The Package Tour (Planning)

Getting all my plans together for the upcoming Package Tour! Tickets, hotels, mapquest.... So far I'm planning on 9 shows!

Driving pt 1:
Detroit June 8th (lower bowl, 1st row)
Cleveland June 9th 5*
Pittsburgh June 11th (Free View Tix) plus 98 VIP
741 miles

Flying to meet up with Jen:
DC June 15th 4* Taking the train to Philly:
Philly June 16th 4th row
1,053 miles

Driving pt 2
Louisville June 24th (still looking for tickets)
Cincy June 25th 4*
463 miles

Driving pt 3
Columbus August 3rd 4*
Indy Aug 4th 5*
400 miles        

That's a total of about 2,600 miles of traveling, and about a dollar per mile spent on tickets.... Hoping for lots to blog about!!! :)

NKOTB Cruise 2013

Wow! where do I begin? This was definitely at the top of the list for nkotb fun, a great combination of NKotb moments & frienship fun!! As I sit here uploading my 5 hrs of video footage I will try to remember & share as much as I can!
My cruise roomie was Jen & then the rest of the VIB crew we're roomin together. Nichole, Kelly & Steph. We flew to Miami the day before to enjoy a day at the beach & getting to know everyone.  Jen, Kelly & Nichole had never met. We did exactly that with only 1 minor bump (literally) along the way. I was in a minor fender bender when I went to pick up the girls at the airport.  :( just crawling thru rush hr traffic not evrn using the gas peddle. I looked at jen in conversation & the bitch infront hit her brakes. no injury & as far as I cld see no damage but she insisted in getting a report.  2hrs later we got to the airport.  Shit happens right? Anyway....dinner at Carrabas Italian Grill & the mandatory Walgreen liquor run filled our evening! The plan was to rack up sleep time the night before the cruise. Everyone but jen & I did due to snore competition between steph & kelly! Lol nic was lucky enough to sleep thru most of it. Lets just say I'm glad we all didnt end up in the same cabin like we originally tried to do! I love u both but I can't room with u! :-*
At the port things were different,  lots of different this yr. Some good some not good. We didn't see the guys board,  only saw the pix posted on twitter as we checked in so it seemed weird to not see "The entrance". How did we not hear the screams? Im sure we were there way before 12? Once on board, we found Danny in the hallway taking pix right after lunch :) steph & Kelly got a pic then me & jen. I said we can do 2 at a time its better. (Meaning less time so he can take more pix) he says "oh yeah I can definitely handle 2 at a time" ;-) gotta love Danny's dirty mind! So I told him that last yr he could've explained the trifecta as simply "all 3 holes". Lol he says yeah but man some ppl just can't handle sexual talk like that. I'm a very sexual person so...better to let em Google it" I said "well I can definitely handle it" (or something like that) he's like oh yeah. ..lol and that was it...I walk away giggling-did I just say that?
Then its the lido deck for usual mingling of fans waiting for the cattle call to the emergency drill & then of course the running of the blockheads for a good sail away spot! We snagged a decent riser/railing spot on the starboard side, our only "good" party spot on the cruise. We drank, we danced, & we waited to hear from Captain Wahlberg to get this party started! We took the oath,.... its time to party!
When I first saw the stage built over the hot tubs & 2 additional platforms against the 1st row of risers I tought this is gonna be perfect! But it turns out that a few small changes made for a VERY different experience for lido parties: Half the lido deck floor was for handicapped & the rest of the lido floor was claimed by bsc's camping out ALL DAY. So you either had to be crazy stupid or with your grandma for a good lido spot. Some never left the ship, some skipped the concert to keep their spots & of course their 10 friends too so by the time sane fans arrived for the parties there was absolutely NO WAY to get close to the stage. We tried a couple times but it was more than elbow to asshole trying to work into the crowd it required Full body contact/sliding though the fat & b.o. #gross Only 1 time did we get kinda in the middle. Usually we couldn't get further than a side view.  they of course rarely turned to the "back" & the audio speaker set up made it impossible to understand wtf they were saying. We tried to "migrate" around looking for a good spot but never had much luck because if you don't get railing space it sucks. Another big change from the deck set up is the last 2yrs the guys only had the small platforms or the upper balcony to be so they were constantly moving through the crowd, lots more fan interaction/photo chances. Plus it wasnt so crowded, security could part the bh sea & make their way through amongst the fans. They didn't do that much at all this yr. So unless you camped out all day you weren't getting anywhere near the guys.
