Valentines Weekend!

   This weekend was pretty much an Epic Not So Fail weekend. We were all planning on going to the Reel Big Fish / Less Than Jake Concert at the Murray Theater. Reel Big Fish is an awesome California Ska Band from the 90's. They are most known for their hit single Sell Out. 

  I have been wanting to see them for a while now but have never really had the chance too. So, for Valentines Day, Travis was going to get us tickets to go to it. I was so so excited! The day before the concert though, Chadivus messaged me and told me that as soon as he tried to check out, the show had sold out! I was so devastated! Everyone said there would be scalpers outside the show, but that just doesn't ever seem worth it to me. People also had tickets on sale online but they were about $60 rather than the $22 obviously. People have to make money from that right?! Ugh.... So, onto plan B. 

      Our group (which included myself, Travis, Chadivus, David, Jordan, & Jackie) still wanted to hang out that night so we decided to go to dinner at El Chihuahua. El Chihuahua is most famous for what they call Death Stars.This is an alcoholic drink served in a huge glass, almost like a small fish bowl and there is a limit of  2 that you can order per person. It's called a Death Star for a reason!  We scarfed down our food and enjoyed each others company. Once we were finished we had to decide what to do next.  

Back in the day, we used to go to Karaoke every week at our local watering hole, South Shore Bar. That is until it closed its doors forever. So, we decided to give it a shot again and we all headed down to a bar called The Highlander, which does karaoke 7 days a week! This place definitely  had a great vibe from the group of people there that night. There was an older couple that sang Johnny B. Good, which was rather entertaining. I sang my usual Hotel California and Travis helped me out with Little Talks by Of Monsters & Men, Jackie sang Say It Ain't So by Weezer and Chadivus sang Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. Now Chad has always had a talent of drawing people to him without even doing anything. As soon as his name came on screen people were cheering, "Chad Dad, Chad Dad." As soon as he started singing, people were up there dancing around him. It was awesome! I even got it on video!

The next day was Valentines Day, so of course, I spent it with my love.

 

I started it off by giving him his present. I made a '130 Days of Love Jar' filled with love notes & quotes. Each day he picks one out to start his day off  to a good start. He loved it & gets excited when the time comes around to open it!

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Travis and I decided to go check out Gilgal Gardens which is tucked away in a neighborhood Downtown. I had never been before and had been wanting to go. Gilgal Garden was built by a man by the name of Thomas Child, who had a desire to give physical form to his deep-felt beliefs. The garden is filled with about 12 sculptures expressing those beliefs. I have included the link above in the text to the website and history of it.

 

After that we went straight to the best pizza in town for dinner, The Pie Pizzaria. We have a couple of them around town, but the only cool one to go to is the original underground next to the University of Utah. It's often referred to as "the best hidden secret in Salt Lake City". It's located in the basement of the University Pharmacy. It has a dark romantic feel to it with candles lit on the table to help keep the pizzas warm & help with the atmosphere. The walls are covered in years of scribbles and initials of past pizza lovers. I first ordered a pint of Blue Moon, then we decided to get the Xtreme Vegi pizza, which comes with Fresh Spinach, Artichoke Hearts, Sicilian Spiced Tomatoes, Red Onions, Feta Cheese, and Mozzarella Cheese & added pepperoni to it. I know, I know...what's the point of getting a vegi pizza if you're just going to put meat on it? Well, we love artichoke hearts, spinach, tomatoes and feta. Why not make it one step better?! We also got an order of Cheddar Pull Apart bread, because you just can't have pizza without cheesy bread. Haha.

 

 Our next and last stop of the day was Grey Whale Music located right around the corner from the Pie. The whole bottom floor is discounted & used DVDs, then you can go upstairs and they have the whole room filled with discounted music from cds, to vinyl. I just went in to look but I found 2 movies for a total of $13 dollars!






After my good find we decided to go home. Have a glass of wine and relax.

Another great weekend!