band. So far we are doing covers of popular songs we like—from Weezer to The Cure to Tom Petty. We have an amazing drummer, two awesome guitarists/singers, and a smokin’ hot bass player. Meanwhile, I play a few notes on the keyboard to maintain my place in the band. We hope to get gigs wherever we can. So if you or anyone you know is looking for a totally sweet live band, you know where I blog…
Saturday: On Friday, we were introduced to a small culinary gem—a little diner called the Left Fork Grill. Our lunch schnitzel was so good on Friday, we went back for more lunch schnitzel on Saturday. While enjoying our yummy, fresh, homemade food, we conversed:
Roo: Who do you think would win—Courtney Love or Gollum?
(this is a game we like to play, pitting comparable people against one another to determine who would win in an all out fight, and who is overall superior. It re
quires much deep thought.)
Annie: hmmmm….
Roo: Let’s ask Jordan. (my brother, an expert at this type of analysis)
Jordan (via text): Love definitely has the advantage of intimidating looks. I think if she uses some of her lyrics from Hole Songs, she is almost unstoppable.
After having recognized the awful power of Courtney Love at the Left Fork Grill, we began a search for the most festive Christmas sweaters we could find. Our plan is to take a family portrait of my entire family with us all wearing the most unbearably gaudy Christmas sweaters possible. I found mine at Ross for $14. It is turquoise with embroidered Santas and lots of sparkles and pom-poms. I knew it had to be mine. DI was a gold mine—there we bought six or seven equally awesome, thick-knit, sparkling sweaters for the rest of the family. Roo spotted his special item across the store—he had to pull it off the display. It is a light denim collared shirt with a giant Christmas tree and Santa appliqué across the chest. Santa’s hat even has a bell sewn on it—this was its biggest selling point for us. The more jingly, as far a Christmas apparel goes, the better. Roo plans to wear the shirt tucked in.
The girl at the check out stand tried to ignore my incessant giggling during the transaction.
Annie: hmmmm….
Roo: Let’s ask Jordan. (my brother, an expert at this type of analysis)
Jordan (via text): Love definitely has the advantage of intimidating looks. I think if she uses some of her lyrics from Hole Songs, she is almost unstoppable.
After having recognized the awful power of Courtney Love at the Left Fork Grill, we began a search for the most festive Christmas sweaters we could find. Our plan is to take a family portrait of my entire family with us all wearing the most unbearably gaudy Christmas sweaters possible. I found mine at Ross for $14. It is turquoise with embroidered Santas and lots of sparkles and pom-poms. I knew it had to be mine. DI was a gold mine—there we bought six or seven equally awesome, thick-knit, sparkling sweaters for the rest of the family. Roo spotted his special item across the store—he had to pull it off the display. It is a light denim collared shirt with a giant Christmas tree and Santa appliqué across the chest. Santa’s hat even has a bell sewn on it—this was its biggest selling point for us. The more jingly, as far a Christmas apparel goes, the better. Roo plans to wear the shirt tucked in.The girl at the check out stand tried to ignore my incessant giggling during the transaction.
That night, my whole family came over to watch the BYU game. We surprised them all with the Christmas sweaters and the Christmas spirit was not to be suppressed the rest of the night…until the game started and BYU totally stunk. No amount of crocheted reindeer could stave off the blunt agony of that game.
“Well,” we all said, “at least we have a concert to go to after this!”
Thankfully, we had Coldplay at the Energy Solutions Arena to rock away our troubles. The whole family—mom, dad, three brothers and their three wives, a wife’s brother, Roo, and me all caravanned over to hear our favorite, long awaited concert event of the year.
In 2003 I saw them at Saltair (which is totally haunted, but I was on the second row so the awesomeness of that outweighed the creepiness of the venue). Then I converted the rest of the family and we all saw them in Vegas is 2006. I am grateful for the tradition we started because this time was completely amazing, fantastic, phenomenal!
And with that the weekend came full circle—it started out rockin’ in the basement and it ended rockin’ in the arena…as all weekends were meant to end.
5 comments:
I want a Christmas card. Did you ever make it backstage with Coldplay?
Thanks for being the charter member of the Wright Family Cold Play fan club, and for getting all the rest of us to sign up too.
Annie,
Now, exactly what company made Roo's denim shirt? Jacob's been coveting since the concert and I think a shirt like that might make one heck of a stocking stuffer and make our holidays MUCH warmer and brighter. Peace out (said in a nasally Kip voice). Emilie
Rock on!
I'm glad those sweaters were for the Wright family and not the Phillipians. We were getting concerned. But I bet they are AHhhwesome! (as said by Napoleon at DI).
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