Considering I paid 2-3x what others did I really feel there should be a section on the lido deck for those with the upgraded seats. That is where 90% of the cruise experience is! With one of the seated events cancelled we only had the game show & concert for our "good seating" upgrade. 2 hours out of a 4 day cruise? And for me & my roomie even those seats sucked. We were in the 13th row, that's not what I consider upgraded seating? I would have preferred the 1st balcony row than be more than halfway back on the floor. Previous years all the "shows" were in the auditorium my seat was no further than 5th row & even w/ the concert on the beach we had a roped off area. So you can see how I was pretty disappointed w/ my "upgraded" cabin. To get all my gripes out in 1 paragraph: not sure what the problem was with the game show, not enough alcohol yet? It seemed to kinda drag... the m & g was also disappointing :( The guys were so tired/hungover they barely spoke to any of us. Made me feel guilty actually, like we were forcing them to be there.  I don't understand why they keep subjecting themselves to this. Find another way to do it or just take it out. Meeting exhausted new kids is not a good  experience for anyone. Past years we walked out of the m&g giggling/squeeling "omg joe said this, donnie did that..." this year we were speechless & not in a good way. I won't even get into the whole grouping fiasco. Just thankful we were able to have our group of 5 in the same photo.
All that being said, thank god I was with the best group of friends because we still had a blast! We didn't have the nkotb experience we paid & hoped for but we had our own fun! Lots of laughs! We did manage a few encounters that kept it from being a total bh fail :) So, back to the good stuff!
On pj night the 1 time we got the closest (5 ppl deep from the stage) & then 1 smart bh who moved out after getting her joe autograph allowed me close enough to pass joe my sign to sign, which was a photo collage of me w/ NKOTB & my remix pic. He started to just sign then he "saw" what he was signing -eyes popped, smiled at me, winked & said "NICE!" ...I now get the whole "sign this" thing.  Its not about getting the autograph its about getting his attention for those few precious seconds. Crazy how that can simply "make" your cruise! If everyone took turns we all could've had that experience but instead a few hogged it all every night. So to those who said I was rude for pretty much shoving my way past "your spot" that you've hogged for hours to get my 5 seconds of facetime, fuck you :)
The mystery event was mysteriously cancelled, then rescheduled at the last minute. Thank you to the elevator fans who told us the back rub was about to start on the lido deck, or we would've missed it all together.  Shockingly I was able to walk onto the lido deck close to the stage. You'll see when you watch my videos. I later heard lots of girls missed this because they had no idea it was happening, lucky for me tho, i was so vl i so Donnie gave me his tank top after he ripped it off! This, the danny pic & the Joe thing were my nkotb moments/highlights :) but there were a few other moments: We saw Jon in the dining room when he came in to watch the staff do The Right Stuff dance!  The last night while standing by the handicapped section jon came past us to go to the bathroom lol kelly jen & nichole got a pic with him on his way back through. I have so many already & I wanted jen to get her pic for sure since it was her birthday!  Previous yrs I saw them walking around the ship all the time. This year either they didn't mingle as much or I was always in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Like I said in the beginning, lots of different this year. I don't want to be the complainer because overall I had an awesome vacation with my girls & a few nk moments which is what I expected in going on the nkotb cruise. I just hoped for more considering my "upgraded" rm. If there is another cruise, I won't pay for that again unless RT makes some changes to make it worth the extra.
Crap I wanted to end this on a good note lol
Ok the best thing about the cruise is now that its over I still have 9 concerts ahead of me!!!! See you on the road!

The Package Tour NYC 1/22/13

It's been a while since I've blogged! wow,I didn't realize that I didn't blog anyhing from 2012, I'm slacking! lol I'm missing the cruise, Jordan Live & Unfinished & Mixtape! Maybe I'll go back & do those laster, for now it's The Package Tour! NKOTB had been tweeting since mid-december that "The Package" would be unwrapped after Christmas, so we knew the big announcement was coming

& later they actually gave us a date! Jan 22nd! Not just "soon", the dreaded word for any BH!

