Anna Rose at the Ames Hotel

So, I like to read dig, an online (and print) source for music/theater/arts/tv/food/etc. Pretty much, if you live in Boston, read it and you can find stuff to do. I got an email today that listed all the goings on and I saw the intro to this article that said Anna Rose would be playing at the Ames. I was hooked because she covered one of my favorite songs from Arcade Fire, "My Body is a Cage." Okay, so it's five o' clock when I read this and the article says 6-9. I asked around campus and put it out on facebook but, you know, with literally an hour until the show, no one was free. I almost decided against going but I'm glad I didn't.

I got to the Ames at 7 and ordered the obligatory drink (free actually means "buy a drink" so I bought a coke because that's how I roll, homes) and Anna Rose came on shortly after. I scored a nice spot where I could lean back against a column and listen to the music. I was immediately glad that I'd surpassed my "shy" tendencies.

Anna Rose's voice is filled with emotion, her lyrics reflect hard work and real life. She isn't manufactured and I'm glad because her words, her music, her voice, her essence is real and that comes across when she's joking around with her band between songs, when she's telling the audience which drinks sound good, and when she's laying her soul out for everyone to see (well, hear).

I bought her CD after the show so I could continue to listen and... she gave me her set list! How awesome is that? :)

So I'm really glad that I went out tonight because I would have missed some awesome music and a great experience in "doing things solo."

Please check out Anna Rose on itunes, her CD is called "Nomad"
She's also on facebook and twitter so be sure to like/follow her!

Don't You Forget About Me

My sister gave me and my brother going away presents today:

My going-away present from Shelbie.

She's too cute. This is what she put in the box:

• A picture of her silly, wonderful self. It's a very funny picture... On it she wrote, "Don't you forget about me" a la Simple Minds.
• A Halloween craft/recipe magazine and a Whole Living magazine.
• A laundry bag for my drrrrrty clothes.
• A gift card for Starbucks (yay! I don't have to give up coffee because I'm broke... yet!)
• A 6 pack... of Ramen! 
• Hello Kitty bandaids!!
• Gigantic paperclips
• Q-Tips
• Ear plugs
• A rubber band ball
• A funky little pen
• Some cash money and
• A roll of quarters so I can do laundry!

She put tags on some of the stuff... for instance, on a package with a map and a Bible she channeled Carrie Underwood and wrote "if you ever lose your way" <3

A map of Boston... and two faces I'm going to miss a lot!!

She's my bestest friend in the whole wide world... I don't know what I'm going to do without her! Who will finish my sentences? I'll have to speak whole thoughts! :(

Well, I'm going to pack up the computer now and get to work on packing the car... Next time I write, I'll be on the other side of the state line.