Superstition + Clemson University. = Happiness

"Very superstitous, writings on the wall...." the sounds of one of my all time favorite musicians, Stevie Wonder, are in the earbuds as we speak. That song wants to make me get up and walk the streets with a strut like John Travolta's in Saturday Night Fever or maybe even do some dance that the BeeGees would do. I'm amazed at how music moves me like an old friend visiting or a wonderful memory that pops back into your head and makes you smile.

Speaking of things that make me smile...

Daniel and I had a great opportunity about 3 weekends ago to go to Six Mile, SC, to photograph a family there. Since Six Mile is so close to Clemson (which is a town and a University...and where I went to grad school) we took a visit there. I showed Daniel some of my favorite spots there like, Mac's Drive In, Ancheaux's, Death Valley, Tillman Hall, and Canterbury Drive. Below are a few of our pictures from that day... There will be a link under each picture...if you click on it...it will take you to it's flickr site and give you a description of each area... (our fun facts are courtesy of ClemsonWiKi )Enjoy...


Pat at Mac's Drive In


Mac's Drive In History..


Howard's Rock History...


Tillman Hall History


Memorial Stadium History

A picture I didn't want to post on the blog here...*wink wink* .

Confiscated.....

Can I just say.... I HEART STEVIE WONDER MUSIC! The man is amazing. Daniel and I went to see him last night at Bobcat Arena. He sang for about 2 1/2 hours. His live band was amazing...and he sounds just as good live as he does recorded. The man was SENSATIONAL. I get chills just thinking about the music.

While there we of course took our FLIP camcorder. We had our bags checked at security with it in plain view. We see thousands of others using cell phones, cameras and other electronic devices..so we recorded a few videos. No harm, no foul, right?

Close to the end of the show, one of the staff people pointed at us and motioned for us to come to the end of the aisle and ushered us out of the concert to a side thing. There we see several cameras and other electronic devices that have been CONFISCATED. Ours became the next victim. We were able to pick it up after the show.

It's a laughable moment now...but it wasn't funny at the moment. We felt like two school-kids that had just gotten in trouble and were being taken to the principal's office.


Stevie said that his song SSD had a lot of life left in it, and should be re-recorded by a country artist. Then he proceeded to give an example of how it could sound, country. Hilarious. See it here.