Coachella 2008 - Day 1

Friday – April 25/2008

Lets see, the days started about 5 hrs after we finally had gotten camp set up and crawled into outr tents ... but since we were sleeping in the desert, the heat and blazing sun made for a alarm that could not be turned off. But such is life at Coachella! We hit the showers, took in a super yummy smoothie and made our way into the venue for Day 1. Below is some of what we took in ...

American Bang – Southern rock n’ roll … Reminded me of Whitestar – Good tunes to kick off the festival


Midnight Juggernauts - A very pleasant surprise – got me on my feet!


Black Kids - Good tunes with a Killers type vibe – Kept my feet moving …


Slightly Stoopid - Mellow, groovy reggae type tunes … good for chillin’ in the hawt, hawt desert afternoon


Jens Lekman - Too much for me – I’m all for a crooner, but he’s just TOO much cheese - but P liked it …


The Breeders - Classic! Loved them in the 90’s and love them still – So great to hear the oldies live


Vampire Weekend - They had a lot to live up to but in my opinion they didn’t cut it … and what the hell is with their friggen outfits YIKES!


The National - Interpol but not as pissed off ;) And we had to leave early to catch Master Jack ….


The Raconteurs - Full on kick ass rock show – Jack was unreal – Best performance of the day


The Verve - I took in the first part of the set (I HAD to leave to see Serj) and was impressed with the clean sound and vocals


Serj Tankian - I have to say this was a bit of a disappointment – He was on as far as overall performance goes, but his vocals failed to connect with the arrangements of his crazy tunes.

And so goes Day 1 – An awesome start to an awesome weekend!

Some Vacay Pics

Well, we have some pics to share from the trip ... the rest of them will hopefully be restored via the magic and wonder of the DataRecovery Doctor with whom we have entrusted the card with ....


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Back to Reality ...

Well Phil and I have made it home from what has to be one of the BEST ever road tips of my life!

I have officially fallen head over heals for California and will be trying to find a way to get my ass down there again ... soon and for a way longer time!

Hopefully we will have some pictures to post soon ... we have had a minor (ok ... MAJOR) technical disaster and are in the process of trying to recover ALL of the pictures that we accidently deleted ... just typing this is making me feel ill and start to well up ....

Otherwise, the travel blog will be a coming soon!

Wagons South!

Today Phil and I are heading to California for Coachella via the stunning coastal Highway 101!!!

WooHoo!!!!

We both need this vacation desperately to say the leaset. Well be on the road heading south till Thursday night when we grab our friend Jay in Santa Barbara and then head off to Indio to set up camp.

We’ll be sure to take lots of snaps and show them all off when we get home!

I hope I manage to get a tan and not my classic burn … bring on the SPF 30!

TTFN!

I DID IT!!!!

Well, after a restless night of tossing and turning, getting little sleep, when the alarm went off this morning at 6:50 am I was ready to RUN!

And what an experience it was and I’m so glad that I was a part of the 24th Annual Vancouver Sun Run!

Phil and I headed out to my office to meet up with my team around 8:00 am and we're off to get into our race positions shortly before 9:00 am. The only bummer to the race was that Phil and I were not even close to meeting up with Stacey, who had P’s timing chip and race bib. So Phil, being the super stellar man that he is, chose to run the race with out his timing chip or bib in order to keep a very nervous and psyched out Erin together.

All together now - Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

So with the aid of a trusty digital watch, we joined the 57,000 other runners and took off around 9:20 am.

Needless to say, with that amount of people running all together its easy to keep a nice, slow pace and not burn out right off the start.

We managed to run full out for the first 10 minutes and then I needed to walk to get ride of the side stitch that reared its ugly head, reminding me that I never take enough time to stretch.

After that was sorted out it was back to running and thanks to Daft Punk Alive 2007, I was able to keep a great pace for the next 4 km. We both took another walk break when getting over the Burrard St Bridge, as it was after a hill, and then it was back to business.

The last 1.5 km were hard, sore hip, numb baby toes and legs feeling like lead we a few of the ailments I was facing, but it didn’t stop me from sprinting to the finish line! From what we gathered, via P’s watch, we crossed the line 71 minutes after we started. That is a full 19 minutes FASTER than I had aimed for!!! I was dumbfounded that I managed to make it in such a great time.

It was amazing feeling to pass that line and to have Phil beside me was even more amazing. We hugged it out, caught our breath and made our way over to the chip drop off.

Overall it was an amazing experience and I am so stoked to have been a part of it, no matter how worked up I was over the whole thing.

The next question is … will I do this again next year??.