Billy Currington, a Bar, and a Game

A few weeks ago, Billy Currington

played at the Ritz in

Ybor City. 

Originally, I was under the impression

that he was playing at the Ritz Carlton...

Mannnnn I was mistaken.

Not the Ritz Carlton...

A few friends, my mom, and my hubby and I 

drove to Tampa for the day to see Billy play!

We arrived early saturday afternoon and decided

to give Ricky's uncle's bar a visit.

Ricky's uncle co-founded

Angry Chair Brewing

This bar has some of the best beers around

and I'm not just saying that because 

he is my uncle in law!

(Mom's first time in a bar... She loved it!)

I'm totally saying it because they have

an AMAZING coffee beer called

The Awakening.

OMGOODNESS this combines two of my favorite

things!!
Coffee and beer.

It is, maybe, the best stout beer I have ever tasted.

After grabbing a few drinks and some merchandise we headed

to the concert :D

Deb and I, boots were a must.

Paul, Deb, Me, and Ricky

Mom's first crazy concert in years!

Billy was amazing!
And he was quite the crowd pleaser :D

That ended up being one of the most

crowded concerts I had ever been to.

I guess that's what you get when

you only pay $29 a ticket!

After the concert we started the long treck home,

which really didn't take that long at 1am.

The next morning I awoke, with plans of doing

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...

My lovely brother in law had different plans lol.

#crazyweekend

#needsleep

Ladies' Weekend

Once a month (sometimes more than that), I get

together with two of my best friends from

childhood. 

Here are a few throwbacks:

Back to the present!

So we try to do a ladies' weekend once
a month, and we switch up who hosts every month.

March was Leigh's month and dammit she was
a FABULOUS host!

Dude, I'm talking VIP everrrrrryyyything.
I think I paid for one meal the entire weekend.
My lovely Leigh had it covered.

The weekend started off with a bang with box seats
to a Tampa Bay Lightning game.

We were delighted with the opportunity to share
the suite with a few employees from Leigh's company
and a LOT of food!

Here we are before the game!

After watching Tampa lose,
*cries*
we headed out to a few bars for
a quick drink and a song
or two!

The next morning, Leigh had something special planned!

She knows how much we all love being out on the water,

so one of her friends invited us out for a BBQ on a sandbar.

We traveled by boat to our sandy destination.

#cantstopwontstop

After spending most of the day at the 

sandbar, we headed back to Leigh's.

We had every intention of staying in and 

having a chill night - but that never happens.

Leigh had tickets for us to go to

the Gasparilla Music Festival!

Once we arrived, we met up with an old 

college buddy of hers, who conveniently works for

Tito's Vodka.

We were ushered into Tito's private, (AIR CONDITIONED) bus and

were fed Tito's Vodka cocktails all night long.

We basically felt like rock stars 

Walkin to da bus likeeeee.....

Tito's Girls

After spending our fair share of time in the bus/at the festival, 

we all headed out to the nearest hotel bar for some snacks and

MORE TITO'S VODKA DRINKS.

Finally - we called it a night and caught a cab home.

The next morning, we only had time for breakfast

before Stephanie and I had to head back

home.

Leigh had the perfect breakfast place for us!

Buddy Brew Coffee.

This was one of the cutest places, but the website

is a tad confusing - Check them out on YELP.

The food and the coffee are amazing!

Steph's coffee :)

After breakfast we bid our farewells and
were on the road again.

Until next time!