{"id":9914,"date":"2013-06-14T22:12:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-15T03:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=9914"},"modified":"2013-06-14T22:15:14","modified_gmt":"2013-06-15T03:15:14","slug":"brians-birthday-at-bradley-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brubakers.us\/?p=9914","title":{"rendered":"Brian&#8217;s Birthday at Bradley Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian and I committed to attending all of the jazz concerts this year at Bradley Fair. We are making up for missing the jazz concerts last year because of my Thursday night Zumba classes, which I&#8217;m not teaching this year. Woot!<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9038018156\/\"  title=\"Come greet the birthday boy! by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7384\/9038018156_66e2d8ff5f.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Come greet the birthday boy!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brian and I like to come early so we can park our car next to our spot across the lake from stage. We like the other side of the lake because we can spread out, bring our own booze and snacks, and just relax.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9035743897\/\"  title=\"20130613_174802.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3833\/9035743897_809e94a2b1_z.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"20130613_174802.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don and Carol Mason, a couple we met at the outdoor concerts a few years ago, joined us last night. We&#8217;ve been meeting them at the jazz concerts every year (except for last year when we all sort of blew off the concerts for various reasons) since then.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9038526624\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7450\/9038526624_8fb74cb63c.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jay and Becca joined us also.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9038523592\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2843\/9038523592_49f2083199.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a beautiful day for an outdoor jazz concert.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9036308797\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3672\/9036308797_f984edac56.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We brought birthday cake to share with everyone because it was Brian&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9038681924\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7419\/9038681924_69a9f36183_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9038686364\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7429\/9038686364_8f561c23c1.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9036867171\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7428\/9036867171_836ceb04c6.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This photo gives you a good idea of where our spot is in relation to the stage.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9039082778\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7399\/9039082778_6a4ded2455.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is Brian taking a picture of himself and Jay.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9036863825\/\"  title=\"Untitled by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2890\/9036863825_ab4101a660_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" class=\"pic\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Untitled\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is OUR tree.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9037233799\/\"  title=\"photo.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5451\/9037233799_f343dc03c6_z.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"photo.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I love the outdoor jazz concerts. We always have so much fun. If you&#8217;ve never been, I highly recommend checking it out at least once this summer. The concerts happen at 7:30 pm every Thursday through the 4th of July. A great fireworks display usually follows the very last concert. That will be true this year as well, specially since the 4th of July falls on a Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>If you are not yet convinced, here are some pictures that we took during the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/sets\/72157624131452117\/\"  title=\"2010 Summer Concerts at Bradley Fair\">2010<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/sets\/72157626748141657\/\"  title=\"2011 Summer Concerts at Bradley Fair\">2011<\/a> summer concert series at Bradley Fair. No pictures from last year. We&#8217;re well on our way to rectifying that this year, though. <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ching\/9039458332\/\"  title=\"photo.jpg by Ching, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7422\/9039458332_d24a32c3fe_z.jpg\" class=\"pic\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" alt=\"photo.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hope to see your smiling faces at Bradley Fair next week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brian and I committed to attending all of the jazz concerts this year at Bradley Fair. We are making up for missing the jazz concerts last year because of my Thursday night Zumba classes, which I&#8217;m not teaching this year. Woot! 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