Big day! We got up early and drove a Zipcar to Maryland for Sweetgreen's Sweetlife Festival at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, an amazing, beautiful, sustainable, outdoor concert venue in the middle of a cozy forest b/w DC and Baltimore. The grounds and concept were designed by Frank Gehry, so you can imagine what a unique place it is with soaring fir trees and leafy hardwood, a lush green hill overlooking a low-slung wooden pavilion, booming open-air acoustics and a paved, rambling walking path around the perimeter. Not to mention a massive barn in the middle of it all and solar panels to keep it all going.
The Sweetlife Festival itself was a really interesting mix of sustainable communal activities (like a human power generating station and top-it-yourself mini frozen yogurt sundaes), take home swag (reusable shopping bags from Mom's Organics, Stoneyfield yogurt, bite-sized Lara Bars, dark chocolate granola, white cheddar Pirate Booty), yummy food vendors (pit turkey; organic burgers; Shock Top draught) and great tunes, of course.
It did rain, I admit, and we were poorly outfitted for the weather. Plus, the two acts we really wanted to hear -- Lupe Fiasco and The Strokes -- weren't on until late this evening, far past the point when we had to leave to get back to DC.
But the pavilion was an amazing find, and no surprise that it's set in Columbia, Maryland's covertly hip group of ten planned communities. We're always intrigued by what we find when we visit.
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