I wouldn’t consider myself a huge Bruno fan, but I have serious FOMO.
Pammie has a connect at Allegiant Stadium, and she’s able to get premium loge tickets directly instead of dealing with annoying Ticketmaster queues. The only caveat is that the tickets are pricey 😅 But can you really put a price on private lavish seats, free food, free candy, free drinks, access to the club lounge, in-seat service, and private bathrooms?
Plus, when Donna can take time off to fly in from the east coast, Pammie can take time off from a big ass fraud investigation at work, and Bern can take time off from being a NICU nurse, you have to go, right?
And you have to make matching shirts bc you’re extra as fuck ✨
What good is beauty if your booty can’t find the beat?
Anderson Paak was my favorite part of the show. He did a DJ set before Bruno came on, and played all the jamz!
Leon Thomas also opened for Bruno. I used to watch this kid on Nickelodeon (he was on Victorious with Ariana Grande), and now he’s a Grammy-nominated recording artist opening for Bruno Mars!
Same. Just kidding (it happened in fifth grade).
One thing about me, I love special effects at shows: pyro, lighting, smoke, fireworks, confetti – it brings me great joy! Bruno said he spent a lot on this tour LOL, and he didn’t disappoint!
Bruno Mars: Andy, should we do the song that started it all? Anderson Paak: I think we’re contractually required to.
He was my favorite artist discovery last year and the top artist on my last Spotify Wrapped. He had a few shows in LA, but it was right after I moved, and the closest I could see him after that would be at Coachella – hard pass. I’ve been waiting for him to announce a new tour, and he waited till after Coachella weekend.
I would rather be at a show where Interpol, Balu Brigada, or King Princess was opening (SD got Tom Odell and The Hellp). Actually, I’d rather see him at Red Rocks in Colorado – Pechanga Arena AKA Sports Arena is my least favorite venue in SD, but I’m just happy he’s coming to town!
The devil in your eyes
Won’t deny the lies you’ve sold
I’m holding on too tight
While you let go
This is casual
When you lay awake at night
Do I ever cross your mind?
‘Cause you still cross mine
If anyone could’ve saved me
It would’ve been you
How come we never even dated
But I still find myself thinking of you daily?
You’re on another path
While I’m stuck in the past
You’re on another path
What’s good can’t ever last
I don’t wanna be a homewrecker
I just know I can be better, be better, be better
Luckily, I forgot to request time off a month ahead, so I had to work this morning while Pammie and Donna hit up the hotel gym. They are both sore and taking naps while I’m typing this right now. Donna was like, ‘I haven’t been to the gym at all this week.’ Pammie was like, ‘I’ve been so busy with this fraud investigation at work, I haven’t worked out in 2 weeks!’ I was like, ‘Guys. I haven’t worked out in… what year is it now?’ 😅 So they made me go to the hotel gym with them last night. I was just gonna take it easy on the elliptical, but after half an hour of that, they made me do squats, push-ups, planks, and something called ‘Bulgarian deadlifts’. So this morning, my thighs and I were happy to work on revisions on this never-ending international Mother’s Day job instead of working out!
Afterwards, we treated ourselves to Moignet, a bakery that specializes in mochi beignets and mochi-wrapped mangoes. Y’all. It was everything the internet promised it would be. The mango was perfectly ripe and juicy, and the mochi was so soft and complementary. 10/10.
Also, it was in the same strip mall as this tastefully-named Vietnamese resto, Pho Kim Long. At least I think it was a Vietnamese resto – could’ve been a massage parlor for all I know. The limo-tint on the windows kept me from peering inside 😆
I went to Grossmont today to get my brows threaded. I used to get my brows done here 20 years ago, and I haven’t found a new brow lady (or nail lady) near me downtown since I moved back to SD, so I thought I’d revisit my old stomping grounds.
