Good show, old chap!

Just wanted to say sorry for only one post last week, BUT I was pretty busy and I promise to make up for it this week. Starting now. I'll start by covering my weekend. It was a weekend of absolutely fantastic shows. You'll see what I mean:

Chris and I kicked of an amazing weekend on Friday night with the Arcade Fire concert at the Barclays center. The tickets/website had almost no information about the show so we had no idea who the openers were or what to expect since the last time we saw Arcade Fire was at Bonnaroo in 2011. The Unicorns were the first opener which was absolutely fantastic as I hadn't listened to them since high school. They played a fantastic line up and finished it off with I Was Born a Unicorn which made me very happy. Next up was Dan Deacon. He kicked it all off with a dance off of all of people in the GA floor section. There was a big circle and people going crazy it was really fun. He then had two people lead each side of the circle in an interpretive dance contest. He played for about a half hour after that before Arcade Fire came on.  They were absolutely fantastic and played everything you could have asked for. They have such a good vibe it is just fantastic.  They had a man dressed in all mirrors During one of their last numbers they showered the stadium in glitter As part of their encore Bust Poindexter joined them for "Hot, Hot, Hot" which was so much fun I don't think a single person was sitting/standing still. AND the rented out the Barclays center an extra hour so that everyone who wanted to could stay and dance with them. It was an absolutely fantastic evening.

 I also received the edible glitter that I ordered, so get ready for some amazing looking baked goods.

 

On Saturday Chris and I and our friend Ben went upstate for the day. We started it all out in Woodstock, NY. We met up with our other friends Lily and Shawn at Woodstock Pizza Company. They have FANTASTIC pizza, a good beer selection and they are super inexpensive. Then we walked around, went to a flea market, stopped into a few stores before making our way to Peace, Love, and Cupcakes a CRAZY good bakery in Woodstock. I also highly recommend Taco Juans's homemade salted caramel pretzel ice cream. We then made our way to the World's Largest Kaleidoscope on Mount Tremper. If you are ever in the area I HIGHLY recommend it.   It's a lot more built up than in the picture on the website above, it's part of a hotel/spa now and it has a big store and everything around it. Chris got a Star Wars kaleidoscope in the gift shop. After that we went to a monastery up in the mountains. It was beautiful, but there was an event going on so we couldn't really walk around. The day was great and the perfect escape from the craziness of NYC. 

Sunday Chris and I went into New Jersey to get some shopping done and we also decided to go see Guardians of the Galaxy in IMAX 3D. Shopping was highly successful and since I am doing DIY Christmas gifts I got ahead of the game thanks to a trip to Michaels. The movie was great. I really recommend it.  It has something for everyone and was pretty funny. 

Anywho, check back this week because I will be making up for my one post last week with a bunch this week. Enjoy!