Remember how in March it was a big deal for me to take Liz to see Bon Jovi at Mohegan Sun (casino in CT)?
Bon Jovi recently announced that they would be playing two shows in July here in Boston at the TD BankNorth Garden just before they finish their tour.
I can’t even believe I am doing this.
I got six tickets at a pre-sale event this morning. I am taking the wife and my FOUR (count them: Ben, Gabe, Chloe and Grace) FOUR kids to see Bon Jovi. I don’t know how I let Liz talk me in to this. I think I am a giant push-over.
These people owe me for this.
So we got six tickets, but they aren’t very good seats. When they go on sale for the general release - I want to try again and get better seats. We’re in the balcony (section 301). I think it shouldn’t be too hard to sell the current set I have now if something better comes along later. If you go to this webiste, you can put in section 301 and it should show you what kind of view we’re looking at.
The customer service rep. I talked to initially said there was nothing for six people together, except for behind the stage.
“But its not like you won’t be able to see from there.” he said reassuringly.
“Yeah, as a matter of fact, its JUST like I won’t be able to see from there!” I responded hotly.
He was ticking me off. He was trying to get me to buy tickets BEHIND the flipping stage and trying to sell them as if they were just as good as being IN FRONT of the stage. I referred to it as “the proper side of the stage” as opposed to “the-ass-end of the stage”.
dumbass.
Anwyay, we have tickets and the little woman is resting easier now. Still, I wonder if I can talk someone else in to going instead of me.
Sphere: Related ContentIt was another busy weekend starting with Friday night. In the end we managed to test out the projector and screen for next weekend’s big event. The bad news is that the screen stinks. The tarp has a brown side and a reflective (solar-ish) silver side. I thought the silver side would be GREAT. It turns out that plastic tarps just have too many tiny wrinkles and facets to produce a good quality image. So I have to come up with an alternative. We tested out the screen with The Princess Bride on saturday night.
A neighbor-friend, who is a professional set-designer helped me figure everything out and even did some sewing - that is he sewed the bottom of the screen in to a kind of pocket to hold some weights to keep the tarp from fluttering in the breeze. Thoughtful and helpful guy.
We also had Mother’s Day on Sunday. Me and the kids went to Panera bread and brought home virtually one of all of their pastries. We also picked up flowers from her favorite florist. On Friday I took the kids to the mall and gave them each $10 for a present from Bath and Body Works. I threw in one of those acrylic massage tools.
We also went to the Adams House national historic site - home/birthplace of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. It was more enjoyable than I expected and the kids were GREAT! I can imagine that they might have thought it was pretty dull, but they sure didn’t let on. They did great and deserve their props. Sure, we got a little lost in Quincy, MA but what kind of road trip would it be if found it on the first try!
Gabe and Ben attended a birthday party while Grace played T-Ball and I spent some time rummaging around Home Depot looking for building supplies.
My favorite weekends are the ones where we get a lot of work done and have a lot of fun. So this was a pretty good one.
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