I found out last night that I'm going to get to see Mates of State. Ever since I was first introduced to them by my lovely wife, I have been enjoying the beautiful candor of their music. It is really a welcome assault to the aural senses. They're a husband and wife piano and drum duo. Largely indie music with a generous helping of good lyrics. I think what's so sweet about them is that they always look each other in the eye while playing music. I don't know if its musical cues or if they're truly in love, or both. I will say though that's its evidence that there's a spark between them. Very fun to see and I'm glad that they share.

Check them out.

Mates of State on YouTube

Here's one for the pressure cooker...

Libyan Style Mah-Moor Recipe:

Recipe

Sohil, Me, and Eissa hanging out in Libya

Weekend

Bailey and I had an action packed weekend:

• Bought and Built a new propane Grill, Hank Hill would be proud
• Trimmed and primped the back yard. It was overgrown, sandy and messy; now it's clean, and the fence has been repaired after a mile-long jasmine attack. 
• Sprayed organic pesticide on our dahlias to hopefully keep the aphids away
• I baked a Cajun Turkey! 
• Did some work in the basement, but you'll have to visit to see what we did! 

B-a-n-a-n-a-s

Banana Stained Glass

Dahlias

Dahlias are blooming...

New!

New Blog!

We are converting baileyandzain.com into a blog about whatever! If you are looking for the old wedding site, you may find it at http://baileyandzain.com/wedding/index.html. The links may not be  working correctly.

For the first post on this blog, we're releasing all of the images from our wedding. Access the gallery here:

http://baileyandzain.com/wedding_images/index.html

Cheers!
~Bailey and Zain