Matt surprised me his year by suggesting we go to Street Scene as an early anniversary gift to ourselves. For those of you who dont know, Street Scene is a huge concert venue in San Diego that occurs at the end of each summer. They usually have 40+ bands of various genres - some well known and many others 'up and coming.' The bands perform all weekend long. Ive been to Street Scene before in the mid 1990s and had a fantastic time. Matt, however, isnt a live music guy. He has this thing with crowds so we havent gone to many concerts together.
All that changed on Friday night. After Matt lined up some tickets and I booked some babysitting (thanks Mom and Dad!) we ventured out to downtown and had the best time listening to the music. We saw Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Cake, Modest Mouse and Cage the Elephant. That last group was so much fun and Matt's favorite of the night. Cage the Elephant is a young band and the energy they put out into the audience was contagious. We had a total blast!
It was so fun to hang with Matt apart from the kids. Im lucky that after 12 years of marriage we still have so much fun together.
The secret to your twelve years is now obvious - when we really love someone we do things that they love even if it isn't our idea of the best time. I am Proud of Matt for thinking of that as the way to celebrate!
ReplyDeleteSo much fun...I'm glad we went
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