Snapshots of Vance Joy + Have You Heard? // Vance Joy - "Mess Is Mine"

Happy Friday, Friends! I hope that you are each having a great week! I've managed to come down with a cold, but otherwise it's been a good one. Hoping it goes away soon! :)

We got to see @vancejoy for the 4th time tonight. Played 3 new songs. 😱 Weekend. Made. Thank you @965thebuzz #nocostumeparty 💕🎶🎃👻 . . . . . . . . . #flashesofdelight #liveauthentic #instadaily #thatsdarling #concert #vancejoy #kclive #kcmo #965thebuzz #buzzfamily #music #weekend #weekendvibes #friday #fridaythe13th #friyay

A post shared by Alexandra Consolver (@simplyalexandra12) on Oct 13, 2017 at 9:19pm PDT

Last weekend was nuts, we had two concerts, a crafting day with my sister Jess, and then a family day at the Ren Fest. Whew. One concert was obviously Hanson, the other was Vance Joy! You guys know how I love Vance Joy!

It was our 4th time seeing him live, and it was such a great show. He played his new single, and also three new unreleased songs! I can't wait to hear when the new album comes out!

This was his second single from his first album, and I just love it. It's still one of my top favorites from him. The lyrics get me every time.

This video is just a sad polar bear though. :(



What are you guys up to this weekend?

We have no plans other than a call with my friend Juliet. :) I hope we find time to get some pumpkins and maybe carve them. I want to work more on October Daily videos and more pages too. I finally figured out that I can do all of the editing steps ON MY FREAKING PHONE... so... that's good. HA. They should start posting to YouTube next Monday! So stay tuned. I also need to do some reading.. but I haven't been feeling like it. We shall see. Maybe we'll watch The Two Towers. Nerdy & Crafty. Sounds about right.

Posts This Week: Me Too and October Daily 2017.

On YouTube This Week: August 2016 Flip Through and June Days 2017 Process Video.

XO,

Alexandra

Have You Heard? // Hanson - "Penny and Me"

Happy Friday, Friends! I hope you have had a great week! Ours has been pretty darn good. I cooked #allthefallfood on my day off. Woots. Also, Hallmark movies... found out we have the Hallmark channel... goodbye DVR space... Oy.

Ah, Hanson. This is hand's down my favorite Hanson song. Ever.

I remember just loving this music video, loving this song, just listening to it over and over. I downloaded it in the last few years just to listen to it over and over again, again. :) - LOL



We were so happy to see Hanson last night in our city. What a fun treat, right?

Blast from the past tonight! 🚀 Hanson celebrated 25 years of music. They played Penny & Me. So I was happy. 💕😊 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #flashesofdelight #liveauthentic #instadaily #thatsdarling #hanson #hanson25 #lfk #blastfromthepast #poptart #concert #90smusic

A post shared by Alexandra Consolver (@simplyalexandra12) on Oct 12, 2017 at 8:40pm PDT

25 years of music, wow! Last time I posted about them, I was sharing their super fun covers. Seriously, check those out if you like covers.

The show was really fun, and I was so happy that they played this song! Unfortunately the girl in front of us (who was apparently a Hanson SUPER-FAN) talked through both verses of this. So my favorite song was interrupted by, "HAVE  YOU SEEN THE OC?!" and "*unintelligible words* SEX IN THE SOUTH". UUUUGHHH. You guys, if there is one thing that ruins a concert for me. It's rude people. We'd already had her jumping in our view for the whole show, and I was like, "It's fine, she is obviously a HUGE fan, I'm fine with her having a better view than me." But I was so angry when she then talked through the song I really wanted to hear. It was distracting during the song, and the video we took of the song (we always try to get my favorite song recorded) has her louder than the music in both verses. So, note to selves guys (though you're obviously amazing and considerate) try not to be that person. Even if it's a song that's not your favorite... it might be someone else's.

