My alarm went off this morning and the song was Keith Urban singing his newest single: "Without You". This is obviously a song written for Nicole Kidman. I think it's a really sweet song and it got me to thinking...what do you think Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes think of it? Do you think Tom likes the song or is upset that this guy is writing this song about his ex-wife. And is Katie jealous that some hunky guy is writing a nice love song for her husbands ex-wife while her husband just jumped on Oprah's couch to proclaim his love for her? Hollywood is a massive love triangle....How do they handle it? If normal people get divorced, it's pretty much over with and you don't really have to worry about seeing that person again if you don't really want to. But in Hollywood, ex's are all over the place and the chances of you running into them or being an acquaintance with his/her new love are pretty good.
Which brings me to my next wonderment. Do you think celebrities avoid seeing movies with their ex's in them or with their ex's newest love interest in them? For instance....do you think Robin Wright would ever want to see The Nanny Diaries since Sean Penn's newest flame Scarlett Johansson stars in that? It's so weird for me to think about.
What about viewing their own movies? All of us at more than one time in our lives have had a lazy Saturday afternoon where we spend all day parked in front of TBS watching old movies that we have seen hundreds of times. Do you think Julia Roberts and Danny Moder ever put the three kids down for a nap and sit down and turn on TBS only to see Pretty Woman on TV?...and if so, do they sit and watch it? I totally would. I would love giving behind-the-scenes info and then I would change channels when the awkward or embarrassing parts came on!
It would be cool to be famous for a week and see how the other half live. I wonder if USWeekly or InTouch have issues of their magazines sitting around in agents offices, audition rooms, and movie sets...similar to normal people's monthly news letter that gets sent out at work. I wonder if celebs can opt for the email version to save on paper costs for the company.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Kenny Chesney in the house
What an absolute BLAST Kenny Chesney was in concert on Friday night! Oh my gosh! I have seen him before but had forgotten how much energy and life that guy has in him when he puts on a show. Even if you don't like country music (which, let's be honest, most of his music could fall under the Jimmy Buffet category rather than country), it would have been awesome to be there.
K.C. had Uncle Kracker and Billy Currington both open for him which was also super cool. I hadn't really liked much of Uncle Kracker's music before but after seeing him open the show and then have a three or four song impromptu jam session with Kenny and Billy later in the night, he started to grow on me.
K.C. played for over three hours... his birthday was on Saturday so he wanted to try to play until midnight to ring in his b-day with us. He cut it about 5 minutes short of midnight, but it was still awesome. You could totally tell he was winging the last hour of his show...you would see him go up to his band during a long stretch of "instrumental" during a song to tell them what to play next and at one point he told us to forgive them if they can't remember some of the words of their own songs!
Here are some pics from the show. I borrowed them from the St. Paul Pioneer press because my camera battery died right before KC came on. These are much better than the ones I would have taken anyway!
K.C. had Uncle Kracker and Billy Currington both open for him which was also super cool. I hadn't really liked much of Uncle Kracker's music before but after seeing him open the show and then have a three or four song impromptu jam session with Kenny and Billy later in the night, he started to grow on me.
K.C. played for over three hours... his birthday was on Saturday so he wanted to try to play until midnight to ring in his b-day with us. He cut it about 5 minutes short of midnight, but it was still awesome. You could totally tell he was winging the last hour of his show...you would see him go up to his band during a long stretch of "instrumental" during a song to tell them what to play next and at one point he told us to forgive them if they can't remember some of the words of their own songs!
Here are some pics from the show. I borrowed them from the St. Paul Pioneer press because my camera battery died right before KC came on. These are much better than the ones I would have taken anyway!
Speaking of cameras... the couple behind us asked me to take a picture of them. Well for some reason (based on the way she handed the camera to me), I thought it was one of those new cameras where you can see yourself on each side (like when trying to take a picture of yourself). It was really thin like an iphone, and the way she handed it to me, it seemed as though that was the way she wanted me to hold it to take it. It was also dark in there at this point so I had no idea what the button situation was on the top. So, here I am holding out the camera, pressing the button to take a picture of them when all of a sudden the flash goes off in MY FACE! HOW EMBARRASSING!!! I obviously was supposed to turn the camera around but didn't think I had to based on how she handed it to me!! We all were laughing about it and I told them: "you can delete that one when you get home". Imagine when they upload the pics to their computer and go to show their friends... "here's Uncle Kracker when he opened.., here is Billy Currington singing 'Pretty Good At Drinkin' Beer'..., and here's this girl who didn't know how to use the camera and took a picture of herself."
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Sights of San Diego
After taking a few days to compile some of my pictures from our trip (I took over 300 so you are lucky I am not putting them all on here!) I am finally ready to post them!