I used to work at the bank across the street when it was Washington Mutual – it’s still a bank, but it’s Chase now. There was construction and scaffolding throughout the mall, but Super Brows was still there, along with Jamba Juice, Panda Express, Rubio’s and the movie theatre. Barnes and Noble was boarded up and closed, though. End of an era! I used to spend hours at this Barnes and Noble – writing papers for school, when you still needed actual books and couldn’t look up everything on the internet or use ChatGBT – ‘the 1900s’ as the kids say.
I used to treat myself to coffee and a sweet treat at the Starbucks inside the Barnes and Noble. I remember one time I was so excited to eat my pastry, I opened the bag in my then-boyfriend’s car and it was empty. My first thought: Did this fucker eat my chocolate croissant? We traced our steps back to the now-closed Starbucks and I saw my croissant on the floor of the parking lot. Turns out I was holding the bag upside down and the pastry fell out without me noticing 😅
Obviously, I haven’t changed much since that pastry incident, but this mall sure has 😮💨
I was with Pammie in Target one time, and we were walking by the auto aisle. I grabbed a Black Ice Little Trees air freshener, closed my eyes, held it up to my nose, took a big whiff and sighed a big sigh LOL. I opened my eyes and Pammie was just staring at me and was like, ‘Where did you just go???’ 🤣 This fuckboy I used to see used to have this scent in his car. It’s weird how smells and sounds can transport you to a specific time in your life.
Anyway, anyone else feel *tRiGgErEd* by this AIM sound effect? 😅
Even after they remodeled my bathroom in my LA apartment and put in a brand new tub, I didn’t take a bath in it. I’ve seen the water that comes out of the pipes after they would frequently turn the water off for repairs in the building, and I would never sit in that bathwater or drink water from the tap, even if it was filtered through a Brita.
All that to say, my new apartment came with a soaking tub. Milo’s at my parents’ house bc I’m going to Vegas later this week, so I thought it would be a good night for a soak ✌🏼
Since Pammie has gone gluten/dairy/soy-free bc of her thyroid issues, besides pizza with real cheese (apparently vegan cheese is no bueno), she also misses Taco Bell 🤣
NGL, there are days that I crave Taco Bell – not Mexican food, bc SD has the best Mexican food outside of Mexico (fight me), but specifically Taco Bell. Some days, you just need a party pack of crunchy tacos.
When I made totchos for National Tater Day, I cooked the ground beef with Siete Taco Seasoning, and the meat tasted just like Taco Bell! I love all the Siete brand products – they’re grain-free, gluten-free, and dairy-free, but full of flavor.
I instacarted all the accoutrements needed to have a proper (Taco Bell) taco bar with gluten-free options so Pammie could partake, and it was la bomba!
When I was still working in the office, we used to have monthly Employee Appreciation Days where we’d get free lunch. They had free burritos one day, and I went to the cafe all excited. The server asked me, ‘Chicken or beef?’ I was like, ‘Is the beef carne asada?’
He gave me this look and was like, ‘Girl ✋🏼 It’s a free burrito. It’s ground beef!’
Joke’s on you, I love me some Taco Bell, son! Gimme dat ground beef!
I’m not into shoes at all – I’ve worked for a shoe company for 14 years and I don’t wear the brand or utilize my discount (50% off if your kids want some light-up shoes or your parents want some memory foam insoles LOL). I wear the same pair of slip-on Vans on the regular. I only wear my boots if it’s cold or raining or the outfit calls for it LOL. I have one pair of Nike Flyknits that I only wear to work out (I got them yearsss ago, and they’re practically new since I don’t work out wear them much 😅).
All that to say, Nike is dropping new Air Max 1’s to go with the new Padres City Connect colors, and I have to have them! It makes more sense that it’s for the Mexico City Series they’re playing later this month with the Día de los Muertos theme and colors, but the Padres have been teasing a Día de los Muertos themed City Connect 2.0.
I already designed a new shirt to cricut with the new colors, so I have to get the shoes to match, right?
