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March Music Moments...So technically, these music events were in both February and March, but I'm a sucker for alliteration so I cheated a little on the "March" thing. You don't mind though, do you? I mean at least I'm finally writing. I know it has been quite a while, but let's take that as a sign that I've been keeping too busy and entertained to write, eh? Onto the music...

Thanks to my goddess-of-all-things-San-Francisco, Liesl, I was lucky enough to find out about a local music, fashion, and food event that Banana Republic was putting on several Thursdays ago at their major city stores nation-wide (read: NYC, LA, SF, etc). Not only did the event require a special RSVP, but we waited in line to get into the store at SF's huge Union St. location (seriously, it's the biggest BR ever!). As well-dressed caterers offered us wine, chocolate confections, and hors devours upon entering, we even enjoyed a 30% of sale on everything in the store. Add that to free music by a great new artist, David Garrett--a virtuoso violinist whose band mixed a bit of rock, classical, just plain fantastic music together for a fabulously entertaining show (think Transiberian Orchestra), and we had a wonderful evening!
David Garrett was fantastic. Here's just a sample of what this guy can do (classically):

Pretty entertaining to say the least, and who doesn't love shopping? As you can see by our smiles in this picture, we weren't complaining.
So the discovery of David Garrett (plus some free downloads from the event--with purchase of course) was a big musical highlight of the past month, but little did I know there was more to come...
Fast-forward to only a week or so ago, and you have 2 Sara Bareilles fans post-work on a Friday night, lining up outside Cafe Du Nord in San Fran, hoping to get lucky--with tickets that is.
For such a small venue that was--according to sources--SOLD OUT, we didn't have much hope of getting in but we thought we may as well give it a try, and I'm oh-so-glad we did. After about 1 1/2 hours in the evening chill, to our excitement, they released more tickets and we were able to get in the concert! It was my first time to this hipster Cafe and Sara B as well as her opening act, Tony Lucca, did not disappoint...


My one complaint from the concert would just have to be the crowd and some of the "older folks" that were there to see the now super-popular Sara. I don't think it was just because I was standing in the back, but honestly, the older generation that was there seemed to lack the unspoken concert etiquette that one generally minds at events like this, especially in such a small, intimate venue. Though a few bad eggs in the crowd did distract, and I found myself muttering age-ist things towards the end of the night, the overall concert was great. Sara B rocked album faves as well as a few new tunes, and left me wanting to listen to her album for the rest of the weekend! Here's a little clip I filmed of the tour's namesake song, "Gravity" (one of my faves!)


As a final addition on this musical note (har har) here's a new song I really like by Metric (not only do I like the song, but this whole docu snippet:


Enjoy it all! (and thanks as always, for listening)