Lollapalooza 2012

Well, another year, another Lolla. And, as expected, it did not disappoint. Three days of music with great friends amongst a beautiful backdrop of my home city - what could be better? 

This year had to have been one of my best Lollas to date. With the exception of Storm-a-paloza that resulted in the evacuation of Grant Park for about three hours, the weekend was perfect. And the highlight - aside from my favorite show, which was undoubtedly Calvin Harris - was meeting my two absolute favorite bloggers: Shea Marie from Cheyenne Meets Chanel and Chiara Ferragni from The Blonde Salad. Saying that these two are my favorite bloggers is an understatement. In the hopes of not sounding hopelessly pathetic, let's just say I'm a avid reader. I love each of their distinct styles and look up to them as veteran bloggers. I creepily knew that they were going to be at Lolla via their blogs and Twitter, but since Lolla brought in 270,000 people, I knew my chances of seeing them were about one in, well, 270,000. But lo and behold, the meeting place my friends and I established on Friday was right outside the entrance to the VIP area Shea and Chiara had access to as part of their Lolla/Gap/Threadless experience. My friends and I were sitting in the grass right outside the entrance when the blogger duo walked out and right past us. As if seeing them wasn't enough, they sat down five feet away. Since I knew I'd probably never have another chance, I went right over, said hi and told them what a huge fan I was. They were so sweet {and gorgeous!}, and nice enough to chat for a minute. I could have sat there and picked their brains forever, but I knew I needed to let them get back to enjoying the concert, so after snapping a quick pic, I went on my way. 

To some, this story may not sound exciting. But for me, it was an opportunity to meet two huge sources of fashion and blogging inspiration. To top it all off, Shea posted the picture one of her friends took of us on her blog --- I almost died when I saw it! Visit Shea's 'Lollapalooza' post to see it!

To avoid ruining my new SLR, I went into Lolla equipped only with my iPhone, so sorry for the quality of the pictures. I also didn't snap outfit pics, but check back for another post breaking down what I wore for the three day music fest!

Diddy - Dirty Money - Coming Home ft. Skylar Grey

Favorite song of the moment....what a great comeback song for Puff.

  

Diddy - Coming Home

<3 Em

 

Train - Marry Me

This song is adorable. 

 
 

Train - Marry Me

<3 Em

 

Coldplay - Christmas Lights

Favorite Christmas song this season: "Christmas Lights" - Coldplay

I need to updates my Christmas playlist....any suggestions??

<3 Em

 

EPIC

 

New Girl Talk finallllllly!!! 

Triple Double = epic mash-up.

<3 Em

diva-in-training

LOVE this. what a rock star. and she's only 9....makes me feel a little underaccomplished.

T.I. - Get Back Up ft. Chris Brown

 

Going along with the recent public song-apologizies for past mess-ups, à la Kanye West's "Runaway," T.I.has released his newest song "Get Back Up," from behind bars. The song features Chris Brown, another star who has had a very public, shakey past (the Rihanna drama.) I think its actually a great thing that he's apologizing for his mistakes, trying to right his wrongs. He does so skillfully and cleverly with these lyrics, compliments of killerhiphop.com:

I admit, yeah, I done some dumb sh-t,
disappointed everybody I know
try not to hold that against me though
my road to redemption has no GPS
so guess the time must be invested for this to be manifested
yes it’s hard living life in the spotlight
trying to dodge the haters same time as the cop light
the bible say “let he without sin cast the stone first” (stone first)
the sinner or the one who judged him, who was wrong first?
yeah he go to work, never done no drugs or to be fair
he just drink his liquor, touch his kids, beat his wife instead
difference is, my shortcomings hit the media
thanks to TMZ, the AJC and Wikipedia
see the stairway to heaven while stepping down Jacob’s ladder
my good outweigh the bad, God, aint that what really matters, nope
a matter of fact I’m wrong but after that the good i’ve done in your hood
should it overshadow that?
got the World laughing at me for the moment
but it gonna be your turn ‘fore it’s over with
even if you so legit that you get a house with a dog and a picket fence
the people with you then but when they turn on you remember this

Push the dirt off your jersey than go for the cup
or the trophy or the ring, champion no matter what
cause when you got the belt and the ring
people with ya poppin bottles, taking pictures look around
as soon as you fall down all the haters pass a judgement
surprise, i’m here to show that I’ma rise above this

Phoenix - 1901 (US Version)

Also currently listening to "1901" by Phoenix. Such a cool sound.

Florence + The Machine - Dog Days Are Over (2010 Version)

Can't get enough of this song right now...and her voice is so unique and powerful.

Mike Posner - Please Don't Go

Not always a huge fan of Posner himself, but this song and video are both really impressive. I love the video effects and kinda love the song. Gotta say, his new album, "31 Minutes to Takeoff" is actually pretty impressive.

Mike Posner, "Please Don't Go."