Justin Timberlake Concert

Hello readers! Like I mentioned a while ago, I have been so crazy busy the last 6 months that I have SUCKED at blogging...so now that I am on Christmas break (woo!!), its finally time to catch up.

So, here we go...

Way back in October, my musical hero (Justin Timberlake) came to Detroit to do a concert with Jay-Z. I unfortunately had to work, so despite how much I wanted to go to the concert, I knew that it was a no go. Three days before the concert, I decided that I would request a switch in my schedule. Administration made it incredibly clear that we were not, under any circumstances allowed to change our call days, but for some reason, I thought I would just ask. At this point, we were 6 weeks into my 8 week Internal Medicine clerkship, so I knew the clerkship director pretty well. So, I decided to be honest...

Me: "Julie...If I needed to switch one of my call days this week, would I be able to"
Julie: "Under no circumstance are you allowed to switch your call schedule" .... *looks around and whispers *"Come ask me in my office in 10 minutes"

10 minutes later...I walk to her office....

Julie: "Ok. So, why do you need to switch your call day?"
Me: "I don't have a good excuse. There is a Justin Timberlake concert I want to go to in Detroit."
Julie: "Hrmmm...Ok I will switch it for you, just don't tell anyone"

So, by some miracle I got the day off, snagged last minute tickets and got to attend one of the best concerts of my life!

Pre-drinks at Hockey Town across from the stadium!

Excited that we have TICKETS!! 

My souvenir. 

*Sigh* I love JT. I will marry him one day, just you guys wait!

Concert in the Park

One of my summer goals is to really explore the city of Sacramento before I move to Michigan. Yesterday, I went to "Concert in the Park," which is a summer concert series in Ceasar Chavez's Plaza downtown. They have multiple local bands come to play. This week's bands were "Agent Ribbon," "Roman Funerals," "Golden Ghosts," and "Dreaded Diamond." Yes, apparently you have to have strange two-phrased names to play at this concert haha. While (most of) the bands were pretty good, my favorite part of the evening was people watching. It was pretty crazy the diverse crowd that showed up at this event. Also, they had an awesome beer garden and a TON of food trucks. I didn't actually try the food this time, but next time I am definitely going to wait to eat until I get to the park so that I do try some of the yummy food truck food.

Here are some photos of the event:

(photo credits: Lyle Chan. Thanks Lyle!)

Concert in the park was an awesome event and I will definetely be going to more as the summer progresses. They are actually heald every Friday. If any Sacramento-ians are reading my blog and interested in going, here is the link for the info:

 http://grubzilla.com/2011/04/15/sacramento-concert-in-the-park-2011-schedule/