NFR Part 3

My third night of NFR 2014 was spent Downtown. 

The new Downtown Event Center had just opened and Lady A was playing along with David Nail and Maddie & Tae. Aside from the small private sets I've been to, this was the closest I've ever been to the stage at a Lady A show. They played a bunch of the new songs and all of the old faves. 

Great show!

Blogger Break

Hello Blog World!

I've been letting my queue run and it's just about out of posts.

I swear, I'm not abandoning my poor sweet blog, just in planning mode for the year. 

So many adventures planned!

Here is the next destination:

London Part 11

We have a Madame Tussaud here in Vegas BUT they did not have the full Marvel experience and the one in London did. I molested Robert Pattinson just because. Also, they have a lovely little ride that takes you through British history. It's like It's a Small World but with the bubonic plague. 

London Part 10

I've always loved the idea of doing a Mad Hatter tea. There aren't really a lot of tea options in Vegas and the ones that are there are at the high end hotels on the Strip so there isn't a lot of room for anything whimsical which is kind of a bummer (they're all fairly expensive too).

The Sanderson has a really fun Alice in Wonderland theme complete with pastries shaped like clocks and various items from the books. I had come across it when I was researching afternoon teas online prior to the trip and just had to book it. So cute! 

Everything was appropriately themed and also super yummy.

Sundaze on Sundays- Nights on the Ship

After the beer crawl were the FGL and Cole Swindell shows. I had made myself a full trip itinerary weeks ago but in the end, I was getting soooo zapped of energy, I couldn't really make it through 100% of every show (except for the Cadillac Three). 

I have to say, the second FGL show was even better than the first because they brought up all their friends for their song collaborations (Jaren for Party People, Sarah Buxton for Dayum, Cole Swindell for This is How We Roll, Thomas Rhett for Round Here). They also sang a lot of their more obscure tracks that everyone loves but aren't usually on the setlists. This show also felt way more chill since it wasn't the first show of the trip. 

Towards the end of the set, I went to grab some juice before Cole Swindell and ran into a super friendly familiar looking man at the juice station. It was Colt Ford. Such a nice guy. 

After the Cole Swindell show, I wandered the ship and came across DJ Telemitry's set where all the performers were partying and hanging out. While walking back to my room, I came across a small group of women being escorted by security. I noticed Brian's wife in the group and Sarah Buxton, one of my favorite Nashville writers. As I passed, I told Sarah how wonderful she did at the song writer's round the night before and she stopped to chat for a bit. She was probably one of the sweetest people ever and when we decided to selfie, my phone froze. As we were working on resetting it, some "drunk guy" walks over and starts in "What happened? Your phone froze? You know, when Sarah Buxton walks by, you have to be READY. You can't let your phone freeze, you just can't." I looked up and it was Cole Swindell. No joke. Cole Swindell had literally just walked up to me and started teasing me. He was super funny and pretty drunk so by the time the phone had reset, he had stumbled off but I do love my random Cole story better than a pic I would have got in its place.