Big Weekend

Last weekend was a big weekend. On Saturday, we gave Brayden his car and he loved it! We wanted to give it to him at his party, but it's too big to get in the car. So my parents and Steve's parents came over on Saturday night for the big reveal. Curran is a very willing passenger too. They are so cute together:






















On Saturday night we headed downtown for dinner at Lola (http://www.lolabistro.com/). I was definitely looking forward to it. For those of you not from Cleveland, Lola is the restaurant of Michael Symon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Symon). He won Iron Chef last year and is regarded as one of the best chefs in the country. The service and the scene were awesome, but the food was only so-so. My main dish was honestly pretty bad. So that was a bummer. But I had a great pomegranate-fig martini as well as a glass of a really great Shiraz, so that helped the experience.

Then, off to Public Hall we went for the ceremony. It was really cool. I have never been to a concert that felt so intimate. Dining tables were set up on the floor of Public Hall, kind of like a wedding for the guests and the high-paying concert goers. A couple of the acceptance speeches were pretty long and pointless. Eminem introduced Run DMC and he seems like a little twerp wannabe.

Jimmy Page introduced Jeff Beck and then performed with him. That was definitely a highlight. For someone like me, who has no musical gifts whatsoever, seeing Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page play was awesome. The best introduction speech was by Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He is really a huge fan of Metallica and its definitely showed in his induction speech. All the members of Metallica had rather short, interesting acceptance speeches. Then, Metallica performed, which was the funniest part of the night. It was so funny to see these guys, dressed in tuxes, get up and absolutely rock out in front of a bunch of people who were sitting at dinner tables. The people where I was sitting were definitely into the jam, but not those on the floor. It was a riot to see them metal slashing around with a bunch of doctors and executives from Cleveland staring up at them. Not too many front row attendees like that at Metallica's live performances, I am sure.

This Friday is the Indians home opener! So far, the weather forecast looks pretty miserable. I guess lightning can't strike 2x in a year (St. Pat's and Opening Day). I am definitely hoping for a great Tribe season. It puts a whole different cast on the summer when they are shitty.