Sir. Paul McCartney

Hey Everyone!

I made it back from Cabo, and it was such a great vacation. I'm very tan, which is great because I was unusually pale prior to my trip. I also bought a t-shirt that says "I survived the Swine Flu"... just to commemorate the event :). My first week back in America has been quite hectic though! I had to go to work Monday, and there was a lot to catch up on when I got back. I finally caught up by Friday, but tomorrow starts a new day of excel sheets, and inventory.

But, this post isn't about that. This post is about how incredible my day yesterday was. As some of you may know, Sir. Paul McCartney is on tour- and rumor has it that this tour is his last one. Now, I have been a huge Beatles fan since I can remember, and I was pretty bummed I was missing this concert. But, that all changed at around 9:30 am yesterday morning. I received a text from my friend Patrick (a fellow Siena Blogger) asking if I wanted to go to the Paul McCartney concert Saturday night. I, of course, said yes, and he miraculously got tickets that morning for the concert! Now, this is a particularly momentous event because it was the first concert at Citifield, and, incase you didn't know, The Beatles did the first concert at Shea Stadium. We got to the Stadium a little early, but, since this was my first time at Citifield we went on a tour of the stadium before the concert. I saw the old infield of Shea, since we parked right next to third base. Inside the Stadium was just gorgeous. My favorite part of the new stadium is the outside Promenade right under the "Citifield" sign. After the tour, we took our seats in Section 130, Row 24, seats 3 and 4. (Yep, not only did we get the tickets that morning, we had phenomenal seats... Luck was on our side). The opening act was actually one of my favorite bands, called "The Script" (download them- you'll love their music), and when they came on both of us sang along to every song. People actually thought we were with the band, and we had to explain that we were just huge fans. Paul McCartney came out at 8:52, and performed for exactly 2 and 1/2 hours without one break. He started the show with "Baby you can drive my car", and the crowd was so excited. (It was the first time Citifield sold out all season, you know, because the Mets are horrendous). The set list included favorites like "Band on the Run" "Let it be" "Calico Skies" " Back in the USSR" etc. My favorite performance of the night was definitely "Blackbird". The band left the stage, and it was just Paul. He explained why he wrote the song, and how far we've come since then. For such a large venue, he really made that performance quite intimidate. My second favorite performance (now, these two come close) was "Hey Jude". I have always wanted to experience that moment when the whole audience sings "Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na", and I did. It got to a point where Sir. Paul left the piano, and just stood at the front of the stage "conducting" the audience. His "final" song was "Live and Let Die", which included three separate sets of fireworks. He then came out for two encores, which he sang fan favorites like "I saw her standing there" "Lady Madonna", and after his second encore, his last song was "Sgt. Pepper's Reprise/The End" (rather fitting, dont you think?) It was such a great show, and it's still so surreal that I was there last night!

Anyway, only five more weeks until I go back to Siena. (August 24th for me). I'm excited to go back, not going to lie. (Even though I will be missing the Jimmy Buffett concert on the 26th at Jones Beach to go back). I can't wait to meet our new freshman class. It'll be nice not to be on the bottom of the totem pole anymore ;). Don't forget- I'm one of four coordinators for the club called "Pathfinders" (remember the kids in the yellow shirts that you spoke to? That's Pathfinders), and we're definitely looking for interested freshman, so, if you're interested e-mail me at la08geli@siena.edu.

Keep enjoying your summer, and keep applying that SPF (I used SPF 50 most days in Cabo and I'm still ridiculously tan).

Talk to you soon :)

P.S- Attached is a picture from my phone of the fireworks during "Live and Let Die".