{"id":1079,"date":"2009-04-17T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2009-04-17T15:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/?p=1079"},"modified":"2009-04-17T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2009-04-17T15:43:42","slug":"got-plans-20-417-419","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2009\/04\/17\/got-plans-20-417-419\/","title":{"rendered":"got plans 2.0 | 4.17 &#8211; 4.19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Palahniuk wrote that, \u201c&#8230;<\/span><span>the only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.\u201d<span> <\/span>That\u2019s not necessarily true.<span> <\/span>If you set out on this weekend\u2019s <em>got plans<\/em> adventure your going to be so giddy come Monday your going to be telling strangers on the street about your weekend because\u2026 well, because it\u2019s just going to be that good.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span><!--more-->I\u2019ve got a road trip in store for you.<span> <\/span>\u201cWhat,\u201d you say, \u201cA Road Trip?\u201d<span> <\/span>Yes a for real Dirty South Alabama road trip.<span>\u00a0T<\/span>omorrow you need to gas up the car, grab some friends and head south to the small town of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Waverly,_Alabama\">Waverly, Alabama<\/a> for the <strong>9<\/strong><\/span><span><sup><strong>th<\/strong><\/sup><strong> Annual Old 280 Boogie Arts and Music Festival<\/strong>.<span> <\/span>This one\u2019s going to be a serious party\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>This is a free community sponsored event going strong from 10 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m., rain or shine. <span> <\/span>Soak up some out door family fun with cakewalks, horseshoes, activities for the kids, and a Rowdy Rooster Puppet Show. There\u2019s going to be food vended by locals restaurants Oskar\u2019s Caf\u00e9, Strutting Duck, ?Wickles Pickles, Johnny Bruscos Pizza, Papa D&#8217;s Super Grille, and Campfire Coffees. Emcees for the day are The &#8220;Hot Damn&#8221; Boys. Plus music featuring: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefigsband.com\/\">The Figs<\/a>, Drake Jennings, 29 South, Dooleys Blue Revue, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/pinehillhaints\">The Pine Hill Haints<\/a>. It\u2019s also an art show so expect a host of artists and artisans showing off their craft.<span> <\/span>Be there!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Wow, the more I write about it the more I wish I were going to be there.<span> <\/span>I on the other hand will be racing the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alabamacyclingnews.com\/PDF%20Docs\/ciclismoaprilflyer.pdf\">Cyclismo<\/a> presented by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bic-al.org\/\">Birmingham International Center<\/a>.<span> <\/span>After a brief hiatus, Birmingham\u2019s first international bicycle race returns to its streets.<span> <\/span>If you\u2019re in town tomorrow, come out and watch as cyclists compete for the $3,000 prize purse.<span>\u00a0The r<\/span>aces will run throughout the day, and I guarantee we\u2019ll put on a show.<span> <\/span>For the endurance athletes out there (in case you didn\u2019t already know), the <a href=\"http:\/\/team-magic.com\/events\/powerman\/info.html#schedule\">Powerman Duathlon<\/a> also happens this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>If awesome road trips and endurance athletic events aren\u2019t your thing take heed to the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grammy nominated blue-grass artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/cherryholmesband\">Cherryholmes<\/a> is in concert at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hooverlibrary.org\/\">Hoover Public Library <\/a>tonight at 8.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginiasamfordtheatre.org\/moreinfo.php?event_id=73\">Jekyll and Hyde- The Musical<\/a> is on stage at the Virginia Samford Theatre tonight through Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday the Zoo is having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birminghamzoo.com\/events-earthday.asp\">Party for the Planet Earth Day Celebration<\/a>.<span> <\/span>Bring the kids out for all the environmentally friendly fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>As for the obligatory hipster show mention, I\u2019m going to forgo it this weekend and direct you to <a href=\"http:\/\/bham.fm\/\">bham.fm<\/a> for this weekend\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketbiscuit.com\/bottletree\/eventspotlight.aspx\">Bottletree<\/a> lineup.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span>Going back to that <\/span><span>Palahniuk quote, go ahead and let them ask you about your weekend. After you tell them be sure to have a smile on your face as they stammer after realizing that their weekend was laughably mundane in comparison to yours.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span>Be nice though and let them know where you got plans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2009\/04\/17\/got-plans-20-417-419\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-content\/plugins\/thumbnail-for-excerpts\/tfe_no_thumb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image tfe\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><p>This week Jason&#8217;s plans including taking a trip down to Waverly, AL for some great music, hanging out in town for some sporting events and then hanging out around Birmingham on Sunday. <a href=\"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2009\/04\/17\/got-plans-20-417-419\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[51],"tags":[62,83,1021,1026,326,389,952,1051],"class_list":["post-1079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekend-plans","tag-280-old-boogie","tag-al","tag-alabama","tag-birmingham","tag-duathalon","tag-got-plans","tag-waverly","tag-weekend-plans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4PdO-hp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}