Monday, August 14, 2006

Roots, Rock, Reggae!

Yesterday was one of those awesome, perfect days in life! Saturday Bryan and I had ran errands (filling SCUBA tanks, getting the bikes tuned up) and cleaned the whole apartment (including washing screens, windows, etc.-totally clean!) Lots of work, but it made the rest of our weekend worry-free. So, Sunday was all about having fun!

We started by walking over to the beach and had a picnic, swam in the ocean, and layed out on our blanket catching rays. The weather was spectacular-- sunny, light ocean breeze, warm. The ocean was beautiful- shimmering blue, nice 2-3 ft. waves, water temperature 64 degrees. It's days like this when I feel so lucky for being able to live here... At around 3:00 we had to go take showers and leave for the Bob Marley Roots, Rock, Reggae Festival!

We caught a shuttle bus (Santa Monica Big Blue Bus) heading over to Hollywood to get to the concert-- didn't have to deal with traffic, parking fees, lines, etc. I highly recommend taking public transportation to concerts, it makes life so much easier! Once at the Hollywood Bowl, I started getting SUPER excited. Not only was I going to see my favorite musician, Ziggy Marley, (my cat's named after him) but also a living legend- Bunny Wailer (of Bob Marley and the Wailers). On the last song, 3 Marley brothers were on stage- Ziggy, Stephen, and Damien "Jr. Gong"! The concert also made me miss Jamaica-- it was nice hearing real Jamaican accents again. We had great seats, a bottle of wine, and the best music ever! The concert went on for hours... (as did my dancing) Just totally awesome! So, now I'm refreshed for the work-week...

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