Does it get any better than this?

Gosh...I had THE. BEST. night! I seriously don't think it gets much better.

You long time readers will remember me mentioning good friend D.Brown, right? Well, D.Brown, the hubster & I generally don't like the same music. The two of them like the same stuff, while I find it quite boring & whiny. (I don't need any smart comments about this, D.Brown OR Norwood, okay?) Anyway...there are a handful of bands that we agree on, David Ramirez being one of them. There's a post about that concert quite a while back.

But, anyway, we DO all LOVE the Counting Crows. I think D.Brown & I were the earliest fans of the bunch dating way back to '93. Yes, 1993. Man, that seems like FOREVER ago. How old ARE we!?! Curt started listening in college. He's as big of a fan as the rest of us, if not more. (Well, not more than Dave...he's hands down their biggest fan of all time.)

So, David aka Dave aka D.Brown aka Big Word Dave aka D.Breezy hooked us up with some ROCKIN' tickets to a private charity concert at the new Dallas House of Blues. We're talking super small venue. But first, we headed over to Carrabba's for dinner. LOVE it (as new friend Kelly would say!) I've been dreaming about Carrabba's ever since the trip to Austin with Michael Norwood. I was so, so thrilled to be going back. I know, I'm pathetic. I think about food way too much. On a really, really, REALLY disappointing note, though, they stopped offering crab cakes JUST this past weekend! WHAT!?! What the heck is that!?! Yeah, Norwood...you read that right! So, that was sad, but fortunately it didn't spoil the evening.

Then, we headed over to the House of Blues where we walked the red carpet! Haha! Okay, so, they really did have a red carpet which we were SUPPOSED to walk down to get into the venue. HOWEVER, I think we all would have felt slightly foolish. Fortunately, one of the guys working the concert let us sneak through the rope. Although, I might not ever have the chance to walk a red carpet again. I should have jumped all over that opportunity. Ahhh well...

Anyway, so, the concert was so, so, so good. I can't even tell you how good it was. I was SO hoping they'd play my favorite song Anna Begins, and they did! Yay! I mean, they have, like, a billion good songs, so it's pretty exciting for me that they actually played MY favorite. And, personally, I think they played that song the best of all the songs they played. I could be biased, though. :-)

Let me share my most favorite lyrics from that song with you. I know you're all DYING to know. Haha! (By the way...I can't figure out how to indent, so I'll center it. In case you were wondering.)

She's talking in her sleep.

It's keeping me awake, and Anna begins to toss & turn.

Every word is nonsense, but I understand.

Man. To me, that just screams being in love. Yes, we all want someone that showers us with romantic notions & wonderful things, but to be able to say the above words about someone... In those random moments, in my nonsense...I want the hubster to understand. Anyway...now that I've rambled on about something so silly...I'll move onto photographs. I was told I could bring my camera as long as I didn't use flash. Yay. Two of my favorite things collide into one fabulous night!

(Please forgive the fact that ALL of these photos are taken from the same angle. Haha! It kind of stifles creativity just a tad.)

Okay...let me start off by explaining this not-so-great photo. We're sitting in our seats, waiting for them to come on stage. Well, I don't know who noticed, but Dave, Curt or Kelly noticed that Adam happened to be standing in a little window high above the auditorium. It didn't seem like anyone else in the audience noticed him standing there but us. Anyway, I only got one picture snapped before he moved. I really, really should have paid better attention to my settings, but I didn't. So, I kinda tried to salvage it a little by really focusing on his profile & crazy hair. I added some grain & just really went with a grungy B&W on this one. Nothing too fantastic for any of you, I'm sure, but it's just a fun little moment from our evening.

I should show you a close-up of this one. He's looking RIGHT into my camera. Tell me he's not looking in my camera! Haha!






This next one was during Anna Begins.



And, I think this is my favorite of them all. Just so much fun. :-)
So, yeah...it was a pretty fantastic evening. I don't think it could have been much better. Well...crab cakes. It would have been better had I gotten some crab cakes. Whatev.

Norwood - I wish you'd been here. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we really missed you this evening. With you & the crab cakes...woulda been perfect. :-)