2013: A Recap

Happy New Year!!! 

Thank all that is good in the world that 2013 is over. It kinda sucked. I mean, sure, I had some great times, but on a whole it wasn't my best year. I want to take a look at the the good stuff that happened, reminisce a bit, and then promptly move on to 2014. 

2013 was filled with awesome traveling and a variety of amazing live shows. I went to some new cities and saw a whole slew of great bands. 

I went to Phoenix, Arizona with my brother in March:

I went to San Antonio with some friends in March as well: 

Then the day I got back from San Antonio I went to see Muse for the the first time: 

I went to Florida in May for my brother's college graduation. It was nice. I got to see grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins:

Then in June I got to see two of my favorite bands, The Postal Service and She & Him. They were at the same venue a couple of weeks apart: 

For my birthday at the end of July I drove to New Orleans with a friend. It was my first time. It was cray. 

September I went to Austin with a couple of close friends. We went for the weekend and it rained most of the time, but we had fun. I got us tickets to see Ra Ra Riot, so that was our main excuse for going: 

And then in October I went to Austin City Limits Music Festival. It was great, even though they cancelled the last day of the festival. I saw so may great acts and even got to catch a secret Franz Ferdinand show that only 600 people were admitted to (I freaking LOVE Franz!!!!) 

In November I got to see Kate Nash and Chvrches and watched the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Simulcast in 3D. 

And finally on December 30th I saw the Toadies in Fort Worth at Billy Bob's. It was a great time and a wonderful way to finish 2013! 

 This year I also saw Maroon5 in Dallas, went to a Rangers game, partied on Halloween, saw my boss get drunk, gambled for the first time, got my culture  on at some museums and watched wayyy too much Doctor Who on Netflix. So all in all 2013 had some pretty great high points. I'm glad it's over though. I think I'm about to make 2014 my best year. I have high hopes. Happy New Year and look out for my New Years Resolution post that will be up soon.

Edgefest 2012

I think maybe this blog should be called "Whatever is Going Through Lisa's Mind at the Time." Seriously, this thing lacks direction. I like it, though. I like that I can post about my shopping addiction or school or beauty products or music that I love. It makes me happy to know I have an outlet for the randomness that I want to share.

Anyways, the reason for this particular post is to share some of my Edgefest 2012 pictures. I think I talked about going in a previous post, but for various reasons I haven't been able to show any pictures until now.

If you don't know Edgefest is a mini music festival put on by the Dallas radio station 102.2 The Edge. They have been putting on the show for 22 years and is something of a Dallas tradition. This year was my first time going. I went with my long time friend and a coworker. It was an all day thing and I ended up burnt, tired and maybe a little high (the people in the mosh pit were all smoking around my coworker and I. I'm pretty sure we inhaled a bit), but it was defiantly an event to remember.

Some of the acts that were featured were The Black Keys, Foxy Shazam, Cake, Cage the Elephant, Garbage, Blue October, Switch Foot, The Ting Tings, Neon Trees, Civil Twilight and more.

The Main Stage

102.1 The Edge Banner

I was too short to get a proper picture, but this the lead singer of Foxy Shazam

A tall guy I was talking to in the crowed managed to get this picture of Katie of The Ting Tings

Another pic of Katie

This is the second stage. I think it was Blue October who was performing. Look at all those people

For the life of me, I couldn't get a good photo of Garbage. Here's the best I got. I tried

I had a blast at the concert. Hopefully next year will have an awesome lineup like this year because I would love to go again next year.

Have you been to any awesome concerts this spring?

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