Fortuitous Events
For those of you who’ve been on board with my story from the beginning (or are just bored enough to browse the archives), you’ll remember that originally, my trip to Europe was going to take place during my birthday (Sept. 8 ). I’ve since moved back the time I’m going to end of September/beginning of October, mostly because waiting three weeks makes everything much cheaper. No biggie, but it left the question of what to do to celebrate my impending 30th.
Turns out there’s a reason for everything. One of the disadvantages of living in the Southern US for so long was that many of my favorite singers and bands never toured in my region. On my shortlist of singers that I’m dying to see live, Bjork has been in the top three for a long time. The other day I did a search for her on Ticketmaster. Lo and behold, she’s playing in Toronto at the Virgin Festival. On September 8. My birthday. Yes yes yes yes YES! (Insert happy dance here.)
Apparently, you can be a groupie at any age, because my friend Lori and I are heading up to the land of hockey in September for a weekend of music and drinking. I visited Toronto once before when I was 14, but don’t remember much beyond Niagara Falls and the Skydome. All in all, I think it’s going to be a pretty sweet birthday.