Carolyn Marie

It was quite temperate and sunny all day. This evening is a bit cooler than usual but it is just perfect for my taste.

I wish I could go see Dave Matthews Band with Carolyn Marie on Saturday.

Do it! You'd have a ready made friend in the city! :D

Mmmmmmmm...apricots. :drool I had a slice of avocado.

Whatever you say. :rolleyes:

Watching the moon rise from the east.

I have been told that I look like Minnie Driver. I don't see the resemblance, though.

Chicago, Illinois A view from the top of the Hancock building on Michigan Avenue. The skyline at night. What we lovingly refer to as "the Bean."

That made me laugh out loud really hard. Thank you for that. :laugh3:

Does anyone know of any available single tickets?

No, that isn't the Viagra triangle. :laugh3: Have you had an opportunity to go around the city at all, Angie? I wish I was closer...I would take you down to the cool spots around town. :\

Oh, the Viagra triangle. Ha! My best friend lives right around the block from there. It's a nice area with a lot of great restaurants, but it is really expensive. The joke amongst city residents is that the older men with money go down there to pick up on the young girls in the party scene...hence the term Viagra triangle.

I don't believe you signed me up last night, but, I did manage to make it to the Oxfam website last night and signed myself up! We need to end poverty!

I believe those videos were, in fact, from the Chicago 7/22 show!

This is GREAT news! I can't wait to see it. Thank you! :D

9:38 am thinking about last night's show and thinking I might try to take a bit of a nap.

Kurt Cobain or Janis Joplin

Awwwww! Well, hopefully that $10 and additional $10 will pay off to be PRICELESS today! Paying for parking at the venue: $10 Hotel, Flight, Ticket to Show, and Banner: $400 Stalking Coldplay members and getting to meet them: Priceless!

Coldplay throws party for 20,000 CONCERT REVIEW | Brits try hard to stay up close and personal with their fans July 23, 2008 Recommend (5) BY JIM DeROGATIS Pop Music Critic Even after several million albums sold, British art-rockers Coldplay are still conflicted about their status as an arena act, and that's one of their most endearing traits. On the one hand, front man Chris Martin and his bandmates do everything they can to maximize the big rock spectacle, the grand theatrical gesture and the musical bombast. On Tuesday, the first night of a two-night stand at the United Center, the musicians came out dressed in pseudo-Napoleonic uniforms and began to perform in front of a giant backdrop of Delacroix's French Revolutionary painting, "Liberty Leads the People," which happens to be the cover of their new album, "Viva La Vida." Several big globes hung from the ceiling and flashed video images of the band as it played; at times, the group deployed more lasers than any band since Genesis, and during the song "Lovers in Japan," a seemingly endless rain of colorful paper butterflies fell on the crowd. On the other hand, Martin has never been afraid to let his inner geek show: He's the anti-Bono, dancing like an awkward little urchin instead of striking cool larger-than-life poses, and never hesitant to do his Schroeder routine at his black upright piano. Throughout the 90-minute set, the bandleader frequently thanked the fans for their support, sounding genuinely surprised at his own success. And he, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman and drummer Will Champion did everything they could to get up close and personal, running to the end of the platform on stage right, performing two songs at the end of the platform on stage left and eventually hopping down from the stage altogether to briefly perform acoustically in the midst of the fans in the first tier off the floor. None of this made the show as intimate as the one the group played at Metro to celebrate the release of its last album, "X&Y." But it felt as special as any party for 20,000 can, and the goodwill the band created extended to the audience indulging two renditions of the new song "Lost" for the benefit of a video filming, as well as the heavy sampling of the more arty, less anthemic songs from "Viva La Vida" sprinkled between guaranteed crowd pleasers such as "Clocks," "In My Place" and "Yellow." http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/1069871,CST-FTR-cold23.article

I think the security staff was getting harsh about the cameras last night because they were filming. Also, to anyone that has to park around the United Center...be prepared to pay $20 for a parking spot. Grrr.

Ahhhhh, Jack Johnson. Love it! :) 3:01 am and I am off to sleep. See you all tomorrow!

Okay, it's 3:00 am now and I need to get some sleep. I am going to write up my review in the morning after I have some time to process. Have a fantastic sleep (to those of us that have had a long night) and a lovely day to all of the international folks! Cheers!

After the show tonight I am feeling particularly pervy. My goodness, the hotness was on overload!

Was I totally off with that paraphrase or is that what you heard, as well? :confused:

Awwwww! I wanna come with! :\