Wednesday I was walking home at 8 pm and a song by Florence + The Machine came on shuffle and I suddenly remembered that she was playing at a sold-out concert at Tavastia, a club a few blocks from our house. I rushed home, showered, and then dragged Jen with me to see if we could finagle some tickets or sneak in. I asked the guy at the door if there were any tickets left and of course they were sold out. I turned around prepared to pout all the way home, but a girl right behind us gave me a free ticket! What luck! Now we just had to find a ticket for Jen, which actually only took a few minutes of standing awkwardly outside until we met a guy who was selling an extra ticket. Already this night was a success! The concert ended up being fantastic, except the entire crowd stood still most of the time (unacceptable for such an upbeat performance). At one point Florence had to teach the entire audience how and when to jump up and down…it was like Concert 101 (kind of embarrassing.) We also befriended a (jumping) Finnish Florence fan and so the spontaneous night was truly a success! Now, we are in the search for the perfect music, djs, concerts (to go along with the search for the perfect meatball*)
*Mags already mentioned our trip Kolme Kruunua, our next stop on the meatball list. I’m not sure if it was because I was starving, or because we had just gone to the public sauna, but these meatballs were GREAT. They are winning so far in the competition, but we still have a long way to go…
March 10, 2010 at 2:32 am |
so funny about the concert go-ers at such an rockin concert… i am so glad that you made the most of it and had a great time… for some reason, i want to make meatballs…. xoxo AB (mom)