No Bonnet Required

Truth be told, Easter isn't my favourite holiday. It's not my favourite anything really. It doesn't have the pumpkin-pie-comfort that comes along with Thanksgiving, no one gives me gifts like at Christmas (except for white chocolate bunnies*), and dressing up like one of the X-men really only works at Halloween.

But, Easter does have one thing going for it - the promise of warmer weather. And this year, that promise is truer than ever since the husband and I are hopping on a plane Friday morning and heading down to Florida to visit my parents.

Guess what? It's 25 (that celcius, friends) and sunny. It's alright to be jealous.

If I could run out right now and buy a brand new outfit to wear to Easter dinner, this is exactly what I'd pick up. Complete with the Dear Creatures dress and Swedish Hasbeens I've been coveting. (See? This is also why I dislike Easter...coveting is frowned upon).

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What are your feelings about Easter? Are you a fan, or can the bunnies keep it?

*Whoever told my aunt that I love white chocolate, could you please fix this? It's gross and not actually chocolate at all.

The Lady

Around our place, there's often music playing in the background. Motown, funk and 60's soul are in heavy rotation - there's always room for Sam Cooke at our dinner table. Throw back hip hop gets significant air time, and indie fills in the spaces in between. Top 40 and pop almost never gets a chance to sing at our place, which is why what I'm about to say is a big shock to those who know me well.

I'm going to a Lady Gaga concert tomorrow night. And I am pumped about it!

I don't care that as everyone sings along I'll only know "Ra ra ra-ha-aha" because I'll be dancing along to one fantastic spectacle!

I haven't been to a huge show in years. Not since 2000 when I saw The Backstreet Boys and they came flying over the audience from harnesses hitched to the ceilings and I cried when Nick was so close to me I could almost touch him. Since then, my live shows have included small bars, lawn festivals, heavy guitar rock and karaoke nights.

This. This will be something entirely different. And so, naturally I'm asking myself: What does one wear to a Lady Gaga concert?

And then I realize I'm over-thinking it: you can wear just about anything to a Lady Gaga show. Everything but a dress of meat, because just as one does not wear white to a wedding, one does not wear meat to a Gaga show.

And so, knowing I could wear whatever I like, here's a little peek at what I might have put together.





So, what's the last concert you went to?