Hollywood Bowl

One way I can tell that summer is here (and yes, I know it's already July) is that Hollywood Bowl season has begun. I can do every other summery activity (swimming, running through sprinklers, eating watermelon, bike riding, slip n'sliding) and still not feel like it's officially here. But today it is because I went to the Hollywood Bowl last night. My family and I went to see the pre-4th of July fireworks show. The first half of the concert was really enjoyable, with the LA Philharmonic playing songs that were patriotic but we didn't have to sit through any versions of Greatest American Hero. I'm still very bitter about not being able to be the symbols banger when we sang that for 6th grade graduation. I would've been so good too. They played things like the theme of Star Trek and Magnificent Seven and Fanfare for the Common Man. The second half was filled with Kenny Loggins, but I figured I had to sit through him to get to the fireworks. He sang Home for the Holidays and some other crooner songs before singing Footloose, whereupon some crazy man sitting next to me jumped up from his seat and proceeded to dance like one of those mechanical toy puppies you see outside toy stores that wind up and do backflips. Another man close by threw his 2 young children on his back and ran up and down the aisles in time with the beat and his poor kids were hanging on for dear life. I survived Kenny Loggins though and the fireworks portion was beautiful. I'm entranced by all things shiny or sparkly. The visiting conducter was hilarious, which was surprising because I always expect conducters to be very serious with absolutely no sense of humor.

My mom and brother got totally smashed off wine and my mom sang Footloose out the window at the top of her lungs the whole way home. A fitting end to a good night.






This is actually from the other night when Keara, Brigitte, and I went out for drinks. Some old guy came over to offer to buy Brigitte a drink, but Keara and I got no such offer. I guess we are chopped liver.