So the big joke between my friends and I is that I have every weekend of the summer booked. Booked as in I have no room to make plans with anyone b/c everything is already planed out. I don't think anyone else I know is like this expect Rudy...which is why we have to "pencil" each other in before she even gets home from Spain! I don't exactly know how this happened. Back in June I was trying to find a date to go to an amusement park with a group of friends...but once I started writing the dates down...I realized I had only one Saturday free, and that would entail me coming home from the beach!
This weekend started off what will now be a jam-packed rest of the summer. It was so nice to see the VA crew. A year and a half ago I feel like I was in VA every single weekend.....those days are no longer (can you blame me...look at the cost of gas?!?! I seriously pumped regular for $4.26 over the weekend!) So it was nice to see a few of them on Saturday...including Aya who should just move home...who the hell likes Jersey?! I should try and make it out more often.
So from VA I drive into D.C to go to this show for the Belly Dancing class that Farida and I are taking. Never again am I going to drive to Dupont and a Saturday night, NEVER AGAIN. I kid you not when I say I drove around for an hour and a half and ended up calling Farida to come out b/c I had missed everything and there was no place for me to park!
She jumps in the car and we make our way to Baltimore (Yes, I went from Columbia to VA to DC to Baltimore and back to Columbia all in one day...and I really wonder why my gas tank is always on E) for a show at Metro Gallery. Although this wouldn’t be my typical kind of crowd I really enjoyed. Abhishek Basu was playing with the band Telesma that night. He is one of the most famous tabla players in India...and it was pretty damn amazing how he came in and played with the band as if he had been doing it for years. I always meet the weirdest people in Baltimore I mean REALLY WEIRD. Weird like let's hold hands and pray together weird...but again it might have just been the show we were at. I just think I'm a D.C kind of girl...it all goes back to the Redskins what can I say?
By far the best part of the weekend was seeing John Mayer live. Now this was very much my crowd, my music, my everything and I loved every second of it. I have Laila to thank for being the first person to get me into John Mayer. She gave me my first John Mayer CD, and there was no turning back.
This weekend started off what will now be a jam-packed rest of the summer. It was so nice to see the VA crew. A year and a half ago I feel like I was in VA every single weekend.....those days are no longer (can you blame me...look at the cost of gas?!?! I seriously pumped regular for $4.26 over the weekend!) So it was nice to see a few of them on Saturday...including Aya who should just move home...who the hell likes Jersey?! I should try and make it out more often.
So from VA I drive into D.C to go to this show for the Belly Dancing class that Farida and I are taking. Never again am I going to drive to Dupont and a Saturday night, NEVER AGAIN. I kid you not when I say I drove around for an hour and a half and ended up calling Farida to come out b/c I had missed everything and there was no place for me to park!
She jumps in the car and we make our way to Baltimore (Yes, I went from Columbia to VA to DC to Baltimore and back to Columbia all in one day...and I really wonder why my gas tank is always on E) for a show at Metro Gallery. Although this wouldn’t be my typical kind of crowd I really enjoyed. Abhishek Basu was playing with the band Telesma that night. He is one of the most famous tabla players in India...and it was pretty damn amazing how he came in and played with the band as if he had been doing it for years. I always meet the weirdest people in Baltimore I mean REALLY WEIRD. Weird like let's hold hands and pray together weird...but again it might have just been the show we were at. I just think I'm a D.C kind of girl...it all goes back to the Redskins what can I say?
By far the best part of the weekend was seeing John Mayer live. Now this was very much my crowd, my music, my everything and I loved every second of it. I have Laila to thank for being the first person to get me into John Mayer. She gave me my first John Mayer CD, and there was no turning back.
I had been looking forward to this show for the past two months. I wake up Sunday morning and realize they were calling for rain. Most people would complain about this, I on the other hand couldn't have been happier. I have recently found a new love for rain. I just love the sound and the way it feels, so I didn't even think to bring an umbrella or poncho unlike the hundreds of people sitting around me. I can't lie I did scream like a baby while we were waiting in line to get in b/c the lightning was so loud and so bright across the sky. I really didn’t feel like getting hit by lighting to see John Mayer, as Farida put it...he's not worth it! The thunder eventually calmed down before he came on and I can't tell you how awesome it was standing out in the POURING rain, with my feet in the soaking wet grass, drenched to the bone jamming out to some of my favorite songs.
Songs I enjoyed most:
Waiting on the World to Change
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
Bigger Than My Body
Belief
Gravity
(You can check out the whole set list at John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour)
But by far the highlight of my night was, Slow Dancing In a Burning Room, I almost cried it was so amazing.
Towards the end of the show he reaches down and takes a camera from a girl in the front row. He then takes a self-portrait of himself and then a picture of the girl he took the camera from. I just don't feel like people really do stuff like that anymore. It's like their in and out and call it a day. I saw Red Hot at Verizon Center on their last tour and I was so pissed. They played for ONLY AN HOUR and didn't play any old school music. I think artists forget that their fans make them who they are, and I was happy to see John Mayer still gets that.
He thought it would be a good idea to come out for an encore with no shirt on, I thought so to ;)
He closed the show just jamming on his guitar and letting the crowd know, "It's always ok, there's always a way to feel alright". Couldn't have put it better myself…it was just a nice positive way to end the show. For some people music is something that always makes you feel like it’s gonna be alright. It’s amazing that a few melodies and some words strung together can make you believe that person is living your own life. I didn't think I was gonna enjoy a show more then I did DMB...but I did. This was the first but not that last time I will see Mr. Mayer.
The summer more then half way over, and I wish I had a pause button. I already know the coming weeks are gonna be crazy/fun/relaxing/busy all in one.
Next stop on my summer concert tour: Maroon Five (MAYBE) that is if Bayan does not kill me for going to a concert the night before her wedding...when I'm gonna need to be up helping her the next morning haha. We shall see.
This time next week I'll be on the beach for 6 days straight getting some well needed sun and reading good books....I can't wait
Songs I enjoyed most:
Waiting on the World to Change
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
Bigger Than My Body
Belief
Gravity
(You can check out the whole set list at John Mayer 2008 Summer Tour)
But by far the highlight of my night was, Slow Dancing In a Burning Room, I almost cried it was so amazing.
Towards the end of the show he reaches down and takes a camera from a girl in the front row. He then takes a self-portrait of himself and then a picture of the girl he took the camera from. I just don't feel like people really do stuff like that anymore. It's like their in and out and call it a day. I saw Red Hot at Verizon Center on their last tour and I was so pissed. They played for ONLY AN HOUR and didn't play any old school music. I think artists forget that their fans make them who they are, and I was happy to see John Mayer still gets that.
He thought it would be a good idea to come out for an encore with no shirt on, I thought so to ;)
He closed the show just jamming on his guitar and letting the crowd know, "It's always ok, there's always a way to feel alright". Couldn't have put it better myself…it was just a nice positive way to end the show. For some people music is something that always makes you feel like it’s gonna be alright. It’s amazing that a few melodies and some words strung together can make you believe that person is living your own life. I didn't think I was gonna enjoy a show more then I did DMB...but I did. This was the first but not that last time I will see Mr. Mayer.
The summer more then half way over, and I wish I had a pause button. I already know the coming weeks are gonna be crazy/fun/relaxing/busy all in one.
Next stop on my summer concert tour: Maroon Five (MAYBE) that is if Bayan does not kill me for going to a concert the night before her wedding...when I'm gonna need to be up helping her the next morning haha. We shall see.
This time next week I'll be on the beach for 6 days straight getting some well needed sun and reading good books....I can't wait
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