Welcome to the Midnight Sun, a long overdue blog project I’ve been wanting to put together for quite some time now. First and foremost, I must warn that I don’t have a specific agenda or set of themes for my posts. I’ll mostly be posting about the bits and pieces that make up my everyday life, recent purchases or thrift store finds, and the many unconventional things that inspire and interest me, whether it be home decor, music, current events or fashion (!!!).
I recently celebrated my one year anniversary living in San Francisco, and I realized two things: I absolutely ADORE this city, but … I haven’t explored it as in depth as I would have wanted to by now. Of course I’ve developed favorite spots I frequent on my free time or days off, such as Dolores Park, the Mission, and the Haight. As Summer is slowly coming to an end and the upcoming Fall semester is creeping up on me (registration sucked today, by the way) – I want to venture out more into the neighborhoods, shops and sights that make this city so fun and desirable. I look forward to posting about all the new and mesmerizing things I stumble upon in the city, as well as reviews on shops and eateries worth checking out.
To start things off around here, I want to bring up two bands that I’ve been obsessing over as of late.
No Doubt/The Sounds Summer Tour
This summer, No Doubt embarked on a reunion tour of sorts, bringing along with them Paramore and the amazing Swedish imports – The Sounds. To those who already know me, it’s no secret that I’m obsessed with No Doubt and The Sounds, in fact I’ve made a lot of my good on and offline friends through various forums and concerts in reference to each band. About two weeks ago, my time came to attend the various Bay Area and Southern California tour stops that I purchased tickets to earlier in the Spring. I had a great time catching up with a lot of old friends, meeting up with the band in Marysville, as well as seeing my favorite artists perform just a few feet in front of me. Below are few favorite photographs that I took from the pit of each venue, as well as links to my full sets on Flickr.
Maja Ivarsson of the Sounds
Universal City, CA
Adrian, Gwen, Me, Jackie, Tom and Tony
Marysville, CA
Gwen and Tony of No Doubt
Irvine, CA
Tom, Gwen and Stephen of No Doubt
Universal City, CA
Adrian of No Doubt
Universal City
Check out the rest of my photographers on my Flickr photostream.
I’ve also got a few videos from each of the shows uploaded onto my You Tube account. Below is a sample a video of Gwen doing her signature push-up performance of “Just A Girl” below.
Until next time,
Julio
