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Friday, May 7, 2010

2 date nights in 1 week....WHAT?

Date night #1: On Monday night, Mimi and Doc baby sat, so we could go to the Straight No Chaser concert at the Saenger Theater. We have had tickets for this concert since before Christmas and we haven't had a date night since January, so to say that I was excited was a HUGE under statement! We went to Hopjacks for some drinks and french fries cooked in duck fat---sounds TOTALLY disgusting, but they are the absolute most delicious things you have ever put in your mouth! The concert was completely entertaining and this acapella group reminded me of the Bakers Dozen that used to come to St. Paul's. So much fun!



Date night #2: Mae Mae came to baby sit Thursday night so the whole fam could go see Norah Jones in concert. We went to the Bike Shop at around 6pm thinking we had plenty of time for dinner and I guess EVERYONE in Mobile thought this would be a good idea.... our food finally came at 7:50pm and the concert started at 8pm. We scarfed down our food and headed straight to the Saenger. After rushing to the theater, she didn't even start singing until 9pm, so we really didn't even have to rush. Anyway, the concert was pretty good. She was so cute and she sounded great, but there just seemed to be something missing from it somehow. Don't get me wrong, it was a ton of fun, I just wish she would have connected to the audience a bit more. My favorite songs of the night were the song about "Dauphin Island" and the one about Manhattan. Any song about NY makes me realize how much I miss our NY and appreciate our time up there all over again.


2 comments:

M.M. said...

that's awesome! where's the place with the duck fat fries? i've heard of those before and heard they're awesome. also, what's the name of the song about Dauphin Island? Jealous of your two date nights! Also, for some reason, when i'm on my laptop at home, it shows up that i'm in Springhill, Florida. It's weird, i know. who knows.

Baby Payne said...

She apparently has a friend that lives on dog river and she did the cover of her dauphin island song for the first time last night. i will have to get her name.

the place with the fries is called hop jacks and it's next door to the saenger where the pickle fish on dauphin street used to be.