Oh my, I am soooo relaxed. Which is the exact reasons to go on a vacation. It is just amazing what a weekend away from EVERYTHING has done for me. There isn’t an ounce of stress left in my body.
And I could not have picked a better format than the Coachella Music Festival. (Nor a better companion… thanks again B 🙂 ) There were 130 bands, performers, singers, DJ’s playing in 6 places through the 3 days. The first performer started at noon each day and the last one usually ended by one in the morning.
Needless to say I did not last until one in the AM! Friday was more fun than Saturday or Sunday only in level of the crowds. It was twice as packed on those days than on Friday. Also, the security was a bit more relaxed this year than last, so there were A LOT of people getting in on duped and faked tickets.
According to the woman we stayed with, the nights were more like a rave than an outdoor festival. I’d have to agree with her. Apparently the festival had 75,000 people a day! On Saturday and Sunday you really felt it. And the number of “beautiful.. there only to be seen” people was huge! Body paint, bikini’s and as much skin as possible seemed to be the dress code.
There was so much “eye-candy” that B and I spent a lot of time thinking about how much money we would make if we could design just the right individual sex enclosures. Sort of a Porta-screw you could use… 30 minutes for $20.00. We’d make tons! Of course all that talking about sex and at one point just HAD to see if doing it in our vehicle would qualify as indecent exposure!
The highlights for me was discovering new music and falling in love with it. And learning that my favorite band doesn’t have it together enough yet to be fun to watch perform. Although I think the sound system wasn’t doing them justice.
Of course the BEST performance was from Vampire Weekend. I’d heard their music but you know how it is…. if you’re not a teen you don’t spend THAT much time researching the band. But, OMG they were incredible to watch perform. If I can get a clip up later I will. B did a lot of recording! And they’ll probably be stuff on YouTube. But until then, here’s their most recent single’s video.
The energy they have on stage is AMAZING and its just the funnest music to enjoy. Oh, and that lead singer is the cutest cub!
I’ll post more later. I need a nap!