sunday night's du-nord part-ay
I actually have quite a bit to catch up on here - including photos to upload, which will have to come later - but here's a Reader Digest wrap-up:Thursday night I went out & saw Gris Gris @ 12 Galaxies w/ Lyne, her cousin Brookes (?), Jim and Chris - and even ran into Scott's roomate, Heidi! Gris Gris was awesome live & I'm stoked to get their stuff & see them again! Everyone else in our crew had taken off by then, but Chris & I had a *great* time! :)
Friday day I luckily had no deadlines or work hangin over my head (so rare! woohoo!) and helped Lucia move into her fabulous new place. Congrats Lucia! Then Friday afternoon I came home, showered & headed out with Hez & Misty to some fancy hotel on the Embarcadero where Ben Lee was playing a free show. (see hez's post with photos here - including that dorky fay photo of me - and misty's post with photos here - mine are coming soon!).
After hugging and rubbin elbows with cutie Ben, and enjoying a tasty, expensive mojito with the girls I raced home, changed & met Sarah Hatter & friends at Chow for her birthday dinner! Chow is so yumm! Afterwards, I dragged them all out to the Argus, since my friend Jim was spinning there - and Scott & Heidi were there, too! (Sarah's camera phone pic of us) Oh & I met this cool Aussie girl, George, who's new to town & works at Flickr!
The rest of the weekend I shopped till I dropped, which was SO nice & relaxing. Plus, yay for new clothes! Which finally brings me to Sunday night:
Hijack the Disco, Midnight Serenade & Diamond Nights @ Cafe du Nord
I picked up Hez & met Lucia, Chris & Jeff (Chris' friend who's visiting from Ohio) at Lucky 13 for a pre-drink. Lyne was supposed to show, but got there late & joined us at du Nord for a bit with her sister, brother & cousin.
Sadly, I had brought my camera (of course!), but realized when I went to take it out to snap some of the Hijack boys playing, I forgot to load the fully charged battery back into it! arg!! Luckily, my girls are on it! Here's Hez's photos and her post about the night - and here's Misty's post, and she took this awesome shot below. Thanks girls - you documented the evening well! :) Ted will probably have his posted some time today, too.
Here's Kelly, me, Trevor (Hijack's KICK ASS drummer) and the beautiful Hezcatt
And Hez & I with cutie Mike (Hijack's bass/vox) who we've all declared needs to become small
enough to fit in our pockets so we can take him wherever we go!
Hez, Lucia & I, makin trouble:
Chris, me, Jeff & Lucia:
Show review? OK, so Hijack the Disco were GREAT, as always! They put on an awesome show, and I'm in love with all of them! I loved hearing some of their new songs, too. Gawd, they are SO good!!! I'm so proud! :) *beaming*
I was chatting w/ friends in the bar for most of Midnight Serenade's set... but the one song I did go in for sounded fun - very new wave/80's-ish... worth checking out again!
Diamond Nights were AWESOME!!! Post-show discussions included heavy debates on similarities to Rick Springfield, Thin Lizzie & Billy Idol - which is fitting considering that's what's listed on allmusic! Lead singer, Morgan, had the hott lip curl action happening and they put on a great show that left us all with big smiles on our faces!! And the guys from the band were super cool... which is always a plus!
We all hung out afterwards, considering the DJ was none other than our kick ass friend Bagel Ted, and had more drinks until we closed the bar. Aaand we even had a little after party at my place - which is the best!! I love after parties!! :)
