I almost pissed my pants...

I think last nights concert and adventures will go down in history as one of my favorite nights ever!!
I worked yesterday day...and then went straight to the Loop to meet up with Dawn, the bestest bestie ever! :)
Per our usual dining get togethers, and because Pi was SO busy, we went to The Noodle Cafe on Delmar, a little Chinese restaurant. I knew it was going to be a good night...and my fortune confirmed that thought...

(A fun party is soon to be in your future)
Well, we knew that, I was with Dawn already, getting ready to meet up with my concert going pals, Steve and Jeff. After eating we made our way across the street to one of my favorite concert venues....

Good times happen HERE.
Dawn at this point was still a skeptic. She had never heard Aaron Lewis until she listened to him on youtube the night before. She really didn't know what to expect, but was a little excited because of all MY excitement!

 Dawn and I pre-concert...she looks a bit worried.

Aaron Lewis fans become friends for life!
And the show must go on! Great performances by Aaron Lewis as he belted out many great lyrics and threw in a little humor to keep the crowd on their toes...(ie...Time After Time)

(there is a video of a song posted to my facebook, if I was ultra tech savvy I could probably insert it here, but I am not, so you must find it)
By the end of the show, Dawn was a believer and understood my excitement. Aaron Lewis, phenomenal musician. Words can not even describe the awe that surrounds him...

So, being the fun people that we are, we decided to go to the Pin-up...The Pin-up is where the excessive acts of randomness began...Such as meeting Pete. He started it.

This is Pete. Well, Dawn, Pete and Christy...he was the door guy, and I think he just carded us for personal gain rather than for his job.

See, the Pin-Up...that really is where we were....

Though you can't really see this, there was a really old car in the parking lot of the Moonrise...which became our next location for photo ops and lots of laughs!!
You see...there were these couches, and while they LOOKED really comfy, I am pretty sure they were only there as art, but as you can tell in the next picture, that was not realized until we decided to plop onto them in a drunken stupor...

The Moonrise also had a cute Halloween display, which I thought was another great opportunity for a photo.... It was at this point that we decided it would be best to call it a night... we parted ways with Steve and Jeff and decided to walk through the valet lot to my car rather than all the way down Delmar and around the buildings. THIS proved to be the BEST decision of the night!!!
As we walked around the corner, there was the tour bus, and who was outside of it, but Aaron Lewis himself!!

We were both lucky enough to have our tickets to the show autographed!

And Pictures taken!! (Aaron Lewis and Dawn!) She was excited because this is the first famous person she has ever met...

Aaron Lewis and I... me excited because I am in awe with this man!!
I think I almost pissed my pants!!
Many drunken texts and phone calls followed this moment...I can NOT believe I met him. It was totally random that we ran into him!
So, we headed to the car, and by the time we pulled out of the lot, the tour bus and Aaron Lewis had moved on to his next destination, so it was a stroke of luck that we walked back there at exactly the right time!

Nothing could have ruined that evening! One of the best nights I have ever had, thanks to Dawn, Steve, Jeff, and OF COURSE, Aaron Lewis....

xx