I had a funny dream and you were wearing funny shoes

So I bought tickets way back in like March or April for the summer concert of Belle and Sebastian at the Hollywood Bowl and I almost forgot about it until about a week ago. But it finally arrived and was as awesome as I expected. In fact, it exceeded my expectations because The Shins were the opening band. My love for the shins started when Brigitte introduced them to me a few years ago. I saw them in concert, but it was before I had really learned their songs, and it's never as fun seeing a band if you don't know their music by heart. Brigitte and I got there early because we were in the area already. We decided to park at the zoo, and shuttle there. We bought some delicious snacks and a $2 bottle of wine and had a picnic while waiting for Connor, Scott, and the gang to arrive. They got stuck in really bad traffic and made us miss half of the Shins set, but thanks to Connor running as fast as he could from their car parked miles away, we were able to get in and catch most of my favorite songs. Belle and Sebastian were so amazing. They were backed by the LA Philharmonic, which at times I felt overpowered Stuart's vocals but on the whole blended nicely with their music. I think my favorite part of the night was when a group of boisterous fans jumped up on stage and broke out into dance. The security guards were running around trying to catch them and push them off the stage, but Stuart shouted "No! Let them dance" in his cute Scottish accent. Yet more proof that Scottish boys are the best and I will one day, God willing, marry one. On the way back on the bus, we had to stand because there was no sitting room and I got really nauseous because I was facing backwards. But all was well in the end and I drove home listening to the Belle and Sebastian/Shins mix I burned earlier that morning.




*Picture cleverly stolen from Connor's blog because none of my pictures came out as good.