About a week before they announced that they would be making their special announcement/ unwrap the package live on The View! They wanted to fill the audience with BH's so they gave us an email address to enter for a chance to win. My friend Jenn won tickets & when her sister was unable to go with her,she invited me as her +1! After screaming with excitement I booked my flight & our hotel room & within a few days we were off to NYC! (Thanks to my wonderful understanding husband!)

We arrived at ABC studios just before 8am as the email had said to. We had heard there were girls in line the night before, and very early also. I don't know how they did it because it about below zero with the wind chill! We still ended up standing outside in the cold til about 9:30, but we stuck it out like only BH's know how to do! After yet another long wait in the lobby they finally started taking us upstairs to the studio.

Jenn & I were pretty much right in the middle of the audience. Although when you watch the show, the camera never pans over to the furthest side, so if you're looking for me I'm on the far right upper corner in any shots that do show us. The warm-up guy Tom Kelly was hilarious! So much fun, and we made his job easy as it doesn't take much to put us into a screaming frenzy!

But I gotta say, it's work bein in the audience, screaming no problem but the amount of clapping?! My damn hands hurt by the end & I actually cracked my engagment band lol We were allowed to take photos during commercial breaks & I also snuck in a few short videos haha

The ladies of The View

NKOTB announcing the package...

98 Degrees!

Donnie waving at us!

Group pic- The Dirty Dozen! At the end of the show they announced that everyone in the audience was getting a pair of tickets to any show on the tour! Oh yeah & the "big announcement" we already knew about, as usual everything gets leaked.

NKOTB will be touring with 98 Degrees & Boyz II Men this summer! New single on Jan 25th & a new album on April 2nd! Here's the video clips from The View: A few nights before The View, NKOTB announced they would be having a special event in NYC on the 22nd (evening of the view appearance) I entered & got my winning email notice when i landed in Philly (my connection to nyc)! So after The View we got some lunch, did a little shopping then got ready to go to the "special event"!

It was held at Irving Plaza, a small music venue. Thanks to a special friend we didn't have to wait in the cold this time! He took us inside & upstairs. We're standing there talking & in walks Jeff Timmons & Nick Lachey! OMG I was totally suprised, I didn't realize we were in a VIP area lol I said hi to Jeff first, I kinda feel like I know him thru my friend Suzi which I told him first. He knew her right away, said she's just so awesome, the most dedicated fan ever! How she sent them all their old footage on dvd, how she gave them their memories back, how she's always been there supporting them & how much it means to them...wow! We had a pretty fun conversation, but not everything can be shared in a blog, so if you know me.... well just ask if you dare LOL So after talking for a while,

I got the nerve to ask for a pic, he's like of course!:D Such a nice easy to talk to guy!! So now we're all standing in this group talking, Nick standing right next to me...oh shit. I know if I don't ask him for a photo I'll hate myself forever! So I join in the convo about his lullbye album, i say well my kids are 12 & 14 so a little old for that but i'm sure it's awesome. he looks at me, (Up & down...oh fuck) smiles & says wow 12 & 14?! me: yeah, i was a young mom him well it'll wrk on anyone who needs to sleep lol There was other small chit chat but honestly I don't remember since I was internally screaming like 12yr old tryig to remain calm! So i finally get the nerve to ask for a pic with him.

He smiles & says absolutely! I say ty he says no problem :))) You can tell in the pic I'm totally freaked out haha but I got a pic with NICK!!!! AND he was sooo nice!!! at this point we see they've started letting everyone in, so we went downstairs for the mini show they were doing. We ended up at the back of the stage set up in the middle of the floor but our experience upstairs was worth it!!! So I got a lot of ass views but no complaints here! It was so awesome just to be a part of this special day! No cameras were allowed & let me tell ya naked I felt without my camera! But luckily they didn't stop anyone from using their cellphone cameras!

