Piano Man

[tarotgal]

Okay... so for the last few weeks I've been planning in my head a trip up to PA to see Billy Joel on tour. It's one of my VERY few life-long dreams to see him in concert and I'm starting to feel like this might be my last chance so I'm going for it.

However, last night I discovered that he suddenly added a concert date right here in Washington. In the building where my capitals play, no less! SQUEEE! So I'm going for it. Problem is, I don't have anyone to take. My friends who like him don't live on this coast any more. And no one I know around here likes him enough to go with me, I'm sure. Which is silly because Billy is, like, my music God! :-) So I'm trying to debate whether to buy two tickets and hold out hope that maybe someone will go with me anyway... or whether just to go to the concert alone. I'm sort of getting used to doing things like this on my own, anyway. I've just been disappointed by people so damn many times that I've decided it's much more enjoyable not to rely on anyone. Which works for me.

I'm starting to sound like the plotline from 'How I Met Your Mother' this past Monday (Ted checks PLUS 1 on the wedding invite hoping he'll find someone to go with in time).

Not that I'd mind going alone. But it is DC in the middle of the night.

Either way, I'm going to try my ass off for the tickets. And if they all sell out, I'm going to PA after all. And if they all sell out I'm going to NY. Or somewhere else. Doesn't matter. I have so few things I want to do before I die and if I can actually get one of them done, then I'm going for it!

Comments

[tinadp.livejournal.com]

Oh I love Billy Joel, hope you get to go. When he was on tour with Elton John my mother in law, her sister and my sister in law went to see them. I was very sad that no one thought to ask me. :(
Too bad you're not closer, I'd go in Boston but I can't actually go anywhere.

[tarotgal]

Ohhhh! That is sad! *hugs*
Boston is a bit of a drive for me from VA, I'm afraid. :-( That is too bad. Though I'm envious. I love New England to bits. I'd much rather live up there any day :-)

[tinadp.livejournal.com]

Can't say that I blame you. I don't even drive to Boston but the train station is so close and the Garden (where most of the big concerts are)is upstairs from the station.

It is nice here but then I've never lived anywhere else.

[tarotgal]

LOL! I'm exactly the same way when it comes to Washington DC!! I hate driving on the Capital Beltway and driving in the city is pure madness! But the Metro is just a 5-10 minute drive from home and I can get all over the place on that, including straight to MCI Center where the Billy Joel concert is being held.

Having lived in southern VA and in North Carolina... I can honestly say that's as south as I ever want to get *shudders* Not my part of the country, that. But north... every time I've visited the area, I've fallen in love. Of course, I left Vermont before I was old enough to start remembering heavy winters... but I think I could handle Boston. My favorite radio station is a Folk station straight out of Boston (I fell in love with it online but I have dial-up now and can no longer listen) and I could definitely get into the Bruins if I lived there. Where-ever I end up has got to be near a good hockey team, I've decided :-)

[tinadp.livejournal.com]

I watched the Bruins as a kid with my dad but it's been such a long time. I just rediscovered baseball last year and the Red Sox became a total fixation for me, and now I stll feel like I have all this free time at night without the almost daily games to watch. I had been thinking about watching a few Bruins games this year with hockey being back but I never think of it when they're on. I think my son would like it, he so is going to end up being sports boy(so unlike his parents...)

[vatergrrl.livejournal.com]

If Mr. Joel's PA concert date is in Philly, and you end up getting tix to that one, I offer my grovelling self up as a suitable date. ;)

[tarotgal]

When my original plans were to go up to Philly anyway I did think of maybe contacting you. Knowing my pitiful sense of direction, I thought of making it a long day or a two-day event.
Yes, the concerts are in Philly, and there are quite a few dates. But I don't know how long they've been for sale and I can't seem to find many tickets available at TicketMaster (several shows are sold out already, it seems).
Philly's much more of a drive than into DC for me... so I'm slightly reluctant to do it on my own. But it'd be a nice adventure and it would sure as heck be nice to have someone to go with who would enjoy herself! Still, money's pretty tight with me and work's getting crazy. I'm going to drop you an e-mail on the subject tonight, okay?