the real colorado recapitation - finally.
I never told you guys how rockin the Eagles of Death Metal show was last weekend! I didn't even get around to talking about how great it was to see my friend Drew, his wife and kiddo in Denver - or about how beautiful my friend Michelle's wedding was and how much she absolutely cracked me up all night as she shook her thing and lip-synched to all the songs the DJ's played, all in her beautiful white wedding dress, no less!So we'll start w/ Friday night:
Drew's like a brother to me - and, just like my real brother, we both share the love for partyin!! So Friday night beers, margaritas and shots went down easy , and we even managed to find ourselves in a hour + long political discussion! Which really, unless Drew had said he was voting for Kerry, it probably wouldn't have lasted that long - but the discussion was started and it didn't end until we'd all said our peace, debated about the facts, I effusively expressed my opinions on the importance of a Democratic vote in terms of Women's Reproductive rights (which his wife whole heartedly agreed!), and then *finally* we had to all agree there was only 5 minutes left and then finally changed the subject. :)
(last) Saturday was quick, after sleeping in a little, breakfast and then a quick shoe shopping adventure to get me some pink shoes for my head-to-toe pink outfit (wait till you see!), checking into the other hotel, getting ready and flying off to the wedding (making it just in time!!).
The wedding was held in Denver's Cheesman Park Pavilion, and they couldn't have asked for a more beautiful sunny warm day! It was so good to see Michelle afterwards that we both started crying... and then I expressed how excited I was to party with her at the reception. haha!
The reception was fun and after I managed to spill a practically full cosmo on my dress (pink! how appropriate!), we had dinner and then hit the dance floor! I know a few of Michelle's friends, but got to meet a lot more - and got to see her Mom, Dad & brother all of which I hadn't seen in 10+ years! Her Dad is an absolute DOLL. Oh my God he's so sweet! And also in her wedding was a girl I grew up with in Steamboat, Samantha Roberts... so it was cool to see her and her little brother, too - who is not so little anymore, he's totally a grown man now! So cool to see people so many years later.
Anyway - we partied the night away, dancing at the reception - and then Michelle & Aaron even invited all their friends back to their sweet ass suite at the Brown Palace (costs over $500/night!!) where we all hung out a little more, even though since we'd all been drinking for 6 hours by then I think the party faded fast.
The next morning we slept in, packed it up & got on our flight, got off & then drove home from the San Jose airport (after which we went directly to Guitar Center to pick up the Yeah Yeah Yeah's guitar tabs book for Rick. aww yaaa... ) So by the time each of us got home we had a little time to check email, (me) snuggle my fuzzy pants kazoobie, and then take a shower before we headed out to the show: Eagles of Death Metal at Cafe Du Nord - with Eric Shea's band Parchman Farm opening!!
We both thought we might be draggin by Sunday night, after 2 solid nights of partying.. but instead we actually had the best time!!!! We were supposed to meet Ajax and Kat there (Kat the Crippler all the way from Toronto!!!) but the Slutschool instructor became SnotSchool, and apparently fell asleep early that night in a allergic stuffed up stupor from their trip to wine country and totally FLAKED ON US! P*shaw! You're lucky I love you, girl. :) But really, as I told her we had SUCH a great time that night that it was really just sad she missed it!!
Parchman Farm was fantastic - they opened the night up right, bringin us all back to the HEART of rock, and we all just found ourselves smiling and movin to the music... seriously sweeeet!!! And awesome to meet Eric in person after only knowing him from the list where he writes hilarious emails. He's so nice!
The middle band sucked IMO. One too many tatoo's and that SoCal sound that just seems like it's trying to hard to be cool - so we sat that out & had a shot of fernet.
Eagles of Death Metal finally came on & they were TOTALLY fun!! I really wasn't sure how it was going to be at Cafe Du Nord, but it was perfect. It's so intimate so if you're up front (which of course, we were) then you're able to be right there with the musicians... and the lead singer is SUCH a character that it made for the funnest night. He had a very funny schtick saying "Let's hear it for the ladies!" and right off the bat once they started playing, the crowd just let loose and had a GREAT time - it was awesome.
We rocked it out in the front with the raucous crowd, watched ladies dance on stage (which sometimes I can't stand the whole invite girls on stage, but this was funny!) and I loved it because I just felt like everyone was FEELIN IT and having SUCH a great time. It was awesome. We came out sweaty and with big smiles on our faces!!
Their whole CD is so fun - check it out if you haven't already.
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OK, so back to my "creative work". :) I'll upload photos tomorrow probably... have a good night!
