A not so Fine Fenzy

We somehow ended up at the very front of the stage for the Fine Frenzy concert and about 4 songs into it Steph and I were planning our escape route. She did not sound good live, was acting out her songs a little to hard, and the things Tiff C. told me about her pretty much sealed the deal on the night. While I enjoyed a few of the songs and generally enjoy listening to her records, I found it hard to watch. She's just not the best live performer. Even her band seemed board and when she finally got the crowed going at the end, she ripped the energy out of the room with some slow song no one knew.

The company could not have been better, but I don't think I need to see A Fine Frenzy in concert again.

Em Dogg

Remember how I don't miss Utah, but I REALLY miss some of the people. Well this crazy lady happens to be at the top of that list. Steph and I have been trying for months to get Em to Seattle and a few weekends ago it finally happened. You see, she likes Brandi Carlile (perhaps even more the Steph and I) and the original plan included seeing her perform 3 times. Em, that's cool that it took BCB to get you to Seattle. We don't take it personal. :)

We left the airport, made a pit stop by the water and laughed at breakfast until we made Em spit Diet Coke all over the table.

As part of Em in Seattle, we needed to show her all the great sights and started with Gas Works Park as pictured here. As we were leaving, a group of people were walking towards us and I recognized one of them so in true fashion I walked up to the "stranger" and said, "This might sound weird, but aren't you Katie Herzig's sister?" Her response, "Yes and I've read your blog." Jenny was on the cruise last year and was in town for her sisters last show with Brandi. What a genuinely nice girl. We chatted for a bit and wisher her and her sister good luck at the show. Those Herzig's seem like good people.

After Gas Works, we made a necessary pit stop at Top Pot Doughnut where Em taught us the proper way to ensure a good high 5. The trick is to look at each others elbows. Don't believe me, try it right now....see works every time.

Headed to Pikes Market and guess who we ran into this time? We were walking down Post Alley when again we saw Jenny, and Katie and her band. Since I tent to think out loud I guess Katie her me say her name as I passed and stopped to chat with me for a bit. I told her what a great job she did in Portland, that we would be cheering for her at the show tonight and that I was a big fan. I then had to reassure her we were not crazy stalkers since we ran into her sister earlier in the day. Like her sister Jenny (hey, if you are readying this) Katie was a nice person. You know how you can just tell that some people are good people through and through? Well those Herzig girls seem that way.
Oh, did I mention Em is my bird buddy. See reference here and here :) She taught us the new "flip off" is "the point" and I think by the end of the trip we had mastered it.

And then came Brandi Carlile and her sweet band. What a show and even better to be able to enjoy it with another huge fan.

Brandi Carlile. Thanks for always bringing it. Thanks for rocking out, keeping me in awe and for doing what you do with so much energy. Let's concert together again. Say January in Spokane, February on the cruise and March in Seattle.

Katie Herzig opened and as usual did great. I also think the Seattle crowd was more into her songs then the Portland crowd. One of my favorite songs of the night was one Katie and Brandi sang together, Wish You Well. Remember how I think when we die and go to Heaven, every night is a big concert. Well, I think this song might be on the set list.

I also got to enjoy the show this these lovely ladies! I heart them.

Em - Thanks for coming to visit. Thanks for keeping me cool. Thanks for laughing along the way. Thanks for understanding and getting it. Thanks for being honest. Thanks for sharing your love of BCB. Thanks for being awesome. And mostly, thanks for being you. Can't wait to rock the cruise with ya.

I Will, the new CTR

We took a 1/2 day and headed to Portland to see our favorite singer Brandi Carlile. We parked and found the greatest little park in the middle of downtown and spent a good hour there doing our own photo shoot.

I found a restaurant close to the venue and while the food tasted great, we were extremely confused by the menu because everything was turkey and not one chicken option. Cesar salad with turkey, turkey burger, etc. Strange.


Katie Herzig, who we found on our cruise last year, opened and sounded great. Love her.


And then it was time for the show. We were so excited. You would have thought we had never seen Brandi Carlile in concert before.


