Support Local Music

Whenever you feel bored on a weekend, look through the paper and see what local bands are playing this week. This past weekend I ventured to Mellow Mushroom. My friend Beth play’s french horn in a local band called Squirrel House. I would try to describe them, but they’re a mixture of many aspects. I can say, however, that they put on a great show and will once again be performing soon. They are also putting out a CD in the not to distant future. If you by chance want to keep up with them, they have a myspace.


But outside of just their band and my short supportive spiel there, Tuscaloosa sports many local bands. Many of which are decently known around the area and are worth going to see. While I, as someone who is not quite 19, understand that sometime this can be a bit challenging since most places who have live bands won’t allow underage kid’s in. In fact, the most places on the strip hold this rule. To this I can only say hold out and wait to your birthday for some live appearances. However, I recently saw an advertisement that the capstone is going to be having live music on Monday’s on campus from 12-1pm called music at the fountain, which will feature local artist. I think this is a great addition to the campus and will hopefully help support local artist gain support.

An outing in T-Town

This past weekend I once again ventured to entertain my mom for a night. Last time this occurred, it sadly ended in us eating bar-b-que and returning to the hotel for a night of TV watching. Because of this, my mom’s second trip to Tuscaloosa proved a little more productive in finding something interesting because of a little research and preparation.


For starters, we went out to eat at a restaurant that I took the time to look up on a guide and be confident in. This restaurant goes by the name Epiphany Fine Dining and is an upscale place. Defiantly not somewhere I would go on a college budget, but since my mom was there and more than happy to pay in exchange for good food, we continued towards our destination. The restaurant is located just down from Mugshots on Greensboro and reflects the old style building both inside and out. The walls are brick with archways as you enter different rooms. The restaurant describes its menu choices based off local produce when available and chooses meat based on where and how they are grown. The service from start to finish was wonderful and the food defiantly lived up to its surroundings and price. I would defiantly recommend this dining experience if you have a night to spoil yourself and spend around $20 per meal. In addition, as a plus, the restaurant is correlated with Carpe Vino a local wine vineyard.

After this, and very full I might add, we ventured back to Coleman Coliseum for a night of bama gymnastics. This was my first time experiencing a gymnastics meet of any kind and I was thrilled to be seeing Alabama vs. Georgia, the number one team in the SEC if not nation. The student section was packed and seemed like a grand time for the average college student. However, I was shocked to see the number of families attending in relation to other events such as football or basketball. I would assume by the number of small girls running around, that many were at the time gymnast themselves. The entrances of the gymnast were extremely exciting with pyro techniques and music and in between gymnast performing the chance to dance to classics like YMCA were also offered. Though from my seat it seemed this was most enjoyed by those under 10 who squealed at the opportunity to dance. Overall everyone there seemed to enjoy themselves and for students a free time was available and for others fairly cheap family outing. Even though we lost by like .6 points, everyone enjoyed the experience and seemed overall happy to have attended. By the way the tide has another meet this Friday against Arkansas.