Sticky Lips and Party in the Park

A couple of days ago I called the Brother Wease show on 95.1 the Fox and won a $25 gift certificate to Sticky Lips on Culver Road and figured Betsy and I could go there for some delish chow before heading to the Party in the Park located on the corner of Court and Exchange Street in the City of Rochester.  Los Lonely Boys were playing, and they are a rockin' band in concert with some awesome guitar solo's and groovin' songs.

Sticky Lips is a tasty BBQ and Blues joint that has a great menu of anything Cajun or BBQ.  We had a couple good laughs as we were catching up over some ribs, BBQ chicken, and beef briscut.  Not to mention my personal favorite, collard greens. Absolutely delish! 

Following dinner we headed down to the Party in the Park, and after securing a great spot to see the show we started people watching which was an absolute blast.  While people watching we discovered we were standing next to a dude who looked just like Kevin Durand (Little John from Robin Hood, the new Russell Crowe one) with none other than a Sticky Lips tattoo.  Now I'm all for cool tattoos, but no matter how delish a joint is, I'm not getting its logo tattooed on my leg.  Thankfully I was able to snap a quick picture of it without him noticing.

After waiting a bit, with some more people waching, Los Lonely Boys came on the stage and proceeded to rock the socks off everybody in the place.  They played a couple songs off their new album "Rockpango," notably 16 Monkeys and American Idle, both of which had some serious jams and a had everybody groovin'.  The highlight of the night was near the end of the how when the lead singer gets on the mic and yells "Thank you Rochester, Massachusetts!"  and as the concert ends he screams "We love you Massachusetts!"  Needless to say, we got quite the laugh from his mistake. 

All in all it was a great night, we had a lot of fun on a beautiful summer night.  Thankfully the forecasted rain and thundershowers held off and and we were lucky enough for a great Rochester summer night!  Hoping it stays nice tonight as we are heading to the Rochester Jazz Fest to go see the funky Trombone Shorty!  Looking forward to it!