I went to see Ingrid Michaelson with my sister last week in DTLA. The ticket times were misprinted so we arrived at the venue way too early. To pass the time, my trendy sister took me to a very swanky bakery+restaurant where I had the best lemon tart ever.                            ...

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I bought a pair of tickets to the Wildfire Tour for the last showing in Los Angeles (and the last concert of the tour). I went with one of my best friends. She is a big fan of Rachel Platten.  I actually didn't know any of Rachel Platten's music besides her radio hit- I bought the tickets because Eric Hutchinson was opening and he...

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I was told to read the book Red Rising. I did not do that for a long time. Then I was given the book electronically (via Amazon- just letting you know I didn't steal) so now I have to (because of the guilt and prodding from the gift giver). Well, I read it last night. All in one go too, meaning that it...

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I wanted to read another book on my Kindle (I got it on Prime Day and I love it) and Mark Zuckerberg told me to read this. Okay I will!  The book (author Smil) opens with a bunch of definitions from notable old people for the word energy and goes straightaway into a very broad and kind of random history lesson of sorts of past...

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I went to another concert Friday (10/2) to see Counting Crows. The venue was at the Verizon Amphitheater (now renamed Irvine Meadows).  The venue is very big and requires a bit of walking before getting to the stage, this sign is just a little beyond the entrance with maybe another five minute walk before reaching the stage Citizen Cope (Clarence Greenwood) was the opener....

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A group of friends and I had a mini vacation in Santa Barbara this past weekend. We made the trip out to see Death Cab for Cutie at the Santa Barbara Bowl. We stayed at the South Coast Inn in Goleta for a little over $200/night - not cheap!!! But the hotel was quite nice. There was a pool (heated all the time...

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I went to Sodagreen's 2015 World Tour concert and then to Foo Fighter's World Tour (the Broken Leg Tour) concert the following day. The concerts... were very different. Sodagreen's yes we are a cute indie band from Taiwan and we make happy friends message of the night was so different compared to Foo Fighter's I rock hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! vibe.  Sodagreen's venue was at the L.A....

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