Reflections on the Dallas trip...in list format

• the Foo Fighters concert was most excellent.  if you ever have the opportunity to see them perform do it.  you won't be disappointed.  they put on an amazing show.
• it was like getting 2 concerts in one--there was the loud rockin' grunge portion you'd expect and then they lowered another stage at the other end of the runway where they performed an acoustic portion...both equally fabulous
• our seats were so close that with my binoculars i could tell you what color boxers Mr. Grohl was wearing that evening...when he lifted his guitar up in the air at one point they were peaking out from his pants
• Dave Grohl has got to be one of the most likable people in rock & roll.  how can you not like Dave Grohl? 
• that being said I was a little worried about the young children (11-14 years old) attending the concert with their parents.  i hoped their parents had seen Dave perform and knew beforehand that he likes to use a lot of what we like to call in our home 'grown up words'...if not they were in for a big surprise.
• that little Chris Shifflet has got to be one of the cutest things I've ever seen...he was sportin' the scruffy look...I liked it.
• Pat Smear was there performing with them and that was an exciting treat
• performing before the Foo Fighters were both Against Me (never heard of them before that night) and Jimmy Eat World
• i'm about to seriously date myself with this next comment--i thought against me had a very 80's hair band sound (Ratt, Cinderella, Poison, the Scorpions)...i half expected them bust into Round and Round at any moment
• T knows a guy who used to play with Jimmy Eat World before they became famous
• the B-Dog didn't like the Foo Fighter wrist band i bought him at the concert...damn it...i told him he could just give it back then but he won't
• we meet up with some co-workers of T's from the Dallas branch for happy hour before the concert...i was dreading it but it turned out to be a lot of fun
• i heart IKEA...this was my first trip to an IKEA and I fell in love immediately
• i heart Forever 21...man, what excellent prices
• i bought 2 hats at Forever 21...one of them is a fedora...not sure when and with what I'm going to wear it but it was calling to me
• P.F. Chang's rocks...and their Great Wall of Chocolate cake is to die for
• my mom and I went to our first dinner/movie theater...how cool is it to go to a theater with a full menu...including a bar...and sit there watching the movie while eating your meal...does life get any better than that
• i saw both Juno and Michael Clayton while in Dallas
• i heart Juno
• Anthropologie had both it's highs and it's lows:  highs--adorable clothes that i fell in love with, so many cute skirts that i wish i could have purchased, a few shirts that i really, really wanted too, wonderful service from women who knew their stuff.  lows--good god those prices, YIKES, i can't wear their dresses, i had to go up 1-2 sizes in their dresses to accommodate the fact that i actually have boobs, going up that many sizes meant the bottom portion of the dress looked like a tent that swallowed me right up...it just didn't work, i can't wear their pants...i'm WAY to short, i noticed a petite line at the web site but not at the store
• we found a bakery in the Highland Park area that I swear makes the best cookies I've tasted in a long, long time
• we also found a flower shop i fell in love with...but whose prices were just as bad as anthropologie's
• i heart World Market and can't wait until the one they're currently building here is complete
• P.F. Chang's is even better as left overs...and how can you not love the cute little take home containers they put your food in
• the Traders Village was a let down...not the kind of flea market I was hoping for
• but while there I collected a zip lock baggie full of smashed bottle caps (see last Monday's random post)...and i could have found more had i had time to scour the rest of the massive parking lot
• shopping in Granbury was probably my favorite portion of the trip...other than the concert of course...and maybe P.F. Chang's
• i think i may have gained 10 pounds while i was gone...i ate entirely too much
• i didn't write a single poem while i was away...but i did take tons of pics
• and finally, i did come home with a new member of the family...check in tomorrow...

Comments

[Thea]

Girl this trip is so totally awsome and rad. Man I wish I had been there with you.

Love you

[Angela]

I heart Juno too, and congrats on your newest family member - what a beauty :)

[liz elayne]

i love, love this post! so much fun to read this stream of thought in this list. sounds like a pretty fantastic time!

[Beth]

I agree with you regarding Anthropologie and their clothes....I don't even look...I just go straight for all the home goods stuff !!
We eat at PF changs almost every Sunday night...it's a sickness we have !!
World Market has the best TEA ever !! I highly suggest trying the almond vanilla or is it vanilla almond ? anyhow, it's the bomb !!! Especially when you add a splash of no-fat french vanilla creamer !!!
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[gkgirl]

this is a fantastic list!
what a great trip,
i am so envious!

and so curious...new member of the family???

:0)

[kelly]

dig pf changs, ditto on anthropology prices, but to buy a dish towel makes me happy. i love dave grohl. why would anyone take kids to a concert like that.
and...did you get a puppy?????

glad you had a fabulous time.

[kristen]

I love and good list and you never disappoint! I'm insanely jealous that you saw the Foo's - the concert was sold out in minutes here and I lament everytime I see their concert in print and then those italic words...sold out. pfft.

Anthro is an amazing store and their prices, pfft. I wait for sales and sometimes, I really score. The sizing is weird, that's all I'll say.

It sounds like a fantastic trip this weekend honey, I'm glad you had so much fun. xo

[amy]

i'm so glad you had a wonderful trip. i like the list format. it reminds me to think about all the lovely details that make up an adventure. looking forward to meeting the new family member!

[Sam]

So glad you had a fabulous time. My dream of dreams has come true and I think I'm going to see my beloved Over the Rhine next week - oh, let us pray to the gods of concerts that all will work out. Your weekend sounds just chock full of GOODNESS and WONDERFULNESS and I can think of NO ONE who deserves it more.

As for the member of the family...dang it! Tomorrow I shall be beating down your blog door...