We are excited to have another music-filled night tonight! We are headed to KCMO to see Vance Joy (again... #noshame) with a friend. Vance is my fave, so we clearly had to go. SUPER ironic though that we've been to all of ... 3? ... concerts this year so far, and these two are back to back. Grumble. I'm really enjoying spacing our plans out more so there's more time at home to unwind.

What are you guys up to this weekend?!

We are headed to Vance Joy tonight (duh) for the um... 4th time..., and then headed to the Ren Fest with my family on Sunday. I hope to read and work on PL, and pot some mums that we bought. Because we're trying otu that whole fall decorating thing. If I'm being honest, I'm not the best at the home decor thing. But I have goals. ha

Other Posts This Week: September Reads and Go-To Easy Chicken Stir Fry.

On YouTube This Week: October Daily Haul and July 2016 Flip Through.

XO,

Alexandra

24 Hours in St. Louis // June 2017

If I know one thing to be true... it's buy your concert tickets folks. You've probably heard this from me a lot, but it remains true. You don't want to miss out on tickets, unless you have to. Which is why, when Broods announced a short North American tour, we knew that driving to St. Louis (4.5 hours) would be worth it. Especially at $24 a piece for the tickets. :)

So, in mid-June we drove to St. Louis for the show, and right back the next morning. While it's never our preference to do so Juliet's mom was getting married, and we didn't want to miss it!

While we didn't do much on this trip, we do think there is a lot to do in St. Louis! So check out my past trip posts (at the bottom of this post) for ideas! :)

Eat: We only ate one meal in St. Louis, we tried Seoul Taco, a fun fusion restaurant. We tried one of each of the meat tacos, the fried rice, and the dumplings. The tacos were good, mine was very spicy. I didn't care for the fried rice, but the dumplings were amazing, They were pricer than the rest, but it was very worth it. The atmosphere in Seoul Taco was awesome. The walls reminded me of street art, and they had a deconstructed taco truck, and boomboxes spray pained in bright colors. It was a really fun dining experience. Thanks for the recommendation Will & Cara!

Do: See a concert at Delmar Hall or The Pageant. Delmar Hall is very very small which is great for seeing a band up close! I also loved that they have a little bar lounge you can wait in for the show rather than lining up outside!

Shop: The Loop (Delmar). It's full of fun specialty stores and restaurants. We loved stopping into Subterranean Books. It's relatively small, but it had a nice collection of books and atmosphere. I managed to buy a book, of course. They also had a small collection of local t-shirts and other gift items. Plus a bookstore dog, you don't see those a lot.

Broods: Broods was amazing, it was so fun to see them a second time! It was so fun to see Georgia dance around to the more up beat second album. She has amazing energy! They played pretty much all of my favorites. A girl right next to me in the crowd was there (after driving for 6 hours) for her birthday. And they sang to her! How cool is that?! They also did a cool cover of "Mad World", which was awesome. As always I highly recommend their music for your playlists and their concerts too! :)

Favorites: Broods! The bookstore and tacos were good too though. :) 

New Experiences: The Loop, Delmar Hall, Seoul Taco.

Have you been to St. Louis?

Have you ever traveled for a concert?

What is your favorite fusion restaurant?

If you are heading to St. Louis, you can check out my other trip recaps, here & here.

Happy Travels!

XO,

Alexandra

Snapshots of Tulsa, OK // August 2016

Wayyy back in August, KC and I + my friend (and ex-roomie) Jessica headed to Tulsa to see Coldplay. (see the concert recap, here.)

This was a bucket list item for her, and I really wanted to see them again, of course.. just a few weeks later they announced a show in KCMO... which would have been easier... but oh well! :)

We spent just a day in Tulsa, but we had a few good meals and lots of fun!

The BOK is the COOLEST looking arena!! 

see?!

