The Parlotones came back through Denver on October 25th. As I always do when they come to town, I cooked them dinner and brought it to the venue. In addition, this time I also helped them out with their merchandise table. Being a merch chick is kinda fun, I gotta say, although it would have been much better and easier if the tubs of merch had been even remotely organized. Ah well... I had time before the show to get things mostly organized - same styles with same styles, and then separated into sizes. It worked. They also seemed to be very hungry guys because there was NO FOOD left afterwards. It was weird not being in the very front by the stage while they performed... or even in the same room. LOL I had to stay with the merch to sell stuff. I was surprised that people actually came out to buy their stuff *during* their set. Go figure! But the way the venue is, I could hear perfectly and there were HDTVs showing them so I could still see them. Just no pics this time. We were about to get our first real snowstorm of the year that night and they had to drive to Salt Lake City the next morning. I gave them some route advice (ie AVOID I-80 AT ALL COSTS lol) and such and let them get out of the venue and out to their hotel to get some sleep before the long drive rather than keeping them all to myself. ;-) (As if, right? hehehe) As it turns out, I-80 ended up being closed and not re-opened until nearly 1:30pm, so my advice was good - but I-70 had been shut down, as well, for about 30 minutes apparently... and, of course, the guys *had* to show up during that time so they were re-routed to US40 up through Steamboat Springs and Craig. EEEK!!!! Can you say disaster in the making? Yeah, it really was. I felt so bad for them... still do, in a way, even though I know it wasn't my fault, but still. They did make it to SLC in time for their show but only barely. Ok, it's November now and I *really* should be working on my novel so I'm going to do that. Before I do, however, I've had several requests for my "menu" of what I served the guys for dinner. So here's the menu and some pics:
- A veggie tray with some homemade ranch dressing
- Large portabello mushroom caps stuffed with fresh baby spinach, chopped tomatoes, and feta cheese with a drizzle of a balsamic vinegar reduction
- Asparagus salad with asparagus, grape tomato halves, and fresh mozzarella balls, soaked in a balsamic vinegar/pepper/garlic/celery salt "dressing"
- Spinach and four-cheese ravioli (I bought the actual ravioli) with a homemade tomato-basil sauce
- Chocolate chip cookies for dessert (a dozen soft and chewy and a dozen extra crispy - not burnt, just crispy lol)
- Two loaves of my somewhat famous banana bread (last time they saved this for breakfast - this time they apparently couldn't help themselves hehehehe)
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Originally posted at
Falling Into My Own Sarchasm and cross-posted here.
