Sunday Funday

Yesterday was the greatest Sunday. First, I finally got to see a band I have been really into since 2007. Their name is Said The Whale and they are from Vancouver. This was the first time they’ve come to Boston and I had to get tickets. Brig and I went to this little bar called McGann’s where they were playing with three other bands. It was a real intimate venue and even sitting at the bar we were only 20 feet away from the “stage” (a 6 inch step up from the rest of the bar). There were maybe two dozen people there and only 4 of us had drinks so it seemed to skew a little younger. While the first band was playing we saw the lead singer of Said The Whale over in the corner. He was wearing his trademark hat so it was undeniable. After 4 songs the first band wrapped and Said The Whale came on. They were awesome! They seemed to be playing more of their newer songs but Brig and I kept shouting for “The Light is You” which is our song. Then they played it! We rushed the stage and started dancing and singing along. It was so cool. Then after their set we went over to introduce ourselves to Ben, the lead singer. He was as awesome as I hoped and very down to earth and friendly. He even took a picture with us!

We left during the next band’s set and headed over to The Harp. We had tickets to the Celtics game but that wasn’t starting until 6:00 so we had a couple hours. We devoured some nachos and pretzels before heading on our way. We started walking towards the North End to get some pastries and at the last second Brig decided to switch it up from Mike’s and instead try Modern Pastry. We got some red velvet cake and a whoopee pie. After we finished we decided it was close enough to game time to head over to the Garden. As we were crossing the street we ran into… Said The Whale! We were like “Hey!” and they were like “Hey!” and Brig said that Ben remembered my name but I didn’t catch it. He asked us where we were coming from and I said we just got some whoopee pies. Then he looked at me funny. I don’t think they have whoopee pies in Canada.

The game was pretty great because the Celtics crushed the Wizards. John Wall is their only good player but he was no match, even with Ray Allen not suiting up. We really got behind Avery Bradley and Greg Stiemsma because they were bench guys having huge games. It was a fun time.

After the game we rushed home to watch the way too long-awaited Season 5 premiere of Mad Men. It was a strange episode but good to see all our old friends again. I can’t wait to see what happens this year.