I am LOVING the sunshine today!
This morning I was going to have about 3 girlfriends over for breakfast, but it was very last minute and 2 of the girls are just not morning people, so I knew it was slim chances they'd make it. And the other is a working busy bee like me, so I can only sympathize with her, as I certainly know how that is! So it ended up being lovely Lyneylooo & I, which was the original plan anyway! Lyne brought over bagels and whipped us up some yummy eggs with fresh mushrooms and we had that with some sliced avocado and yummy latte's out on my sunny porch with my awesome patio set and it was absolutely delightful!!We burned Lyne some CD's and she was like a little kid in a candy store - so cute! I'm happy she can have some new music!! And I got the new Sonic Youth and a few other things from her - woohoo!
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Speaking of music - lastnight I had wanted to hit a show, but then wasn't gonna go out since all my show buddies either are out of town or bailed, but then my buddy Hai said he'd be down for goin out - so we hit the Condor / Ex-Boyfriends / BoyJazz show at the Elbo Room.
First of all, that Elbo Room is really getting more swanky I think! I don't remember it seeming that cool... and lastnight I liked it! Maybe it's their sign outside that I don't like. I know, weird, but I'm not sure I like the font. haha
Aaanyway, it's cool inside. I wasn't so psyched on Condor honestly - but maybe I need to get to know them better or hear it again or something. Or maybe I wasn't in the mood for that kind of noise, I don't know. All I know is they did have a chic drummer, and that's always good :) We played a couple games of pool through their set and I played unbelievably poorly. ha! Sometimes I'm so damn good at pool, and other times - like lastnight - I'm very, very bad.
Ex-boyfriends are SO FUN! I loved em. They're like a more indie-alternative to your Blink 182 / Green Day sound... very fun & upbeat and I really enjoyed their set. They had a great crowd of fans there too, which was so cute.
Boyjazz was awesome!! What a show those boys put on. It was hilarious! I can't wait to get their CD - Annie says it's one of her favorites right now (granted she books these boys) but she said she can't stop playing it... and I believe her cuz they've got a really fun sound. They were really loose (errr, the lead singer seemed a little drunk) but in a really fun good way that very well could be how they play every time, but it was so full of silly, raw expressive energy that I was totally entertained. And their rockin had me shakin and smiling. Very cool. Yay that Hai decided to go or I wouldn't have probably gone on my own!
It was great to see Annie, and we of course had to have our ritual shot together. This time though instead of tequila, we had Fernet! I have heard a ton about this (Brian!) and hadn't yet tried it although Rick & I keep saying we want to. It's sorta like Jager in that it's a herbal digestive, dark type of liquor. Annie got them in shot glasses and a ginger ale chaser which was really yummy. She described it as more of a upper buzz vs just getting you drunker, and I think I'd agree - I did feel a little buzz of energy afterwards... pretty cool!
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Ok, now I gotta get some work done so I can go out & take a walk and enjoy some more of this beautiful Saturday sun!
