Sunday, November 16, 2008

San Diego

Since my mom is always the one to take photos, she's not on my blog very often. So here's a spotlight on my Mom. My cousin Lisa won a trip to San Diego on the radio to go to a private Taylor Swift concert/CD premeire party and she invited my mom to go! So Lisa and my mom partied like rock stars in California!!!!! They even got matching tattoo's on their feet - well the same design but in different colors.
Their first night there was quite the event - their hotel room's balcony overlooked Petco Field where Madonna was giving a concert! So they got treated to a free Madonna concert! And by the time the concert ended, the country had a new President-elect. And if you know anything about California - it's a very blue state. So as all the Madonna fans were leaving they were learning the news and well, Mom said the party was so loud she couldn't fall asleep until almost 3am! One of the many highlights of the trip was attending the party for Taylor Swift's new CD. About 100 people were treated to a private concert by Taylor, and each person got to meet her and hug her! She allowed the papratzzi to take photos of her with each attendee... My mom has been searching the internet for her photo with Taylor - but she has yet to find it. Taylor's record company promised all the attendee's they would let them know when the photos got posted and where. I'm sure with the CMA's this last week, they've had bigger things on their minds... The event was sponsored by Verizon Wireless, and they sent their rep - Melana. (spelling?) My mom is a reality show junkie, and recognized her almost immediately as the girl from that reality show "Average Joe" a bachelorette style show, where a bunch of average joe type guys vied for the attention of a beautiful girl. Melana is from our hometown and does a bunch of commercials for her college and a grocery store, too. And beleive it or not, her dad used to work with Lisa's mom! So Mom and Lisa got their picture with her, too. Taylor Swift was incredibly sweet, and even though my Mom hardly knew who she was before hand, she is quite the fan now! But what's a trip to California without going to the beach?????? (look closely - all Mom's freckles on her forehead are popping out since they haven't seen in sun in Missouri in some time!)
The water felt great! Lisa and Mom rolled up their pants and waded in... (feet pre-tatoo's - well, minus the one on Mom's right foot because the the water is covering it.) Mom was trying to "sink" like Kate did on the show "Lost", but the sand kept sliding away so she never sank...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Daphne, tell your mom: "I didn't know you came to California! So you were in town the same weekend as The Call was there. We so wanted to go to San Diego for that, but had a lot going on here. It looks like you had a lot of fun...next time make it a NorCal trip!!! :) Love you!"