A few weeks ago while purchasing a casual dress at
Nordstrom in San Diego the following conversation took place:
Nordys Girl: Cute dress, are you wearing this for Easter?
CAwife: No, I'm actually thinking about wearing it for Stagecoach.
(Please note: It was definitely not an Easter appropriate dress)
Nordys Girl: Oh, what's that?
CAwife: Think of it as the tamer country music version of Coachella.
Nordys Girl: Oh, okay. I'm going to Coachella for the first weekend. Is Stagecoach at the polo fields too?
CAwife: Yup, we actually live in the desert. I'm just not quite sure if Coachella would be my scene.
Nordys Girl: Yeah, I'm sure it wouldn't. It's for the younger crowd.
Cue my shock... was she calling me old?
She was definitely inferring that she thought 26 year-old CAwife was not young enough to enjoy the craziness that is Coachella. Although I'm sure I set myself up for her remarks, I was still offended. She was no more than 2 years younger than I am. If she could hang, why couldn't I?
Truth be told, she was probably right.
I'm a little tame to handle such a drug filled music festival.
I honestly haven't even heard of a majority of the bands that perform.
And I'm almost certain that I don't own a single outfit hippie enough to be deemed Coa-appropriate.
All weekend CAhusband and I giggled at the hung over campers stumbling through the market with another fifth of vodka in hand. We also felt sympathy for the long line of sleepy festival goers still in line for the taxis at 9 AM the following morning as we went for a bike ride. And today I was extremely jealous of everyone buzzing about their celeb sightings and all of the great shows they saw.
Although I never thought Coachella would be my scene, I now most definitely want to try to score tickets for weekend 2. I mean, I clearly have something to prove.
Word on the street is that all of the celebs came for weekend 1, but the line-up is the same and the weather will be much better for weekend 2. Now I'm making it my mission to convince CAhusband to get us some tickets!
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4 comments:
you crack me up - this post is perfect in so many ways, you completely captured my mixed emotions as well. After 5 years in a row just thinking of the Coachella fest makes me exhausted thus make me think I'm old[er]. You should definitely go if you find tix:) and YAY for Stagecoach!! Always a favorite..
You are hilarious! If you're old then I would be considered ancient there so it's a good thing we're coming for stagecoach instead :)
And I, your mother, would probably be deamed rediculous! But I would still go, well this year anyway, where I actually know those headliners... and the people watching - oh, the stories! Got for it!
When you tell these real life stories you are hilarious. This is when I think you should write a book.
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