Eat: We had dinner at El Guapo's a Mexican restaurant downtown. It was really good and had a fun atmosphere. A bonus is that it was a short walk to the BOK center for our concert. The prickly pear margaritas were great! We had breakfast at Dilly Diner which was GREAT and had HUGE pancakes. I loved the retro (yet modern...?) vibe in there! It was farm-to-table too which was a plus.

See: Downtown, BOK Center, Philbrook Museum of Art (& Gardens).

Shop: We really didn't shop much. We stopped in the Philbrook gift shop. There is a HUGE used bookstore there (Gardener's) .. .but we did not stop... 1) time, and 2) book ban. : / 

Do: See a concert at the BOK. Visit the Philbrook Museum of Art.

Favorites: Coldplay, prickly pear margaritas, the garden view at the Philbrook.

New Experiences: Traveling with a friend, a lack-luster airbnb experience.

Have you been to an arena concert?

Have you seen Coldplay live? See my recap of the concert, here.

Do you travel with friends or in groups?

Happy Travels!

XO,

Alexandra

Snapshots of Las Vegas // Pancakes & J.Lo // August 2016

In August KC and I headed to Vegas with his parents, his sister, and her (then) boyfriend, (now) fiance. :) We planned a mixture of together and "on our own" time, and were able to fit in so many cool places and things.

On day 4, we started with a family breakfast. My in laws were flying back home, and the rest of us were staying for the J.Lo. show. We didn't do a ton on this day, but I wanted to do a short post anyhow. :) 

My SIL's fiance... laughing at me taking food photos ^^ hahah

Even though Britney wasn't there... I needed a photo with her too. :P 

Eat: We ate at a great breakfast place in Mirage called Pantry. RUN THERE FOR PANCAKES! So so good! :)  We had Shake Shack... again.... and it was still awesome. We stopped for an ice cream at one point, it was just ok. It was outside Mirage and called BLVD Creamery. We had Mexican food for dinner. I don't remember the name of the place (it was in NY, NY)... but it wasn't very good. : / 

See: The Strip and Shops, and J.Lo. 

Shop: Most of the shopping in Vegas is reminiscent of mall shopping elsewhere in the US. Those shops that do not resemble it are likely ultra high-end shops. Think Valentino, etc. Not my jam, but cool to see if it is yours! :) Here are a few shops that I enjoyed for my typical (post card, souvenir, quirky or unique items, boutique type shops) shopping. 

• Houdini's Magic Shop - New York, New York - a fun shop of magic and prank items. The shop workers double as magicians. 

Shows: Vegas is known for many things, but one I'm particularly interested in, is the insane amount of shows available! We saw three shows while we were there, and enjoyed all of them. There were handfuls of others that sounded great as well. Here's a quick review of the ones we saw!

• J.Lo.'s "All I Have" - Planet Hollywood - We knew we wanted to see a big pop star while we were in Vegas. Most think of Celine or Elton John, but neither of them were there during our stay. We also thought of Britney (who shares this theater with J.Lo.), but J.Lo. was the one in town, so we decided to see her. She puts on a great show, there is a good review of her hits from the '90's to now, but the real treat is to see her and her back up dancers pull off all of that amazing choreography! It was incredible. Read more about this show, if you are interested, here.

Do: 

• I'm going to be honest... on this day we went to check out Luxor, walked a bit, and then proceeded to pack and sleep before the concert. We would have stayed one less day, but J.Lo. only performed on that night of all our dates.

Favorites: Pantry, Shake Shack (again!), and J.Lo.

New Experiences: Going to a magic shop, seeing a Vegas residency show, seeing J.Lo. at all.

Have you been to a pop concert? Have you been to one in Vegas?

What is your favorite Vegas casino? -if you've been

If not, what do you most want to see in Vegas?

Other Nevada Posts: Vegas Day 1 - The Strip, Vegas Day 2 - Museums & The High Roller (my favorite day!!), The Hoover Dam & Boulder City, NV, & Downtown Las Vegas.

Happy Travels!

XO,

Alexandra