The band came out and started by singing around one mic. Pretty fun to hear the drummer and cello player singing with the rest of them. She played my new favorite songs I Will and Touching The Ground and did NOT disappoint.


Left on a Brandi high excited to see her perform 2 days later. :) I don't think I will ever get sick of seeing this band live.

Rock this B

Thanks to my concert going reputation some great gals invited me to see Ben Folds with the Seattle Symphony and it was great. After a brisk walk around downtown and a quick bite to eat we were set.


While they all sounded great, I have to admit my favorite part was the second encore where Ben came on stage without the symphony and rocked out in his quirky fashion.


I taught Jen the best way to meet a perform was by staking out their tour bus like a crazy stalker. Works every time.


And as a bonus I got the chance to catch up with this amazing girl. Who knew after being friends in college we would end up in the same place again. Cassie I heart ya! Let's be friends more often.

Brain Dump

My favorite phone call of the day came from Steph. She was up in her room and I was down in the TV room. She called me to ask if I was eating peanut butter. My answer, nope I think you are just crazy. End of phone call.

We had a freak thunder and rain storm tonight. We never get thunder! Max freaked out and ran under the bed until I sang him Raindrops on Roses. This is a true story.

I've been working on increasing my daily exercise and my body hurts in places I won't talk about on the internet. It's very weird and hard to publicly complain about.

Today at work I was late for a conference call because I was buying more Brandi Carlile concert tickets. Good thing my client gets this part of me.

I've been listening to Christmas music nonstop since November 1.

Today at Costco I found my soul mate. We both pulled into neighboring parking stalls at the same time. I stayed in the car to finish my conversation while he went in. 15 minutes late I was getting out of my car only to find him walking back to his car with nothing but a soda cup. He went to Costco for dinner. I love him.

You Go Growing Up To Do

I was excited to see Joshua Radin and hear his sweet whisper rock tunes. Fun show, but it was so freaking hot and at one point I had to regulate to keep the tall people away from Nissa.


He told the funniest story about wedding registries and how the single people should get a gift for going. Great show and man is he dreamy. Then for his encoure he came out into the audience (and as you can see in the picture, right up to us) and sang my favorite song, Don't Think Twice It's Alright. Ahh...I think it's love.

Love, Love, Me

It was a cold and rainy weekday night, but we ventured out for a night of fun with Mika.


This man never dissapoints. He's a bit crazy and the crowed was just as entertaining as he was, but another great concert.

Take Me Home

We've had a lot of great times together over the past few months and this night was no exception. Marc Broussard at a sold out show at the Tractor Tavern = awesomeness.


(Susan, I'm glad you got my Diet Coke in the shot!)

Marc, you never dissapoint however your random DJ and dancing inbetween songs to your iPod were a bit odd. Oh and let's talk about the crowd that night. We were deffinatly some of the youngest people there and when he finished his set and walked off stage, people started to leave or just stood there. No one was really cheering or clapping to get him to encore. It took a good 5 minutes before some guy up front got the crowd to cheer and bring Marc back out. How embarrassing for everyone involved.


And remember how I have a crush on his brother. Ya, he was there as well. I'm pretty sure he felt the love.

Ingrid Michaelson

Ingrid seems a little tired and not totally into the show, but I still loved it. She really is quite entertaining and is great at interacting with the audience.


She has this thing where people bring her cookies, cupcakes etc. to shows and someone gave her a Cupcake Royale cupcake. They are advertising their recipe change with a "more moistier" sticker on the container and boy did she have fun with that one. It became a running theme throughout the night.


Another fun show.

Jay-Z

Jay-Z rocked it. SO FUN LIVE. We danced the entire time, became friends with the drunk boys around us and were hit on more then we have been in years. That's what I call a great concert.

My one complaint from the night was when Jay-Z went around the entire arena saying "I see you...there in the red shirt, there with the black hat on...etc." This went on for 20 minutes. We get it. You can see us. Thanks now back to the music.

Little Munchkins

This little girl was turning 2 so I spent the weekend celebrating with her in Huntington Beach.


Ikeman and I had lots of fun playing outside and talking about Star Wars.



