff’s set. After an event filled night like that, a few of us felt it necessary to party it up a bit with some of their fans who so graciously let us crash in their home!
At the end of the day, Rockford, IL we still love you! Thanks for such a memorable evening!
Posted in See my life
Tagged 2015, bailiff, Bands, Bar, Chicago, Drums, Illinois, Josh, Kryptonite, Music, Owen, Pizza, Power outage, Ren, Telephone Booth, tour, Tour 2015
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Sarah Kramer becomes Sarah Robbins
Today was the perfect day for a wedding on a yacht. Congrats to Sarah and Lucas!
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Tagged Chicago, Illinois, Lake Michigan, Lucas James, Sarah Kramer, Wedding, Yacht Cruise
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WordCamp Chicago 2011
This past weekend I made the just over three hour drive to Chicago from Indiana with Ryan Imel. This was my 2nd WordCamp and was looking forward to visiting one of my favorite cities. I have several friends living in Chicago from medical school and we made plans to save some money and crash both nights on their floor. With plans set and a place to sleep we hit the road for what turned out to be a really fun weekend of hanging with great people from the WordPress community.
Upon our arrival in Chicago we made our way down to the area surrounding DePaul University, where the WordCamp was to be held the following morning. We put out a feeler on twitter and made contact with some people at a local pub called Sheffield’s They had several great craft beers on tap and at least four separate areas to eat and drink, a very cool place. (oh and I had a great pulled pork sandwich!)
The best part about WordCamps is the opportunity to meet and get to know the people I read about and see their work all over the web. This past weekend was no let down and to those of you who I met, it was such a pleasure and I look forward to running into you at future WordCamps. I wanna give a brief run down of the parts of the camp I enjoyed and the things I didn’t.
The WordCamp Chicago facilities were great, being that #wcchicago was held at DePaul University, I expected a nice and comfortable atmosphere with class/conference room style setup. Overall, the close proximity to several restaurants made our lunch breaks easy and kept our stomachs full. The event staff was helpful and prepared for the over four hundred attendees, registration was quick and the two days of camp went smoothly overall.
The obvious downside to the WordCamp was lack of internet the first day. Upon arrival we were given usernames and passwords to the school internet only to find out the flood of new users crashed the system. Ryan and I were a bit frustrated because the plan was to live blog the event. Every WordCamp, Ryan live blogs on WPCandy and I was excited cause this was the first time I was able to help out with it. Nonetheless, we did the best we could by simply using our 3G connection and iPhones to monitor the twitter stream and post updates to the live blog for the first part of day one. It was kinda cool to know that even without the computer we were able to still get some decent content up on the site for those following along.
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- Otto and Ryan struggling to get internet even after it was fixed 🙂
The 2nd day there were no issues to be seen, internet was great there were some decent speakers and life was good.
As is widely known about going to WordCamps, the after party and the after after parties are the most anticipated and memorable parts of the events. The after party was held at a place called McGees (looks likes the pub uses WordPress too) and we were served beverages and food for three hours. If your wondering, I approve!
Overall, I had a great time, the event, the people, and the place was a perfect combination for those of us who love WordPress to come together, share, discuss, and collaborate. Congrats to the coordinators and to the event as a whole! Job well done!