Here’s a quick 1 minute video of three of Green Day’s songs from last night!
One…Twenty-One Guns
Last night, Irving and I went to see Green Day at the Irvine Amphitheater. It took us forever to get there… almost two hours. We couldn’t figure out why they’d want to play there and not somewhere closer to LA. But believe me, it was definitely worth the drive.
AFI opened for them, but by the time we got there, we were starving, so we skipped them and had dinner instead. 🙂
I snuck in my awesome lollipop for dessert. HAHA
First of all, the set was AMAZING. Definitely one of the best music sets we’ve EVER seen at a concert. It was beautiful and entertaining. And the choreography of the lights was amazing too.
See that city landscape? That was all a video screen! So cool!
They played sooo many songs. About 38 in total! They seriously played for THREE hours straight!!!! [here’s the set list]
I LOVED that they played almost every song from the Dookie album! It was amazing to hear all those songs live. I used to listen to that album (ahem… on cassette tape) over and over!
I have a great video of them doing this song that I’ll post later… but that fire was all fake, but it looked so real!
They are just amazing. They had so much energy and went from old stuff to new stuff just like that.
I thought the band was just the three of them: Billi Joe, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt…. so who was this random guy rocking out in the back? lol
It’s amazing that Green Day has been together since 1993? They sill rule rock and roll like no one else can. The show was SO impressive.
Three hours later, we walked away feeling like kids again. It’s shows like this that make the ticket prices and Itunes downloads seem worth the money. What a fun night!
John Williams at the Hollywood Bowl August 29, 2010
Last night, Erika and Timmy, Erika’s Mom, Irving and I headed to the H-Bowl for one last show of the summer. It was ‘John Williams and the Music of the Movies’! 
John Williams is a legend in Hollywood. He conducted the music in SO many of the world’s greatest movies!
-Indiana Jones
-ET
-Jurassic Park
-Star Wars
-Catch Me if you Can
-Harry Potter
-Jaws
-And SO much more!
But before the show, we had dinner ––picnic style (per usual!) 
Summer Must be coming to an end because it was SO dark out!
On the menu was:
-Eggplant+Tomato Salad
-Bruschetta
-Fried Chicken
-Cole Slaw
-Cheese + Crackers
-Sweet Hawaiian Rolls w/ Honey
-And… Wine!!
They allow you to bring in whatever you want, but they still check bags at the gate when you walk in. We were joking that they are probably checking to make sure you BROUGHT your wine… maybe you wouldn’t be allowed in without it. LOL
Anne, Erika, Timmy! 
Me and Irving! 
For Dessert, Irving’s Favorite! 
I mean… his ULTIMATE favorite! This man can easily eat a whole box of these babies. 🙂 But he shared. 
The show was great! 
I love how they light up the bowl. 
Of course, the highlight of the evening was when he played the Star Wars theme!
Out of NOWHERE, all these Light Sabers came to life in the audience!! 
Look at them all!!!!
We were laughing so hard. Light Sabers are officially on my Christmas List for this year. (I never thought I’d say that!)
It was a great show to end the season on!
Hollywood Bowl: Dudamel! August 6, 2010
Last night was my 3rd Bowl Night of the summer (here’s night one and night two!)
We got there a little later than usual, so we didn’t do the usual potluck picnic, but we still brought our dinner to enjoy under the stars. Erika and Timmy and I went to Vons to get Deli Sandwiches. My high school friend, Luca, texted me to place his order: Turkey + Cheese on sourdough with lettuce, avocado and pickles—-well imagine our dismay to find out when we got there that they forgot to put the cheese AND the turkey on the sandwich! How does that even happen?!
hahaha. two thumbs down for Vons. 
Luca didn’t seem to mind too much, but I felt bad! Sorry Luca! 
It was so fun to have a mini high school reunion at the Bowl! Still friends 13 years later!
(Well, I’ve known luca since 5th grade –which is 17 years?!?!) 
Everybody knows that a night at the bowl isn’t complete without a bottle of wine (or two), but the older couple sitting next to us didn’t get the memo. Right when we sat down, the man proclaimed “Geez, I hope they don’t let the music interfere with their drinking.” I was kind of annoyed because my little group of friends is probably more respectful than the average twenty-something. I don’t like being judged. And PS, we split 1.5 bottles between 5 people –hardly the rowdy group!
So I did what any decent person would do, I offered them some watermelon and they obliged. 🙂 Situation remedied. Then he was nice to me for the rest of the show. Kelley: 1, Rude people: 0. 
PS, after the show, the man told me that he’s been coming to the bowl for 66 years. I told him that I’ve been coming for 6. He smiled and said “ah, well that means you have 60 wonderful years at the bowl to look forward to.” He’s now my friend, I thought that was sweet.
The show was conducted by Gustavo Dudamel (if you haven’t heard of him, watch the piece that 60 Minutes did on him last year, it was phenomenal.) 
He has so much energy and he just LOOKS like he’s having a great time up there, which makes it so much more fun for the audience. He captivates people like I’ve never seen at the bowl. He got standing ovations.
We had so much fun listening to the awesome music under the stars. 
We always sit way up in the bleachers (really can’t beat $8 tickets)! But I always bring my binoculars with me to get a closer look. (I even offered to let the old man use them, but he declined! See! I’m nice, not rowdy!)
Great night, as usual. I love living in Los Angeles!
Sunday Funday! August 1, 2010
This morning, I got out the door at 6:30a to meet the Los Angeles Racers for a 5-mile run. It was fantastic. I was still a little tight from the 5k Erika and I ran this week (because I’m sadly a wee bit out of practice with the running!) But I really pushed myself today and it felt amazing.
I was with a few friends and I kept pace with them pretty good today. Sometimes it feels amazing to push past your comfort level a little bit and push on. It was a really rewarding run.
Plus the sun stayed hidden by the clouds til after we were done. That always helps.
Here’s the stats:
5 Miles in 1:03. Burned 470 Calories.
Mile 1: 11:48
Mile 2: 13:28
Mile 3: 12:28
Mile 4: 12:32
Mile 5: 12:45
I was hoping for some negative splits, but I’m pretty happy about our pace. That was doing 5:5 intervals (5 minutes running and 5 minutes walking).
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After coming home and showering, Erika and Timmy and I walked down to the Hollywood Farmer’s Market. 
We saw this lemonade stand and HAD to get some! 
I got a Watermelon Lemonade! (PS. I’m trying curls in my hair. What do you think?) 
For lunch, we met up with Irving at Umami Burger in Hollywood.
It’s a funky new restaurant that all the celebs are raving about. 
At first, I was less than impressed. The staff wasn’t very outgoing and it was a little awkward.
There are also a lot of ordering “rules” and they are pretty adamant about them. I thought this was a little off putting.
But all that aside, the burger was actually really impressive. 
(But I hate when restaurants don’t serve anything on the side. It was literally JUST the burger. Where are my fries and pickles? (They are sold separately and that really annoys me!)
This was definitely a gourmet burger, and it was worth all the aggravation. 
Irving’s had crusted parmesan and some other goodies on it. 
I’m not a huge meat eater, but I ate every last bite of mine. MMM! 
For “dessert”, we had some of Honey Straws from the Farmer’s Market!
Irving’s matched his shirt! 
A very fun day in Hollywood.
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