Ron Burgundy and the Jazz Flute

So.. last night Brooklyn and I decided we wanted to actually do something out of the Friday night norms. (Go to the movies, sit at the apartment, go to dinner, party.. etc.) We frantically searched online for concerts, comedy clubs, free things, just fun things to do that we don't do normally. Eventually I ran across an ad for the L.A. Philharmonic playing at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in Costa Mesa. Perfect!

I call the box office to see if there are any $30 tickets left, and the woman says no, but then asks if we are students. She then proceeds to tell me that you can by a student ticket.. and they are 2 for $15. Sounds good to me! So, then I call back just to be sure that they will have the tickets when we get there and that the performance starts @ 9:30. Yep, everything was a go.

Brooklyn and I then try and get ready fairly quickly and end up leaving by 7:45-ish. We map out our destination on her trusty iPhone and are then on our way! Around 8:30 we arrive at the O.C. Performing Arts Center, park, and walk down the maze to the theater. Somehow, not surprisingly we get to the door and the usher informs us that the performance did indeed start at 8:00 (like it had said online, which is why I called.. TWICE) and that there were not any student tickets. She then proceeds to tell us that the woman I spoke with on the phone must have been talking about the 9:30 jazz performance that was going on in the smaller theater.

So, figuring that we might as well check it out, we did, and it was Amazzzzzing!

We bought our tickets and still had about 15 minutes til the show started so we bought some drinks (Sprite with lime.) and waited  around. Noticing that our tickets said "1 seat at table 156" we got interested. Was this going to be a theater like the Golden Globes where we got to sit around at swanky tables and watch the show??

Well, it ended up being kind of like that! The room was dimly lit and had about 100 small four person tables, complete with cocktail waitresses to take your order. Very nice. 

Then the band started and we were blown away! They were awesome. I've never really been into jazz all that much, but these guys were good. They played for about and hour and then came back for a 15 minute encore. (Thats them up there in the picture in case you didn't know.. They're called the Blue Note 7, and were paying tribute to the Blue Note Records 70th anniversary.)

So, after that was over we were starved! Again, using the trusty services of UrbanSpoon and Google Maps we found a BJ's (even though the Google Maps got very angry at us when I missed an exit and basically threw us off the planet. we ended up finding our way the 'old fashioned' way). This was the perfect answer to our hunger! Our dinner consisted of water, pizza, a pomegranate margarita, and the most amazing chocolate chip pizookie known to man. I had forgotten how much I LOVED those :)

All in all, it was a fabulous night, and to tell the truth, I think this is going to be a somewhat regular happening.