Weekend Wrap-Up (or, My Cousin the Rock Star and My Mom the Birthday Girl or, How I Ate My Way Through the Weekend and Even Made $100)
Friday night, my sister, aunt, and I caught up with my cousin before his show at the Knitting Factory. 
We had a quick bite to eat at Baja Fresh then went over to the venue and caught part of the opening band. I’d only been to the Alterknit Theatre at the Knitting Factory, but the main stage is really cool. Crooked Fingers was awesome and you could tell the crowd was enjoying every minute of it. At one point, one of the amps was giving the band trouble, so they moved down to the floor for a few songs. The crowd loved it!
When the show ended, we hung out as my cousin signed autographs and chatted with fans. It was quite strange yet very exciting to watch people ask Jason for his autograph. We have a rock star in the family now!
We then left the venue, and headed over to Swingers (sans my sister) for some late night early morning food. After dinner/breakfast, my aunt headed back to her hotel and my cousin and I back to my place. We finally got to sleep around 4:00 a.m. then woke up a few hours later to meet my aunt for breakfast. This lack of sleep thing made me realize I am in no way cut out to be a rock star, nevermind the fact that I have no musical talent whatsoever.
Saturday morning after breakfast, I took my cousin to meet up with the rest of the band and said goodbye. I got a manicure then came home for a very short nap before heading over to my sister’s place to meet up with my parents who were in town for my mom’s birthday. My aunt then joined us and we stuffed ourselves beyond silly at C & O in Marina Del Rey. Dinner was a ton of fun and delicious and I even made $100 when my mom dared me to eat a tomato (I hate tomatoes). After dinner, my parents and I went back to my place and fell asleep. We were all beat.
Sunday morning we woke up again to do what our family does best–eat. We had birthday brunch at The Ivy (nope, no celeb spotting) then saw Bark, a musical about dogs from a dog’s point of view. It was cute. After the show we went shoe shopping (now you know where I get it) and had dinner at Toast where we even thought to call ahead to have some cupcakes saved.
My parents are on their way back down to San Diego and I am going to enjoy my cupcake, do some laundry, then settle in for a good night’s sleep.
