A Swell Season all around

The Swell Season

Latin teacher and I have been together for 14 months as of last night! On that fateful night we went on our first date (to Sono downtown Raleigh) and then to the Foundation where we could sit close and talk about serious stuff, it's just what we do there.

To celebrate this accomplishment in our relationship (and just another excuse to have a fun date night) we went to dinner at Sushi Blues. We ate very well with some seaweed salad, and edemame to start. We also had three rolls to split, the Clapton roll (which was a California roll with some spicy tuna and cucumber salad on top) a Spicy Sammy (a tempura shrimp roll with lots of veggies inside) and a Wolfpack Roll (they do some local names to keep things interesting, this was a roll with tempura pieces, crab, and some veggies with roe on top) It was all VERY good.

A while ago I had also gotten us Pre-Sale tickets to The Swell Season concert. The artists worked together in the movie Once, which is a movie that really bonded Latin teacher and I when we were first "talking". I had seen and fallen in love with it; the fact that LT knew and liked it as much really meant something about him. They now have their own group called The Swell Season and a new album called "Strict Joy".

It was at the newly renovated NC Art Museum, which was new to me regardless of the renovation. Once we got our tickets and got to our seats, I realized how nice pre-sale tickets can really be. We had a great view of everything! The show started with the "MC" giving an into about the museum and the night... blah blah, but the best thing he said was that people were not going to be allowed to sit in front of the "expensive seats". After the band came on the first thing Glen said was (in his Irish accent) "are you all sitting on the grass? Come up here to the front... Now it's a real rock concert" making the "MC" seem like chopped liver. It set a great mood for an awesome concert.

Throughout the concert they switched from Once soundtrack works, to The Swell Season tracks, and then even some covers (they did an incredible version of Van Morrison's "Into the Mystic" that admittedly brought my to tears) and a fun Springsteen cover where a crowd member came onstage, sang a bit and introduced the members of the band. I thought it was a crew member or something but at the end Glen asked the guy his name and gave him some "snaps" for the brave act.

The concert lasted much longer than I had thought it would, they keep going away and coming back. Glen did a great "monologue" of a song called "Say it to me now" from his first group The Frames. It's hard not to get lost in their music because they, especially Glen has so much passion and emotion in his music, is awesome.

For those coming to our wedding...Don't be surprised to find a little something from them splashed in here and there. By the way! To continue the countdown. We're down to 91 days!! or less than 3 months! I'm going to fly by, I know it is!

Latin Teacher at The Swell Season! Don't you just love the beard/ short hair combo? I always miss the curls right after he cuts them off, but I think he looks great like this too! Besides, the curls aren't going to be gone forever...