The Utah Symphony Orchestra

Greetings reader! While I was pinning on pinterest, you know my standard Saturday afternoon activity, I came across several examples of travel journals that use drawings. It was all images that came with detailed descriptions to capture details in a less boring way. By that I mean, the reader wouldn't have to read endless paragraphs explaining the minutia of one's trip...but rather look at tons of pictures that capture specific details from the person's day. Well we all know pictures make everything better. So I thought I would give it a shot. 

Today we had the pleasure of attending Pixar in Concert by the Utah Symphony Orchestra in SLC. And while I can tell you the concert was amazing...I would rather show you! I'll detail with images and short descriptions getting ready, traveling, waiting, attending, and my post concert activities. 

Keep in mind, this is my first attempt at something like this. I hope you enjoy!

Getting Ready:

My makeup drawer, eye make up, and lipstick.

My makeup drawer and essentials. Most used are my Clear nail polish, deodorant, mascara, my eye depuffer, and under eye brightener. Then on the top right my eye make up all applied. Almay eye shadow (smoky pallet for blue eyes), mascara, and liquid eye liner. Last on bottom left doing the finishing touch of red lipstick to match my red dress. I love how my A ring stands out....A is for Andrew of course!


Pre Concert Activities:

On the ride to SLC, mountains, and a quick stop for dinner.

Last night we had about one inch of fresh snow on the ground, and on our drive to SLC you can see that the mountains were lovely with snow covered peaks. As much as driving in snow makes me nervous, snow capped mountains are definitely my favorite, and I so enjoyed the view on our drive. We stopped at Chipotle for a quick dinner (my makeup application took a bit longer than planned) and shared a vegetarian burrito bowl. All the toppings. And in keeping with my new resolution/trial period of kicking cokes I enjoyed a refreshing lemonade with my dinner.

 Abravanel Hall:

The Olympic Tower sculpture

View of the temple through the glass wall. 

Salt Lake City is most hip and happening around Temple Square...the surrounding streets around the Mormon Temple. Abravanel hall is catty corner to the temple and across from a new outdoor high end shopping center called City Creek. We parked in the underground parking for the shopping center and walked over to the concert hall. You can see the famous statue of hand blown glass, and the view of the Mormon Temple.

The Concert:

Third level balcony, seats 1 & 2 directly in the middle

A very Gatsby chandelier!

I bought the tickets for this concert back in September, and picked out the best seats I could afford. Dead center on the top balcony. The concert was all Disney Pixar movie music. It was awesome. The screen above the musicians played scenes from each of the movies and the music was synchronized to match. The hall itself is lovely, and I simply adored the Gatsby-esque chandeliers. 

After:

Coffee and dessert at The Blue Lemon

At the corner of the shopping center, with an all window view of the Temple is a cafe called The Blue Lemon. Andrew and I discovered it the day we arrived in Salt Lake City. Our dads helped us with the 2 day trek and we wanted to do something fun with them before they left. So we toured the Temple museums, and at the recommendation of one of the missionaries tried out this restaurant. It has a contemporary feel, and the food is simply marvelous! It is on the expensive side, so more often we hit the cafe side for great coffee and treats like the carrot and German chocolate cake pictured here. The best part was that the pastries were all half off! 

My favorite Picture from the Night:

Waiting in the lobby before the concert.

I have a philosophy when it comes to picture taking. I take about a gillion shots in the hopes that at least one will turn out decent. This is the reason why my iPhone is too full to sync to the Cloud, and all of my SD cards fill up fast. This is not the way my husband likes to operate. In fact if he had his way we wouldn't take any pictures and just enjoy the moment. I see his sentiment, but would also like to have something to show our kids someday...

Anyway he was making fun of me and taking tons of pictures in rapid succession. In fact in this picture I am in the middle of telling him off, and wouldn't you know this awesome gem came out of the 16 horrible ones. Bravo Andrew, bravo.

Well I hope you enjoyed my new blogging experiment. In my normal format you would have just seen pictures of me at the concert, and I would have told you about it. This way I can show you small glimpses, like my Chipotle cup that help me tell the story in a more detailed, yet less text-filled way.