In honor of the next concert I am attending...Ray LaMontagne (AKA Ray La) and David Gray on Friday, August 20th...I give you a taste of these fantastic gentlemen...
Ray...You Are The Best Thing
Ray....live version of Shelter. Love
David...Be Mine
David...Jackdaw (just love the piano)
I've seen David before, last October. Amazing. Ray will be a first! I am listening right now to a sneak peek of his new album on NPR. Swoon!
Monday, August 09, 2010
Monday, August 02, 2010
Music for your Monday
JM was amazing. Train opened for him and was also great.
So, for you my friends...
A few fave JM's, a new (to me) Train song that I am totes in love with (the lead singer of Train came down off the stage on Friday and sang in the crowd. Literally came right up to our seats!), and a bonus Ben Folds that is me and H's song. I am just in a really love song-y mood today.
Enjoy :)
JM - Clarity
He played this on Friday night. Top 3 faves. Love.
JM - In Your Atmosphere
Will never get sick of this song.
JM - War of My Life
Live from the concert Friday. Not my footage. His rants are odd and he is kind of a douche, but I just love the message!
Train - Marry Me
A new fave!
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
So in love with this song...
So, for you my friends...
A few fave JM's, a new (to me) Train song that I am totes in love with (the lead singer of Train came down off the stage on Friday and sang in the crowd. Literally came right up to our seats!), and a bonus Ben Folds that is me and H's song. I am just in a really love song-y mood today.
Enjoy :)
JM - Clarity
He played this on Friday night. Top 3 faves. Love.
JM - In Your Atmosphere
Will never get sick of this song.
JM - War of My Life
Live from the concert Friday. Not my footage. His rants are odd and he is kind of a douche, but I just love the message!
Train - Marry Me
A new fave!
Ben Folds - The Luckiest
So in love with this song...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Nostalgia
Friday, July 20 2007. The date of my first John Mayer concert. I went with my new(ish) work friend, Just. She and I had recently become close at the office and we bonded over similar taste in music, a shared astrological sign and a propensity for overanalyzing things. Namely, our feelings.
Just had recently broken up with the one. This was also a catalyst for our closeness. Being firm believers that people are placed into your life for a reason, we knew it was all part of the big plan that - although we'd worked in the same, small office for close to a year - it was only now that we started doing lunches, manicures, and the occasional happy hour.
The concert was amazing. We had lawn seats at the venue and sat on a big blankets with beers and hot dogs. This was also the first night I ever met H. As the date for the concert approached, I reconnected with a high school friend who was also planning on going. We decided to meet up at the concert and say hi. Once Just and I arrived and found our perfect lawn seats, I got a call from said friend who was on her way to the show. A question: Would I mind if her boyfriend's brother sat with us? He bought a last minute lawn seat (to see the opening act - Ben Folds) and she'd introduce us.
"He's a nice guy, not a weirdo or anything."
And so, Ben played and John played (Just and I swooned) and I made a new friend. He was a bit quiet, cordial, I think he bought us a beer. He was kind. He drove all of us home and asked for my number. I saw him a few times after that, but we never really dated until - well, until now! Until May of 2009 when we saw each other again (at his brother's and my friend's wedding) and we've been together ever since.
Tonight, I am once again going to see John Mayer at the same exact venue as '07, on this - a Friday night in July. I am going with Just. We haven't worked together in over a year since her departure from the company. I miss that. I miss sharing an office with her. I miss sharing every. single. thing. Every feeling and every emotion. It was almost like something didn't really happen to me until I shared it with Just. We now have a slightly different relationship, but still remain very close.
So many of the circumstances are the same and just as many are different. We've been to two more JM shows together since. I am finding myself feeling very nostalgic and reflective about going to the concert tonight, singing and dancing, reconnecting and catching up, and reliving that night in July.
Just had recently broken up with the one. This was also a catalyst for our closeness. Being firm believers that people are placed into your life for a reason, we knew it was all part of the big plan that - although we'd worked in the same, small office for close to a year - it was only now that we started doing lunches, manicures, and the occasional happy hour.
The concert was amazing. We had lawn seats at the venue and sat on a big blankets with beers and hot dogs. This was also the first night I ever met H. As the date for the concert approached, I reconnected with a high school friend who was also planning on going. We decided to meet up at the concert and say hi. Once Just and I arrived and found our perfect lawn seats, I got a call from said friend who was on her way to the show. A question: Would I mind if her boyfriend's brother sat with us? He bought a last minute lawn seat (to see the opening act - Ben Folds) and she'd introduce us.
"He's a nice guy, not a weirdo or anything."
And so, Ben played and John played (Just and I swooned) and I made a new friend. He was a bit quiet, cordial, I think he bought us a beer. He was kind. He drove all of us home and asked for my number. I saw him a few times after that, but we never really dated until - well, until now! Until May of 2009 when we saw each other again (at his brother's and my friend's wedding) and we've been together ever since.
Tonight, I am once again going to see John Mayer at the same exact venue as '07, on this - a Friday night in July. I am going with Just. We haven't worked together in over a year since her departure from the company. I miss that. I miss sharing an office with her. I miss sharing every. single. thing. Every feeling and every emotion. It was almost like something didn't really happen to me until I shared it with Just. We now have a slightly different relationship, but still remain very close.
So many of the circumstances are the same and just as many are different. We've been to two more JM shows together since. I am finding myself feeling very nostalgic and reflective about going to the concert tonight, singing and dancing, reconnecting and catching up, and reliving that night in July.
"...I know a girl ... she puts the color inside of my world..."
{circa 2007}
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
O, O, O, Oprah
Who doesn't love O for her positivity and inspiration?
I finally realized that being grateful to my body was key to giving more love to myself.
Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Music for your Mond....er, Tuesday
Last Sunday was the laziest. Sunday. Ever. And it was great. We got up around 11 and ate blueberry pancakes and then went back to sleep all day. Did nothing.
In honor, and a whole week plus later, here are my favorite lazy songs.
Yes, let's go back to sleep.
In honor, and a whole week plus later, here are my favorite lazy songs.
Yes, let's go back to sleep.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Dinner Last Night
In an effort to satisfy a serious pasta craving without blowing my daily calorie count completely out of the water, I wanted to try to make this recipe. I stalk the Eat Like Me Blog on Self.com and love getting the insight into what a nutritionist really eats!
Quite pleased with the results, I must say. It was fresh and filling, loaded with veggies and very flavorful. It was almost like a summer version of a Chicken Scallopini.
The only changes I made was adding some red onion while sauteing the garlic and I also added two boneless chicken thighs that I threw on the grill with some salt and pepper.
Highly recommended!
Quite pleased with the results, I must say. It was fresh and filling, loaded with veggies and very flavorful. It was almost like a summer version of a Chicken Scallopini.
The only changes I made was adding some red onion while sauteing the garlic and I also added two boneless chicken thighs that I threw on the grill with some salt and pepper.
Highly recommended!
{the almost finished product, without the pasta or the fresh mozz; photo taken by camera phone}
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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