and Thank god for my new awesome phone!! I tried to record the whole thing but unfortunetly i tweeted a few pix right when it started, including one of Jon's new ponytail

then every @reply message caused my phone to stop recording :( by the end when they all came out the replies had stopped so I was able to get most of the Q&A fun part! Jenn got to ask Donnie about Waffle House parties, & jon came over to repeat a question we couldn't hear- check it out on the videos: The one part I missed that I wish I hadn't was Joe tellin off the host for the night. He was singing PDGG, you all know how he does the end right? after the 1st pause, the host starts to talk & joe says "wtf man, apparently you've never seen our show, cause you'd know I milk the shit outta this" LMAO!! Gotta love JOE! If anyone has t or sees it online let me know! The other big hit of the night was Jon's ponytail! That's what was causing the 50 replies on my twitter feed! After the show we went upstairs to say goodbye to jen's friend. And ended up bein at the right place at the right time to see The Dirty Dozen leaving! I swear whenever I TRY to find/stalk etc it never works but dumb luck seems to find me sometimes! As Jon walked by I grabbed his arm & said Ï just gotta tell ya, that pony is blowin up twitter tonight!"he laughed and was like ah shit LOL shortly after Jon tweeted Ä certain ponytail wanted to relay a message attatched was this pic:

hahaha! To top off the night, Jenn got a pic with Donnie as he left with Lumpy! Her first faetime with him!!! I say 1st because I know there will be lots more to come this summer!!! See you at The Waffle House Donnie!!!

NKOTBSB 2011

NKOTBSB.....I'll be the first to admit I wasn't thrilled about BSB joing NKOTB on this tour. Although I didn't get into the 90's boyband scene, if I had to pic a fave band from that "era" it would've been N'Sync. When this wave of boybands came along, I remember that the interviews I saw, BSB didn't have much nice to say about NKOTB :/ But if this is what it would take to get our boys back out on tour then so be it. I figured the BSB stage time could be my bathroom & or tweeting breaks lol Then when I saw them perform together on DWTS, AMA's & New Years Eve in the back of my mind I started to think: shit, this is probably gonna be an awesome show & I'm gonna be kicking myself for only getting tickets for a cpl shows, none of which were floor seats! How could I expect NKOTB to put on anything less than an amazing show? They've had 25 years of learning just what to do to make us "WOO" everytime, why should I expect anything less this time around?

Chicago 5/25/11....I got free tickets to the opening show in Chicago from being on the cruise, so I called up Suzi & said let's go! We went a day early in hopes of catching the guys coming in or out of rehearsal at the arena, but no luck. The next morning we decided to see some sights in Chicago & took the trolley tour :) Saw Harpo Studios (on the last day her show aired), The Bean, The Magnificent Mile etc...Love it when I can fit some tourism fun into my NKOTB trips :D I was so excited that we got to be at the opening night show! Everything was a suprise, mostly the ripping off of the tank top by Mr. Donnie Wahlberg! I damn near dropped my camera! LOL Luckily I had Suzi w/ me to fill me in on some of the songs that BSB were singing. I knew the big hits of course & after the 1st show I'm thinking: ok so maybe they're not so bad? After the show we walked or actually ran to the car through the pouring rain- it was an important NKOTB performance, of course it rained! lol After waiting out the usual cpl hours til the crowd of stalkers thins out to just the die-hards we found Jon out behind the arena having a smoke. At first I just asked for a hug because he was heading back inside- but then as 25 more girls come walking up asking for pix he finally says "ok I'll make a deal w/ ya, have ur camera ready, make a line & we'll get everyone done quick. then all of u go home it's cold & raining!" So we did & everyone got their pic w/ Jon in record time! Thanks Jon!!!



