High Five for Friday: August 9

Let’s see what brought the sparkle this week!

• Saturday night was the Queen concert, and it was AMAZING!! Brian May and Roger Taylor IN PERSON!! Adam Lambert is quite the showman, and, by his own admission, more like a Freddie surrogate than a replacement, so I like him even more now. ❤️ I was a little surprised they didn’t do more deepish cuts (since I’ve spent the past 9 months on a Queen crash course, haha—I WAS READY!), but overall, the setlist was great: everything from “Bohemian Rhapsody” to “Radio Gaga.” They even threw in a few songs I didn’t expect, like “Hammer to Fall” and “‘39” (the latter of which I totally fangirled over!). They were really rocking, so “Love of My Life” was a particularly quiet, tender moment:

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I guess I’m never going to stop posting about the @officialqueenmusic + @adamlambert show! This was such a sweet, intimate moment: everyone singing “Love of My Life” along with @brianmayforreal (and eventually footage of Freddie). 😭😭😭 We actually have the sheet music for “Love of My Life” somewhere in our house because it’s the first song Pops brought to his guitar teacher to learn back in the ‘70s! 💕🎸 . . #queen #concert #rhapsodytour #loveofmylife #musictherapy #acousticguitar

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Bottom line: You should totally go see them if you have the chance. Pops wants to go again!

• During the day on Saturday, I taught my one yoga student and rocked these awesome pink leggings, which Pops though I’d be wearing to the concert! (“Freddie would approve!” LOL I guess they are on par with his harlequin bodysuit lewks.) I had seen them at Primark before, but now they’re marked down to $5, so I couldn’t resist. I don’t love bold leggings, so I really appreciate how these just give you bold calves only! 😂😂

• I posted two more entries to #SparklePunchMusicMonth this week: the Stones and Darren Criss! Can you believe I saw those two concerts in a one-week span?! I especially love how my Stones pic turned out. Thank you Pops for having lots of gear for me to use as a prop! 😂 I also somehow managed to position the camera juuust right to hide all the extraneous junk in our living room! 💯💯

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Despite my love of classic rock, I was never super into the Stones. Pops really had to twist my arm to go see them back in 2013 on their 50 & Counting Tour. (Mainly for financial reasons, don’t @ me.) I liked some of their stuff, sure, but I only had a Greatest Hits CD and never did much of a deep-dive until I started learning more about Nicky Hopkins recently. 💕🎹 . . When I saw the Stones in 2013, I was super-pumped that they did “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking” (by audience request), and with Mick Taylor, no less! (I’m ashamed to say that I only know this song because of Guitar Hero!🙈) “Tumbling Dice” may be my favorite Stones song overall, though, because I can never seem to resist it when it pops up! . . #PopsGearMakesAGreatProp 😂 #sparklepunchmusicmonth #rollingstones #50andcounting #musictherapy #phlbloggers #whatiwore

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One week after I saw the Stones, I had a slight change of pace when I saw @darrencriss , aka Blaine Warbler, on his Listen Up! Tour. And it might be the most terrifying concert experience I’ve ever had! I had to meet @deenaelg there because of work... which meant having to push through the crowd to find her. This made me a LOT of tween enemies. (These girls were not playing, man.) But I survived, and Darren did “Teenage Dream” live, so let’s all swoon together and live our best 2013 lives. #noregretsjustlove Seriously, check out the last video, it’s the best part! (Sorry the videos shaky AF, I think I was filming with my DSLR above my head. #yolo 😂) . . #sparklepunchmusicmonth #concert #whatiwore #music #darrencrisslistenup #glee #blaineanderson

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• On Tuesday afternoon, Timmi got back from Ireland, so I went over to her house and picked up some furry co-workers! Tuesday is my work from home day, so I hung out with Timmi/ate weird European gummies and worked while she couch melted after a 12-hour delay at Heathrow on her way back from Ireland. 😵

This is very ideal 😂

• Lastly, on Wednesday, Timmi and I got to work on the little textile project I’ve alluded to in a few posts: attaching Stay Home Club patches to some t-shirts and sweatshirts! This one is obviously my fave:

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Hope you guys have a great weekend! xo