Simon & Garfunkel Concert
Posted by aaronjen | Filed under Music
On Saturday, 20 Jun 09, Jen took me to see Simon and Garfunkel in concert at Acer Arena in Sydney for my birthday present. It had been years that I had wanted to see S&G in concert, and never thought it’d happen, especially in Sydney, so there was no question that we’d have to get tickets to go see them. The 20th of June was their first of three Sydney shows (two were originally advertised, with the show on the 23rd added after the first two shows all but sold out) and was sold out (although we did have spare seats either side of us).”
The show started late as people were still arriving after the start time, but when they finally took to the stage, most seats were filled and we were all ready for a once in a lifetime opportunity to see and hear two of the most influential recording artists over the last 50 years.
The show opened, after a long round of applause from us fans, with the tour title “Old Friends“. It was amazing to hear how good S&G still sound. They played about 27 songs (click here for the complete set list), with at least one of them on stage for the entire 2 (and a little bit) hour concert. Paul Simon left for Art to sing “Bright Eyes”, “A Heart in New York” (which I was hoping to hear!) and a song he wrote himself called “Perfect Moment”. Simon returned to the stage to play guitar for Art while he sang “For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her“. They then performed “Late in the Evening” which included one of their guitarists playing a saxophone solo, followed by a guitar solo, which was quite incredible. Art then left for Simon to sing “The Boy in the Bubble” and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes”. Art returned for Paul to sing “The Only Living Boy in New York“, which Paul told us he wrote while Art was down in Mexico filming “Catch 22“.
I was very impressed with their backing band - all incredible musicians. After the concert Jen and I were discussing songs we would have liked to have heard that they didn’t play and soon realised that the concert would have had to have been twice as long for them to have sung all the songs we wanted to hear.
All up, it was a sensational concert and an amazing experience to have finally gotten to see Simon and Garfunkel in concert! - ALR
Tags: Acer Arena, Art Garfunkel, Old Friends tour, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel
Creamy Peanut Butter Dip Recipe
Posted by aaronjen | Filed under Recipes
I came across this peanut butter dip recipe on FitSugar a couple weeks ago, and just had to share it because my boys LOVE it! It recommends serving with slices of apples, bananas, and pears, but we’ve also tried it with Ritz crackers/Jatz biscuits and celery sticks. It is super easy to make, low fat, full of protein, and very creamy.
It is also very satisfying for those hard-core peanut butter fans, like our 3 1/2 year old Caleb, who likes to nick jars of peanut butter when we’re not looking and cleans it out in a manner that can only be described as Joey Tribbiani’s ‘peanut butter fingers’ (for those Friends fans out there). Our almost 6 year old Noah loves it so much that last week when he got his school report and we told him we would reward him by letting him decide what we have for dinner one night that week, he replied, “I know what we haven’t had in awhile – peanut butter dip!” (not only not dinner, but also, as I mentioned above, a recipe that I’d only first tried the week before). Team Rose highly recommend this one!!! - JRR
Tags: FitSugar, Friends, Joey Tribbiani, peanut butter dip
