Weekend Updates: Concert and Chill

My weekend kicked off with a Hall and Oates concert at Madison Square Garden with tickets I had purchased in December through Groupon. Honestly I wanted to go to see the openers, Mayer Hawthorne and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings. I didn't realize just how many Hall and Oates songs I knew, but they were really good! Of course they closed with my favorite, "You Make My Dreams." 

With this Groupon deal, we couldn't pick out seats, but we were seated in the "Chase Bridges" which is a fairly new addition (2013?) to MSG. Blue thought it would be the nosebleed section or barstools, but we got the first row of the section, which meant actual seats and no one's big ass head obstructing my view! We were right up next to the glass, and each seat or "station" had a monitor set in the table and outlets. (The monitors were added because for basketball/hockey games, apparently you can't see the scoreboard from these seats. They were turned off for the concert.) 

pre-concert cocktails

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the crowd viewed from my seat

blurry ass pics of Sharon Jones, Hall and Oates, and this cool app
that lets you pre-order and pick up your drinks

more blur of Daryl Hall and band

On Saturday, we lazed around and then our friend came over for pizza and beers and catching up. Not pictured: pizza, mussels marinara, and garlic knots because I'm a bad blogger. I ate almost all of the mussels by myself. Oops. We picked up this Southern Tier Creme Brulee beer to try as well. If you like dark beers, this is an excellent choice. (You can see other brews I'm trying on Untappd!) We were binge-watching on Married at First Sight since finding the earlier seasons on the A&E app, and got her addicted to it as well. 

Sunday was spent doing some chores, napping, and cooking. Every week, I make a special request for a big Sunday dinner, which works at well since Blue loves to cook. Win-win. This week was spaghetti and meatballs. We finished off the night with a couple friends, spiked hot chocolate, and The Walking Dead. 

Linking up with Biana for Weekending. 

How was your weekend?