Sister Act (Mar 16)

• Erin and I had a great day together! We ate at a vegetarian restaurant in Ann Arbor for dinner (I had vegan pizza...for probably the last time. I NEED REAL CHEESE.) and then headed to Pontiac for the Lindsey Stirling concert at the Crofoot. We drove up and saw a ton of people waiting in a line. We very much hoped that we wouldn't have to join them, but we soon realized that when they said the show started at 7, it really meant that doors opened at 7. So, since it was 6:45, we would have to que up too :/ It wasn't horrible though and the people in front of us were amused by our conversation about gingers (and dating them). Plus, I saw Erica! :) Once inside, we decided to head up to the 2nd floor balcony for the show. It was all standing-room only, but at least up there we had some room to move freely. The opening act was weird. It was a 2-man rap group - one guy played trumpet and the other played acoustic guitar. And the rapped. The trumpet guy was actually really good (at both singing and playing) but the whole concept was weird. Plus, I expected a more folk-y act to introduce Lindsey. (If you haven't seen Lindsey Stirling's videos, start here.) We made it through though and soon she came out! We really couldn't see so Erin convinced me to go to this part of the upstairs that was blocked off by a fence - but that had a small space between said fence and the wall...large enough to sneak through. About 3 pictures and 3minutes later, we were kicked out - it was for people with VIP passes :/ So we went back to our original spots and mostly just listened. It was great though :) She's pretty awesome. Not as funny as JG in concert, but very talented :) Throughout the down time of the day (getting ready at my apartment, the drive over, waiting for the bands, etc.), Erin and I talked about all kinds of things. She complimented my apartment by saying I was a hipster :) And was impressed that I go to bars/clubs relatively awesome. Apparently, that makes me cool! WOO! To finish off a great night, we decided to go out to a couple of places in downtown Ann Arbor when we got back. I took her right to Conor's, where there, surprisingly, wasn't much of a line. However, while we were waiting, a drunk ginger sorority girl walks past the line to the manager/bouncer and starts trying to convince him to let her in because she has red hair and it's St. Patrick's Day. He looks over to me and Erin (indicating that there were other gingers waiting) - so I leaned out of line and said, "What do you think we're doing?" I got a laugh out of him and several others in line. The girl totally ignored me, but also went back to her friends...standing in line :D We hung out there for a while (I gave her some pro-tips about avoiding or catching attention at the bar...and increased my cool status) and then we headed to Rush Street. There, we danced on the incredible crowded dance floor for about 10 minutes, cooled off and left. It seems short, but it was great. We just saw a little bit of the bar scene, took in our fair share of the color green and inappropriately-dressed-for-the-weather girls (I mean, come one - you can still look slutty in jeans, if you really want to!) and headed home/to bed before the sun came up. We popped in The Prince & Me when we got back but neither of us made it all the way through. It was a great day and I'm so glad we got some quality time together :)