quit it with your vanpoolery!

Have you ever heard of Vanpooling? NEITHER HAVE I.

I would assume it's much like carpooling, but with an extra 2 or 3 seats and if you have any interest in driving to New York to partake in some really great shows this summer, The National Park Services website recommends vanpooling.

You're probably wondering: what is she talking about? Well there is a lovely little lineup of artists that are playing at the Castle Clinton Monument in Battery Park this summer.

May 29 @ 7PM: MIRAH AND SPECTRATONE INTERNATIONAL (and some other peeps like Bela Fleck but clearly Mirah is the most important)
May 29 @ 9PM: SHE WOLVES FROM THE TIBER TO THE HUDSON
July 10 @ 7PM: ST. VINCENT (highly recommended! she is delightful! and talented! and sexy!)
July 17 @ 7PM: TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS (also on tour with Pearl Jam...f'real)
July 24 @ 7PM: AKRON/FAMILY (love is simp-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllll-llll-lll)
July 31 @ 7PM: THE LONG WINTERS (I find John Roderick's intelligence and wit painfully irresistible)
August 7 @ 7PM: TERRENCE BLANCHARD (hey what's up)

And the best part is that every show is free! All you have to do is show up at 5PM to get up to two tickets per person. Can it get any better? New York, the summer, a national park monument, all your friends hoppin' in a van and -- since Bloomberg's idea of getting vanpoolers to pay $8 in congestion fees has officially been turned down, all you have to pay for is gas! Oh, I almost forgot -- here's how to vanpool.