I Heart JM

I just got home from the John Mayer/Sheryl Crow concert in Irvine and we had such a great time! Josh and I went, and sadly this time our friends, Lori and Juan, weren't able to make it. Lori and I are such huge JM fans and we usually drag our poor husbands to his concerts (but it must not be that bad for them since we've seen them sing along!).

Sheryl Crow also put out an awesome show. Clearly, JM has evolved into a jazz/blues with a-touch-of-pop musician, which is more fitting for him and compliments his lyrics and style. And to end the evening, JM sang one of my favorite songs, 3 X 5.

Since Lori couldn't go, I got her the red shirt featured on JM's blog. I got myself the blue one. I hope you like the shirt, Lori!


-- SET LIST--

Belief
Good Love is On the Way
Vultures
Why Georgia
Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
Bigger Than My Body
Daughters
Clarity
Gravity
No Such Thing
Waiting on the World to Change

-- encore--
3x5
I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)
In Repair

Seven Songs

I got tagged by Julianne to list 7 songs.

The rules are: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

Here's my list:

- Waiting On The World To Change (John Mayer)
- Daylight Fading (Counting Crows)
- Lights (Journey)
- Banana Pancakes (Jack Johnson)
- How Deep Is Your Love (The Bee Gees)
- Change the World (Eric Clapton)
- 3 a.m. (Matchbox 20)

I’ve been in a nostalgic mood lately and have been listening to songs that take me back to a specific time period in my life. All of the emotions that were involved at the time come shooting back at me each time I listen to the songs above. The only exception on the list is the song by John Mayer since it’s very new. I guess you can say that the song symbolizes the current period of my life, especially since I'll be going to his concert tomorrow night (YEAH!!!).

I’m tagging just a few bloggers if they'd like to play: Karla, Poppy, Carol, Katie and Reagan.

Tea Cup Swap # 6

This has been yet another fun Tea Cup Swap # 6 organized by Beth. This time, I got Lucinda as my swap partner. What a perfect coincidence that she sent me such a pretty, whimsical bird tea cup. Like I told Lucinda, I have been on "bird mode" lately since the theme of our Hula performance this year is "Voices of the Birds." All of the songs that we are dancing to are about endemic endangered Hawaiian birds. Lucinda chose well! Along with the pretty tea cup, she sent some yummy Chai Tea by Good Earth. Thank you so much for such a lovely package, Lucinda!

Busy Hula Bee

Aloha! I have been so busy the past several weeks that I haven't had much time to blog, let alone do much of anything else. My hula school's annual Hula Ho'ike (presentation/performance) is coming up in early December and I have been attending classes and long practice sessions almost everyday, sometimes twice a day with my hula sisters. Even though December may sound like it's far away, it's only 9 weeks away to perfecting our dances, making our costumes and memorizing our Hawaiian chants. It will be a 2-hour performance in an auditorium that seats over 2,000. Additionally, we got word that the composer of one of the songs we are dancing to will be attending...so that's even more pressure to do well! Below are items that I have been surrounded with the past several weeks. These are some of the costumes that I will be wearing along with my hula implements. Now...back to practice!

Remembering 9/11

All of us can recall where we were and what we were doing at the time the Twin Towers fell to the ground on 9/11. For many of us, the memories are much more tragic and will be for a very long time. Today especially, my prayers and thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims of 9/11.

A Lovely Setting

I had to take a break from blogging to focus on other things that have been keeping me busy lately. In a perfect world, I would love to be posting more often, but things have been hectic and I needed to set some boundaries before getting overwhelmed. So with getting back into blogging, I visited the Anthropologie site, one of my favorite shops, to see about new Fall items. Tomorrow my friend is hosting a combined surprise birthday and end-of-summer party for us Hula sisters. The minute I saw these pieces, I envisioned a very lovely setting for a very girly get together, like one we're having tomorrow.