Best Night in a WHILE

Last night was the thing I have been looking foreward to for about a month now. That's right. It was the Thriving Ivory show, and it was freaking AMAZING!!! It was just an awesome night all around, except for a little drama that happened at the end of the night, but it was fun for the majority. First, Lindsay (my friend from the Rio) and I met at said Rio to start the night with mini margs before heading down to La Zona Rosa. When we got there, there was seriously a line down the block and around the corner, made up of mostly fifteen year old girls and their parents. Not gonna lie, I felt so old. So we made it in at about 7:30, and got drinks, and scouted out a good spot on the floor. If you have never been to La Zona Rosa, it's basically this dive bar with a huge stage and standing room only. That's right, there are no chairs, no stools, no nothin. But it was fun. So Steph, Lauren and Lauren's boyfriend Steven show up about 8, right before the first band came on. They were called I Hate Kate, and they were really good. It was alot of alternative rock, but not like emo rock if that makes sense. Let's just say I could see myself jamming out in my car to them. And the lead singer looked like a mix between Jude Law and Chris Martin, but he was from Cali. A good mix if I say so myself. Then this band called Cory Lamb came on. They were ok, a little harder rock and a little more something, I don't know what it was but it kinda reminded us of a boy band. Then Thriving Ivory came on. OH MY GAWD they were awesome. They started with Runaway, which is one of my favorite songs, and then followed it by Twilight (another of my favorites) and then For Heaven's Sake, which has been my MOST favorite song for a while now. It was an amazing set and they sounded sooooooooooo good! and it was nice to see a huge crowd listening to them. Last time they were here, they played at 1 am, and there were maybe twenty, thirty people there, most of them who already knew them and/or worked there. ANYWAYS. after they played, (too short of a time, if I had to say so), we waited thirty minutes for Secondhand Serande to set up and come on. They were ok. I wasn't really a fan. But yeah. We only stayed for a couple of their songs because we had to meet people at the Rio before it closed. So we were walking out, and I see this guy in this white shirt talking to this guy in a green shirt. I thought, huh that kinda looks like Bret, but I'm not sure. As we got closer I realized it WAS Bret, and I was like Linds, I'm sorry I gotta talk to him. So I went up, touched his arm, and was like, you guys were awesome. He was like oh thanks! and went in for a hug, and I was like, do you remember me? From the Rio? At Southby? And he was like OH MY GAWD! yeah I do!! I talked to you for like five hours! You were working and I was just sitting there yapping! I laughed and said it's ok, you kept me entertained. SO then we got a picture, and I was like, sorry, we have to go! we're meeting some people. And he said, well what are you doing tonight? And I said we were going to go play shuffleboard, and he was like oh I love shuffleboard! I'm pretty good. I laughed and said that I never played so I didn't know if I was good or not. But if he wanted to, he could come meet up with us later, and that we would be at Buffalo Billiards. He said that the bands were all going down to sixth street, so he might see us there. So we hugged like three more times and then Lindsay and I left. We got to the Rio, and a napkin was hurled at me as we walked onto the patio. It was my friend Matthew, who I hadn't seen since he had gotten fired from the rio about a month ago, so that was exciting. So we had drinks, went to Buffalo Billiards, played shuffleboard, left, went to blind pig, had gross, expensive shots, and left. Then we went to Kerbey Lane for breakfast(this was like 3 in the morning). We didn't see the bands again, but it's ok, because it was a GREAT night regardless!!!! Sorry for the lack of quotation marks, I'm in a rush. Gotta go to work!