I am gonna make it through this year if it kills me!
It is the first night of winter for me. A long night of working at the auction for the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, driving around the East Village looking for parking in a pick up truck with people and bales of hay in the back, loads of bitter coffee and fries with new and old friends, and the first flakes of snow falling as we walk past pine trees to the train to part ways and crawl into our beds. I can't think of a better way to waltz into the cold season.
The Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is one of my favorite things. Modeled after a similar project in Portland, it's a certified NYC day camp where girls aged 8-18 learn to play instruments, write songs and generally rock out. Tonight Mr. Murray Hill emceed an an auction at the Knitting Factory to raise money for rock camp. Two of the bands formed out of this past summer's camp, Hellish Relish and The Curses totally rocked and a ton of money was made! You must attend the end of camp concert next summer! Even better, volunteer! Watching pre-teens kill on the axe and sing new feminist anthems is one of the most empowering experiences. I wish I'd had rock camp as a girl!
After, six of us piled into Charlee's truck and Maria rode her bicycle over to the East Village where we ended up at the restaurant 7A. While the coffee was bad, the pasta too oily, and I dumped my salad all over my lap, the company was great. It's amazing when you realize you are really part of a good crowd. This is a group of awesome 20-somethings who care about the world in a proactive way, who care about each other. Friends are so important, especially to get through the cold and gloom of winter and, shit, the whole situation in the world right now.
2:30am, we are all dragging ourselves out of 7A to try to stay awake on our respective journeys home when the first flakes of snow start trickling down from the clouds until they are pouring out onto us, covering the cars and the Christmas trees. New York City is so beautiful right now.
To celebrate, I'm making my first mixed CD of the season — The Mountain Goats, Ida, Weezer. This is going to be a good season.
Links:
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
Photos from the 2005 Rock Camp Concert
Murray Hill
The Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is one of my favorite things. Modeled after a similar project in Portland, it's a certified NYC day camp where girls aged 8-18 learn to play instruments, write songs and generally rock out. Tonight Mr. Murray Hill emceed an an auction at the Knitting Factory to raise money for rock camp. Two of the bands formed out of this past summer's camp, Hellish Relish and The Curses totally rocked and a ton of money was made! You must attend the end of camp concert next summer! Even better, volunteer! Watching pre-teens kill on the axe and sing new feminist anthems is one of the most empowering experiences. I wish I'd had rock camp as a girl!
After, six of us piled into Charlee's truck and Maria rode her bicycle over to the East Village where we ended up at the restaurant 7A. While the coffee was bad, the pasta too oily, and I dumped my salad all over my lap, the company was great. It's amazing when you realize you are really part of a good crowd. This is a group of awesome 20-somethings who care about the world in a proactive way, who care about each other. Friends are so important, especially to get through the cold and gloom of winter and, shit, the whole situation in the world right now.
2:30am, we are all dragging ourselves out of 7A to try to stay awake on our respective journeys home when the first flakes of snow start trickling down from the clouds until they are pouring out onto us, covering the cars and the Christmas trees. New York City is so beautiful right now.
To celebrate, I'm making my first mixed CD of the season — The Mountain Goats, Ida, Weezer. This is going to be a good season.
Links:
Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
Photos from the 2005 Rock Camp Concert
Murray Hill
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