Just to Get Away

The day finally arrived...
my parents came from out-of-town
to keep Max overnight with them in a hotel...

Wednesday night Adam and I went to see Michael Bublé in concert.

The crowd was a little different than I expected. Most of them were over 35 and Adam said he felt like we were waiting for a play to start, instead of a concert.
Let me tell ya though, it was NO play.

He started the show with Cry Me a River from his new Crazy Love Album. It is one of my favorite songs on the disc because it is so dramatic. They had these special effects lights behind curtains that made it look like there was a full orchestra behind there, but when the curtains opened it was just him singing...very cool. I wish my descriptions could do it justice.

What I love most about Michael Bublé (besides his voice), and Adam would agree with me, is that he doesn't take himself too seriously. He started off the show by saying that he knows that we probably think that he just sits around singing gay loves songs all day, but it not true.

He is actually very funny and entertaining. He told about his childhood inspirations being Michael Jackson and Ferris Bueller and then proceeded to do impressions of Micheal Jackson singing Billy Jean and then the parade scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off singing Twist and Shout---it was hilarious!

During the show he came out into the middle of the arena with just his guitar player and wanted to thank everyone by singing his very first hit song and as the guitarist proceeded to play the intro Michael started singing various other hit songs that were not his own (i.e. Every Rose has it's Thorn by Poison, I'm Yours by Jason Mraz--to which he said, "dang, I wish I wrote that song!") He finally got to his own song, which of course the entire crowd recognized which was Home. It was a really nice touch because toward the end of the song they played some slides of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, which really brought the song "Home".

One of his recent hits is Haven't Met You Yet. This song reminds me of my unborn baby:

I might have to wait, I'll never give up
I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck
Wherever you are, whenever it's right
You'll come out of nowhere and into my life

And I know that we can be so amazing
And, baby, your love is gonna change me
And now I can see every possibility

And somehow I know that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out
And I promise you, kid, I give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet



He was very gracious the entire show, constantly thanking us for coming to see him and telling us how lucky he is to get paid for what we do in the shower :) lol. When he came out for the encore he ended by closing the curtains, turning down all the lights and specials effects, and even turning his microphone off and belting out the end of the song in the silent arena. It was a very nice touch and showed his true talent.


Okay, enough is enough--but it was awesome!

So, there we were for an entire night and the next day baby-less. We had almost forgotten what it was like and frankly, we realized we don't mind the little guy so much. We kept talking about him and wondering what he was doing and if he missed us.

Adam and I did have a good time together. We were able to use a gift card to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.

It came highly recommended by Sean Hannity and we were looking forward to having some really good steak.

We were not disappointed.

Adam claims it to be the best meal he has ever had.
We will have to save up our pennies if we want to go back,
because without a giftcard it is easily $60 a person.

Some photographer I am...I didn't take one photo of us the entire trip. For all you know, I could totally be making this all up! Sometimes I just can't bring myself to lug my big camera and lenses into concerts and restaurants. I may need a more portable camera for times like these(hint, hint--mother's day and anniversary approaching).