A great weekend!!

We're now back from our weekend with Rob Thomas and it was WONDERFUL!  We started out by having dinner at PF Changs, we were starving which resulted in us ordering a ton of food and all of it was so delicious.  We ended up having dinner at 4:30, which was a bit too early because by the time we were done, we still had about 2 and a half hours to kill before the show....which by the way, was directly across the street!  To pass the time (and work some of our dinner off) we walked around the block quite a few times, including a couple passes around his tour bus....hey, we were just exercising, not stalking. 

At about 7:15 they started letting people in.  I was all set to buy some souvenier goodies, but a t-shirt for $45 was too much for me.  We found our seats...3rd row center (!!)...and talked to the people around us.  Aaron made a couple beer runs too.  I'd say on the average it was an older crowd and the venue was rather small...probably the size of the Convention Center with the look of the Cascade.  At about 7:50 the opening act, Anna Nalick hit the stage...10 minutes early, that's cool...at first I had no idea who they were but then they played "Breathe (2am)" which I recognized from the radio.  They do have some great sounding songs....I really liked "Satellite."  I came home and bought a few of her songs from i-Tunes.  About half way through her set I looked to the side of the stage and Rob was standing there watching smiling...everyone around started glancing over and giggling.  Hard to miss him there with his diamond earrings sparkling in the dark! 

At 9 pm, Rob hit the stage and it was such an incredible excitement and energy.  Everyone jumped to their feet and started dancing and singing along.  We were so close to him that a few times we made eye contact which was so surreal.  The show was so good and he not only played all of his solo album but a lot of his Matchbox 20 hits plus a bunch of cover songs.  He added his own special twist to a lot of them which was great. 

The show was over a little after 11pm and we were so ready for the party to continue!  We got a few drinks afterwards but apparently weren't looking in the right spots for the happening places.  Next time we'll have to plan that part better! 

The next morning we met our good friend Richelle for brunch and did a little shopping.  By now we were eager to get home and see our children...they had a great time at Grandma's.  Great weekend for us all around! 

Click here for some pictures of our weekend!