HOW TO PROPERLY "CONCERT": A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE

 

When going to a concert in downtown Portland, first things first- food carts. This ones a favorite of mine! And not just because of it's name (or hashtag) ;).

 

(This will forever and always be one of my favorite pictures ever taken).

 

Next- you take a picture in front of the parking garage, because it's not a true crystal ballroom concert unless you take a picture in front of this wall.

 

 

Then you wait in line for a couple hours...

Then, once they let you into the venue, you run up to the front and claim your space...and wait there for a couple more hours...



 

 

Then you ROCK OUT.

 

Also- as you are rocking out, the lead singer may just point directly at you as he sings the words "you're so delicious..." Your friends will laugh at you. And you will freak out. It's totally okay.

(ps- if you ever end up going to a Matt Nathanson concert, know that he is basically the weirdest, most perverted person ever. And it's kind of hilarious...)

 

Lastly, you take a blurry picture with your favorite singer ever. Because even though he was just the opening act, you totally came to this concert just to see him.

 

 

JOSHUA RADIN & A FINE FRENZY

a super cool parking garage. the best named restaurant in all of portland. a waitress with an adorable accent. crazy men holding fake babies on the side of the street. attractive men that look just like james dean. trying to take a picture of that man without getting caught and failing miserably. getting front row seats. the lady that threatened to sue rockelle for talking to her. waiting and waiting and waiting. taking obnoxious and unattractive pictures to past the time. the weird girls behind us that kept trying to take pictures of my shoes. making new friends. namely, the guy standing next to us that said, "okay girls, you gotta hold your ground. because this sexy (points at his face) can only hold back so many people from trying to take our spots." also, emerald! the adorable girl standing right next to us. it was her first concert and joshua dedicated a song to her. she was bawling and kept looking at us saying, "DID YOU JUST SEE THAT?" alison sudol, the lead singer of a fine frenzy. newest girl crush, no questions asked. she's stinking adorable. and when she sang almost lover? AMAZING. i have no words. it was beautiful and emotional and you could've heard a pen drop in there. gave me chills. listen to it here, would ya? (i didn't take the video, but i was standing really close to the person that did.) the amount of times joshua looked right at me. all of us buying the same t-shirt. meeting him!!! how he remembered us from last year, and told us that we looked so cute and beautiful and all grown up. (!!!) telling him that i play guitar and then getting his picks. and he signed them, too!

basically, best concert of my life. 

On to the pictures!  

funny story: the lady that took pictures before us was really crazy. she put her hand on joshua radin's stomach for the picture and it was kind of... weird. cassidy, laura and cerena were appalled. "disgusting! who would ever do that?" they said. "are you guys kidding me?" i asked. "it's joshua radin! i would do it!" they didn't believe me. they told me i would never do something like that. and being myself, i had to prove them wrong.

by the way, rock. solid. you're welcome. (i know you were all wondering.) 

also, this is now my facebook profile picture (but my mom is cropped out of it.) (sorry mom) and we totally look like couple. isn't that just the greatest thing you've ever heard?



listen to some of my favorite joshua radin songs here here here and here.

guys, meet my new best friend

joshua Radin.

(laura, me, joshy radin, cassidy, whitney.)

on thursday, I went with some friends of mine to see Joshua Radin in concert. it was amazing! he is such a good singer.

first, we went to Gotham Tavern for some dinner. the food was delicious! and we thought it was pretty cool because...you know, gotham...batman...yeah, were dorks. :)

After the concert, as we were walking to our car, we saw Joshy in the window of some restaurant. Rockelle (cassidy's mom) walked in and told him how big of fans we were and asked if he would be willing to take a picture with us.

he was so nice! he came out and took tons of pictures. he told us how he wanted to move to portland, and that he loved us for being such big fans. and he said that we were cute!!

It was so much fun, and I cant wait till his next concert. here is a few of my favorite songs by him:

Concerts

I love to go to concerts! Here are a few pictures from some of our adventures.

                  Me and my mom at the Dashboard Confessional concert, where I may or may not have punched a drunk teenage boy. :)

Chris Carrabba!!!

He's such a cutie!

When we went to the Vampire Weekend concert, we found out the White Rabbits were opening! It was awesome!

Joshua Radin was such a amazing concert!

The Beatles Rain was amazing!!

They had light bulbs all around the mirrors. Our eyes have light bulb reflections! :)

Beatles baby!

Paul and George.

Paul, Ringo and George.

Paul and John.