Let Me Catch You Up

The Long of It:

I'm Ava. I sing jazz. Well, it's sort of a new thing for me. (Not singing, I'm one of those crazy-looking people that's always singing to herself. Doesn't really matter where, grocery store, street, work, doctor, you get the idea...) I grew up performing musicals. Lots and lots of musicals. I spent high school in dance pants, just in case there was a need to break out into an impromptu (yet, seemingly well-choreographed) musical number during the break between third and fourth period. Let's just say, I would have been prepared.

Then after high school, who knows why really, the music stopped. (Although I never stopped singing). But, I stopped performing. And, well, for a bit, the world didn't make much sense to me. True, there were some good times. But, I just felt like I was floundering. I always dreamed of going back to music, but I was too scared or didn't really know how. Thought it would be "pointless".

I was wrong.

I realized nothing's pointless if it makes you happy.

So, after several ads on Craigslist and a few awkward meetings with overly-anxious middle-aged mediocre musicians, I met Matt. He had a story that sounded a little bit like a "made-for-tv-feel-good follow-your-dreams-mini-series" having just moved here from a (uncomfortably) small town in Indiana with not much more than his guitar, his van and a dream of playing music (more specifically a Barbra Streisand tribute band, but that's for another, slightly more creepy, blog). But, we clicked. And, quickly discovered a mutual love for jazz standards, frisky cats, board games and Nada Moo Frozen Treats.



(Drawings by the delightful Jenna Marie Carey)

This was 9 months ago.

A lot has happened since then. So, I'll do some more catching up later. This will do for now.

The short of it:

I guess this blog is going to be about all the cheesy stuff that makes life, well, life: sort of discovering what it's all about for the first time and finally pursuing dreams, whatever that takes and where ever it takes me, etc. As well as, all the stuff that makes life fun along the way (catchy tunes, vintage clothes, car rides, petticoats, sunshine, pictures, vegetables, baking, best friends, cats, coffee).

That said:

A Sunny Sunday in a very non-wintery January at Laguna Gloria in Austin, Texas. Ava and Matt did some exploring in inappropriate shoe-wear: