What a weekend! I enjoyed my second Austin City Limits Music Festival this past weekend and am now suffering from an ACL hangover. Non-stop for three days and I’m already planning for next year! Here are my favorites of the weekend.

Favorite Bands:

• Trombone Shorty - This guy is one of the most amazing musicians I’ve ever seen! He also puts on a great show. The entire audience was crazy dancing for an hour straight. He closed the show with some New Orleans favorites while channeling Louis Armstrong.
• Muse - These guys are TRUE Rock Stars!
• Gogol Bordello - Such a fun show and great music. It was crazy!
• Gaslight Anthem - I hadn’t heard much from these guys before the show and really enjoyed them live.
• Norah Jones - I love her. I love her music. She and I should be friends.
• The Strokes - Always a favorite.
• Silversun Pickups - Powerful, beautiful.

Newly Discovered Bands:

• Bear in Heaven
• Beach House

Favorite Food Vendors:

• Snowie Snocones - Especially when spiked with contraband
• Lavaca St. Grill - Hatch Green Chili and Cheese Tater Tots
• Boomerang’s Pies - Southwest Chicken Pie
• The Salt Lick - Sausage Wrap, a tradition

Memorable Moments:

• The most amazing weather Austin could offer! It was beautiful.
• My friend C coming up to me holding our dinner and stating “I got free sausage from a lesbian!” meant in the most literal way.
• The Honda booth having power strips so you could recharge your cell phone. The strips were powered by people volunteering to ride a stationary bike to generate energy.
• All mobile networks completely crashing on Friday for a couple hours. I got a slew of text messages all at once around 4PM. Service was spotty throughout the weekend.
• Sprawling in the grass in the middle of the festival listening to the Eagles and reflecting on the past three amazing days.

I can’t wait for next year!