As everyone knows, photos don't to justice to the real thing, so take these pictures and boost your imagination to 500% and you might get a glimpse of just how beautiful everything was!
Some of you have already gotten a sneak peek at these photos but here goes for the others who haven't.
Awesome park that I discovered on the map. I absolutely loved this place. We went there twice and I could just sit for hours on these cliffs watching the waves, surfers and of course the sunset. The drive up the hill to get there was unreal as well. The houses were so pretty and unique and the ones lining the cliffs were massive and so awesome...I can't imagine what it would be like to see that view every single day! Sign me up!
Trolley tour we went on the first day. This was a perfect way to spend our first whole day. We got to get on and off as we pleased and it was a great way for us to discover places that we wouldn't have otherwise known about. We ended up going back to Seaport Village (photo of mom & dad) and Old Town twice while we were in S.D. If not for the Trolley Tour, we wouldn't have known about them!
I would highly recommend this tour, even if you ride along and don't get out at any stops; it's very informative and you learn a lot of misc. things about the city. :)
The zoo pics don't need much explanation. We went to the zoo all day on Friday. It was so cool! It makes the MN zoo look like the State Fair petting zoo. Between my mom and I, we have a ton of animal pictures, but I took a select few of my favorites. You will notice the peacock...they probably have three peacocks roaming the zoo freely. They were so tame and let you get super close. I would have had a good shot of me right next to one on a railing if the dumbo that was before me hadn't scared the poor bird off!
Coronado Island is also a wonderful place we visited. The homes are unreal and the hotel on the island is one of the best in the country. The red peaks are all part of the hotel and that's not even all of it. They have massive beach side bungalows that you can rent for probably a pretty penny. The hotel was built in the late 1800's and still has some of the original parts to it, including a gate elevator (like on Titanic) with an elevator operator!
My mom and I rode this original wood carousel that was a part of Seaport Village (from the above collage) and the bottom middle is my parents at Sunset Cliffs.
We went to Point Loma on the last day. Point Loma was a landing place for Juan Cabrillo in 1542. It then turned into a place for the military to hide out in during WWII. It is now a park and still home to naval training. The top middle is the grounds/housing for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Bottom left is a statue in Seaport Village. It was modeled after the famous Life Magazine shot that was taken at the end of the war of the sailor kissing the nurse.
bottom middle and right is our lovely hotel on Shelter Island.
I hope you enjoyed!
As everyone knows, photos don't to justice to the real thing, so take these pictures and boost your imagination to 500% and you might get a glimpse of just how beautiful everything was!
Some of you have already gotten a sneak peek at these photos but here goes for the others who haven't.
I would highly recommend this tour, even if you ride along and don't get out at any stops; it's very informative and you learn a lot of misc. things about the city. :)
The zoo pics don't need much explanation. We went to the zoo all day on Friday. It was so cool! It makes the MN zoo look like the State Fair petting zoo. Between my mom and I, we have a ton of animal pictures, but I took a select few of my favorites. You will notice the peacock...they probably have three peacocks roaming the zoo freely. They were so tame and let you get super close. I would have had a good shot of me right next to one on a railing if the dumbo that was before me hadn't scared the poor bird off!
My mom and I rode this original wood carousel that was a part of Seaport Village (from the above collage) and the bottom middle is my parents at Sunset Cliffs.
We went to Point Loma on the last day. Point Loma was a landing place for Juan Cabrillo in 1542. It then turned into a place for the military to hide out in during WWII. It is now a park and still home to naval training. The top middle is the grounds/housing for the U.S. Coast Guard.
Bottom left is a statue in Seaport Village. It was modeled after the famous Life Magazine shot that was taken at the end of the war of the sailor kissing the nurse.
bottom middle and right is our lovely hotel on Shelter Island.
I hope you enjoyed!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A Place In the Sun
I will have pictures and stories posted soon, but just wanted to say that I am back from vacation. My parents and I went to San Diego and had a blast! The weather was perfect, the sights were awesome and the tsunami was nowhere to be seen!
To everyone who told me "you will love it"...you were right. I would go back in a heartbeat.
We flew back in to MSP on Monday morning at 4am. Between the time zone difference, daylight savings time and the red eye flight, my sleep pattern was a little off but I managed to make it through and go to work today.
I will share more once I get my pictures sorted. Can't wait to share the fabulous sights! Here is just a taste.
To everyone who told me "you will love it"...you were right. I would go back in a heartbeat.
We flew back in to MSP on Monday morning at 4am. Between the time zone difference, daylight savings time and the red eye flight, my sleep pattern was a little off but I managed to make it through and go to work today.
I will share more once I get my pictures sorted. Can't wait to share the fabulous sights! Here is just a taste.
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