Metric and Paramore Concert

We took a quick road trip to Anaheim California with our good friends, Hillary & Craig, to see Metric and Paramore in concert.  We had a lot of fun on the trip!  We stopped at the Palms Springs outlet mall on the way for lunch and shopping.  Hillary and I bought some purses from the Coach outlet store while Kevin and Craig hung out and had some drinks.

Our hotel was right across from the venue, after we got checked in, we walked over to a brewery and had dinner and drinks before the show.  Then walked across the street to the concert.  We got awesome seats - front row - a little off-center from the stage, though we did have security guards in our way occasionally.   I didn't get any good pictures, but thankfully Craig took some good ones with his phone.

I knew every song that Metric played, but they were one of the opening acts, so they only played for 40 minutes.  I'm surprised that Metric isn't as well known as Paramore.  Paramore put on a great show, their lighting was like an old school laser show!  After the concert we bought concert t-shirts and headed back to the hotel.

The next day we had the free breakfast at the hotel, which included delicious fresh made pancakes and bacon.  After that we checked out and drove to Downtown Disney for more shopping, and then headed home.

I hope there are more trips with our friends in the future!

A Night at the Ballroom

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Kevin and I went to see The Boxer Rebellion in concert at the Crescent Ballroom this week.   We hadn't been to that venue before, it was very small, which was great because we were able to get right up next to the stage. They also have a restaurant and patio too, which would be fun to hang out there and listen to music.

We've been fans of The Boxer Rebellion ever since we heard them on the movie Going The Distance.  I've been waiting for them to play a show in Phoenix.  They played songs from their new album, Promises, and some older ones too, including the main song from the movie.

Good music, good venue, good company, and ( as always at concerts) good people watching - what's not to love?  We'll definitely be going back to Crescent Ballroom again to hear some local bands.

We took a few pictures but they are very poor iPhone quality so I'm just posting one to show how close we were to the stage.

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Valentine's Day - Feb '13

For our Valentine's date this year we went to the P!nk "Truth About Love" concert.  It was the opening night of the concert, so there were a few hiccups, but overall it was fantastic.  P!nk can really sing - even while doing acrobatics around the venue.  Kevin also got me a bouquet of pink lily's and red roses and a box of chocolates.

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My concert T-shirt (and my new Balenciaga bag)

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Up in the Air

Kevin and I were originally supposed to go on a hot air balloon ride on our honeymoon, but our wedding took place just 4 days after 9/11 and all hot air balloons were grounded at the time, so our ride was canceled.  11 years later and we  still hadn't taken that balloon ride.  Kevin decided to book a hot air balloon ride for us for our 2012 Christmas date, but it turned out to be rainy that day, so sadly there was no lift off that day either.  We finally got to take our balloon ride on January 5th 2013!

Our pilot took us to about 7,000 feet above sea level.  I was very scared at first, staying in the center of the basket, hanging on to the basket for dear life.  About halfway through the ride, I suddenly felt fine and was able to enjoy the ride and even look over the edge of the basket.  I really loved it, it was very peaceful and quiet.  You could see for miles and miles.

I'm ready to go again!  I want to go on a ride at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, I think that would make for some really cool pictures.

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Saturday Night is Date Night

'Tis the season for patio dining in Phoenix.  This weekend we went to downtown Gilbert to a new Wine Bar called Postino.  The restaurant patio had a nice ambiance with a fireplace, patio lights, space heaters (very important) and little votive candles on the tables.  The music was also very good - U2, Kings of Leon, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, etc.  Afterwards we walked around downtown and took pictures.

(before dinner)

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Enjoy your week!

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Madonna Concert - October 16th 2012

We went to the Madonna MDNA concert this week.  The show was supposed to start at 8:00PM, but Madonna didn't come on stage until 10:30PM.   We got home at 2:30AM and had to get up at 6:30AM to go to work!  The show was good (not as good as her last concert) - she even played a few of her older songs.

Warrior Dash

April 30th 2011 – Kevin participated in the Phoenix Warrior Dash with some of his coworkers.  It was a 3.5 mile “Battleground” filled with all kinds of crazy obstacles; such as the Tunnel of Terror, the Junkyard Jump, the Cliffhanger, the Warrior Roast, and a big mud pit, called The Muddy Mayhem, which you had to slog through to get to the finish line.

The whole even was like one big party.  There were live bands playing music, and after the course, they served turkey legs and beer.  Everyone received an “I survived the Warrior Dash”  medal, a T-shirt, and a crazy hat!  It was also a charity event, almost all of the participants donated their shoes to Soles for Souls.

Since the course required you to get wet and muddy, Kevin didn’t take our camera.  These pictures are taken from a disposable camera – so they’re not the best.  You can check out the rest of the photo’s on our Flickr page HERE.