Last week on Friday I mentioned that I was so excited because I was about to see Electric Light Orchestra in concert. They haven’t toured north America since I WAS BORN, FOLKS. That was like, 29 years ago. (Give or take a … few). Can I impress upon you how big of a deal this is??
So now here we are a week later, and I feel somewhat obligated to let you know how it was. Here’s my report: It was absolutely awesome. Nothing short of perfection. Epic. Just so incredibly good. Jeff Lynne is such a talent. If you like ELO even a smidgen, go! You won’t regret it. You know what you will regret? NOT going. Jeff is 70 years old, go see this international treasure live while you still can. Our seats were way in the back back, but the band still sounded amazing, like I was listening to them straight out of the studio. It was such a feel-good vibe, even in the back back the crowd was on their feet dancing.
The only bummer was that they only played a single song for their encore, and they never played Strange Magic which hurt my soul a little bit, but I guess they are kinda old and needed to get to bed? Whatever, just go if you can.
Thanks for all your LA suggestions, my friend and I ended up somewhat accidentally hiking to the Hollywood sign and then taking a tour of the Scientology Celebrity Center just for kicks. Unfortunately we did not see any celebrity Scientologists. I was certain Tom Cruise and Juliette Lewis were going to pop out from around a corner holding hands, but no such luck. I was offered a corn muffin and many pointed suggestions to purchase Dianetics though. It was an interesting time.
So, that was my weekend in a nutshell. Did you get up to anything fun? Tell me all about it. Seriously, do, I love your funny comments so much.
And now, if you came here more for a before and after and less for rambling storytimes, here is a sweet dresser redo from Liz, the Naptime Decorator.
That is what happens when you strip, sand, and stain the drawer fronts of a solid-wood dresser. Don’t you dare try this with particle board, you’ll cry.
So good!
