What I learned from ACL...

This is VERY late in coming, but I wanted to share my experiences with my first trip to the Austin City Limits Music Festival back in September. It was quite the eye-opening experience. Both rock'n...and exhausting.

-Brazilian music is really fun. It's the type of music that anyone can dance to. You feel a little like you're on speed while listening to it, but if you've got the energy, it's a good time!

-Anything goes, as far as clothing is concerned, at ACL. I saw a red-bearded man wearing nothing but a fruit basket-colored speedo, complete with a thick white belt. And shoes, of course. I'll have to reevaluate my wardrobe next year.

-Don't underestimate the amount of dust that thousands of people in a park can kick up. That was almost the death of me this year. When I got home and showered, my tub was FILTHY.

-Surprisingly, a fish burrito from Wahoo's can be the perfect way to get re-energized during a full day of listening to music.

-I didn't realize at first that the old guy I was listening to on Saturday night, Robert Plant, was the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. I was listening to a legend! (Still something that I think my dad would've appreciated more.)

-Austinites love pot. I thought I knew this but I had no idea until I found myself in the middle of a giant cloud of icky-sticky one night.

-Austin can proudly call itself one very green city. They gave out giant trash bags that people could use to collect bottles and cans. If you filled your bag and returned it, you got a free ACL t-shirt.

-I might not be a three-day music festival kind of girl. Considering I totally weaseled my way out of going to Sunday's shows. Eating breakfast out and then taking a long nap won.