Build a bear was a hit for her Birthday. Well, there were a few meltdowns, but that is to be expected. It's always great to see the little ones and their parents. Now I need to make it out to New York to see the other half.

B-Days

I love that we all have Birthdays within one week of each other.


This year we ate lots of tasty food, drank plenty of Diet Coke and enjoyed butt heated scotcheroos while watching the worst dance remake ever, Fame. Oh, and who could forget the post movie entertainment of Susan driving like a mad woman so we could get a better look at the crazy people in some Flinstones type contraption through the U district.


On my actual birthday I had dinner with my two favorite brothers.


The the bumpit and feet detox kit were a hit.


Next birthday is a big one for me. I had better start planning my party now.

Concert Heaven

Remember how I have been checking the Lilith Fair website almost everyday and remember how today they FINALLY announced some of the cities it will be going to in 2010 and remember how THEY ARE COMING TO SEATTLE!!!

People ask what my dream job is and it would be to work for Lilith Fair in some capacity. Maybe I can go and work my magic to get an in for the 2011 tour.

Puyallup Fair

Remember how I'm a MONTH behind in blogging...um...ya me to so hold on.

So we:

went to the Puyallup Fair. My main goal, eat crap food and specifically an elephant ear. (Which IS VERY different from a funnel cake) After starting out with a bang in the form of fried corn dogs, french fries and a diet coke we headed into the pavilion to see what crap they were selling and what demos we could catch.

First stop, this "weight loss" machine. You stood on it and it shakes the crap out of you. Not sure how successful this would be since your feet go numb and your heart rate never increases, but perhaps it works because the feeling you have after your body uncontrollably shakes and continues to rumble as the machine stops makes you never want to eat again.


My other favorite gimmick, this handwriting analysis machine. It feels like a switch board from Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. We live in a time of advanced technology and this was the best they could come up with. Weak.


Ate a scone and elephant ear before heading into the barn. No trip to the fair is complete without seeing the stinky animals.


Before heading home, we got henna tattoos, old school photo booth pictures and the worlds largest stomachache from eating nothing but fried food. Success!

What the...

What a strange night:

It was dark and starting to get cold. I opened the garage to find a strange older man standing behind Steph's car. He was not moving and did not flinch when I came out. I knew Steph was leaving soon so decided to wait for her. She immediately noticed the weirdo and decided to get in her car and drive away before things got weird. She had to back her car up and almost hit the dude, but he was standing right behind her car on the street and was not moving. She made it out and as I slowly drove by checking him out, I could see his eyes were closed and he was holding tight onto something. Weird

I went to Fred Meyer for the most random shopping trip. I needed a picture frame, shoe laces (Max has eaten through all of them on my running shoes) and eye liner. The following conversations actually occurred while there:

Talking with my friend on the phone:
Me: If you could see me right now you would not admit we are friends. I'm wearing jeans that are too big and rolled up, black flip flops, a brown over sized hoodie, my hair is pulled up, and not a lick of makeup since I ran 6 miles after work.
Friend: Yep, pretty rough there Linds. Hurry home.

Talking with a different friend on the phone:
Her: Do you think so and so is a lesbian.
Me: Oh ya. Have for years which is why I thought it was weird she went on a mission, but I know a few of those so what ever.
Her: You should have told her.
Me: Um...Ya. I'm not sure how to bring that one up. Just throw out, "You know you're a lesbian right?" I don't think so.

While carrying around said picture frame browsing through the Christmas CD's and looking like trash.
50 year old creepy guy: That's a nice print. Are you going to hang it in your room?
Me: Print, oh I'm just getting this for the frame.
50 old guy: It's such a nice picture.
Me: Really, I thought this part where it tells the size and brand kind of takes away from the photo.
50 old guy: Are you from Ashford, OR? (I was wearing my old Ashford sweatshirt)
Me: Nope, they use to be my client.
50 old guy: Oh, what do you do.
Me: (As I turn and start walking away) I work in advertising. Have a good one.

Seriously old guy.

Tonight, IT GOT WEIRD.