We kicked off the weekend to go see The Explosion on the second to last stop of their farewell tour because they broke up. I’m not necessarily that into them, but it was one of the best shows I’ve seen in a really long time. Philly shows have so much energy when the crowd is into the band, and this time they went completely apeshit. On the last song half the crowd had made its way onto the stage and it was total fucking chaos. For some reason I didn’t take any photos of that, but I kinda like this one with Dan Yemin from Paint It Black in the background, making the crazy eye.

We got up the next day and headed to the beach. It sucks that Labor Day means the end of summer, but we’ll get more time on the beach in the next two months than we have all summer. No waves meant sitting on the beach and doing nothing, which is what I really need. We hung out for two days and headed home early to go mountain biking for the first time this year, which was a painful reminder how out of shape I am. Then, off to a great clambake at my parents’ house and it was all over.