But before I start…images! Yay!

Okay. So we were all invited to the Conservation Club in lovely Dunkirk, NY to see the band Big Leg Emma. Jen’s Auntie Carroll, as well as Tim and Dayna, became big fans of the band at a music festival last summer. We had quite a time with the name of the band…Jen once mistakenly called them One Leg Emma (no, no one’s leg has been amputated. hahaha) and I couldn’t get that out of my head. But I didn’t feel so bad when I learned that Brenda had called them One Leg Enema. : )

So Jen and I drove down a little early to have some cheap eats at Sullivan’s, and then went to meet Carroll and her fiance Dan at the Italian restaurant where they were celebrating a friend’s birthday. My brother would have loved this place…all decked out with posters of the Rat Pack, the Sopranos, Pacino, etc. There was one guy who was a dancing maniac. Those of you who know me know that I cannot resist a dance floor, so I agreed to dance with him. At some point, he asks what he would have to do to take me out….

Nice enough guy, but: a) he’s almost 50; b) he lives in Cleveland; and c) just not interested. But dancing was fun. : )

On to the Con Club. Located at One Mullet Street. I couldn’t make this up if I tried. ; ) I did only see one actual mullet, but it was a good one. Long and curly. And he was wearing a Scorpions t-shirt. I looked around at the club, and it was a familiar enough place…we have places like it in Elk County, but we tend to call them stuff like “Sportsmen’s Club.”

“What are they conserving?” I asked. ; )

Lots of mounted animals and fish. There was even a jackalope. Dayna, did you get a photo? Hee!

Jen, Brenda and I missed the first set trying to finish a game of darts. I was kicking butt, but couldn’t seem to end the game…I needed ONE MORE BULLSEYE to win, and just couldn’t get it. The game timed out when Carroll stole Jen and Bren away for a family shot. I think Jen did it on purpose…she just didn’t want me to win. (kidding!)

So then we made it over to see the band. LOVED them. Seriously. They have quite a following, mainly of the pseudo-hippie variety. Lots of tie-die and dancing bears. But the music was happy and infectious, and the musicians were very talented. Also, I have a lot of respect for talented female fiddle players! The other girl in the band was adorable…short blondish hair, and played multiple instruments. I think I had me my first girlcrush…at least the first on someone who is not on television. Ah, good times. Great weekend, but exhausting!