Boston, MA 6/11/11....This was one show I didn't wanna miss, getting to watch NKOTB live out their dream of playing Fenway Park! I flew to Boston the day before the show to do some sightseeing since my last trip there was during a blizzard! I met up w/ my friend Jess at the airport & we got checked into the hotel then went out to see the city :) We did the famous Boston Duck Tour & I got to drive the duck around the harbor- so fun! The night before the show there was a "Pre-Party" at a club, Jess got us VIP tickets which turned out to include nothing more than the people who paid less for general admission. Oh well, live & learn, we did get to see Donnie's head popping up from the other end of the club when he made his appearance. Anyway, when we got back to the hotel we ran into Jon Knight & Harley coming out for a late night smoke :) (Yes we stayed at the same hotel as the guys, but unless u camp out by the door 24/7 chances of seeing them are slim) The next morning we went over to Fenway to take the tour & ended up getting an early view of the stage set up & the 5*/4* gifts :) When they took us up on The Green Monster I took a pic of myself & tweeted it to Donnie sayin we "Woo'd" for him from The Green Monster (we could see him out on the field) Shortly after that Jess tells me that Donnie RT'd my tweet to him :) Yeah, it's the little things! lol After the tour we went back to the hotel to get warmed up/dried off (it rained all morning- typical nkotb weather lol) After :waterproofing" our cameras we headed back to Fenway! Jess had an Ultimate 5* & I had a 4* for the show. While waiting for ILAA to let us in I ran into a bh who I'd seen several times already in Boston, it seemed as if we were destined to become friends lol We started talking again & ended up spending the afternoon together. So much fun meeting new people! I now have a cool new friend from New Zealand :) During our 4* party we got to watch the guys rehearse how they would be appearing at the show that night, introduced by the announcer, coming out of the dugout :) The show that night was... LEGENDARY! I'm so glad I got to be there to experience FENWAY! Hoping it will someday be released on dvd! The rain, the slippy slide, naughty by nature & half naked New Kids....EPIC! After the show, we went back to our hotel, using the lobby computer to order pizza when Joe walked past me carrying Griffen up to their room :) We hung out in the lobby with 10-15 other bh's, eating pizza & looking at our concert pix. Around 2am we gave up on a nkotb sighting & went to bed. The next day a friend of Jess & the other girls I was staying with came to pick us up to drive to Donnie's brother's restraunt "Alma Nove" for lunch. It was delicious! After lunch is was time to head for the airport. Unfortunately the storms delayed one of my flights, missing my connection, so I was stuck in Boston another night. Thankfully I had new BH friends who were staying that night & let me crash with them- Thanks again girls!!! :D


Pittsburgh, PA 6/15/11.....I had extra tickets because 2 of my kids couldn't go so I invited the fiance of a friend of John's. Kerri is a BSB fan & was so excited to see them :) The day before the show Danny tweeted that they had arrived in Pittsburgh so we decided to go that afternoon instead of the next morning in hopes of finding them. Our hotel parking lot overlooked where the buses were but that's as close as we could get :-\ we met up w/ a couple bh friends at a nearby bar for a drink & also met Thomas who works for ILAA. Had a fun & interesting conversation to say the least! Lol the next day we tried some bus stalking but all we could do was peek thru the fence. Jon somehow found my tweet about his smoke break beside the bus... who's the stalker now? At the show that night when bsb comes down through the crowd Howie was coming down the aisle right beside us, Kerri goes over to see him & when he got to her he stopped & said "you are beautiful" - she was in shock at first then totally freaked out! After the show we went to Waffle House in hopes of joining Donnie for some post- show waffles that he loves but shortly after we got there he tweeted saying the bus driver wouldn't bring him because it wasn't on the way. We were starving, so we ate anyway since the place cleared out in about 15min of that text going out.

Louisville, KY 7/20/11.... This show wasn't in my original plans but all the kids were gone & John was working so why not, it's only 4hrs away :) i got there around lunch & was able to get a ticket at the box office, 2nd row of the lower bowl which was really more like 10th row floor the way the arena was set up :) I had a few hrs to kill so I went looking around, first i just had to go see the infamous Seelbach Hotel lol Then i took a look around the arena, finding that once again the buses were unreachable (in a garage below the arena) There were only a few girls waiting around by the entrance. I had a few hrs til my friends got into town so I waited... It was unbelieveably hot, like around 100 degrees w/ the humidity. Around 3pm the garage door opens & once he came out into the sun we could see it was JOE! As he came across the street, about 15 girls came out of the building we were standing infront of. They had been "hiding out" in the air conditioning, we didn't even know they were there lol Joe says to them "oh no,no,no....them 1st, they've been waiting in the heat, you cheated!" hahaha Gotta love Joe & his bluntness! (no worries, it was all said in fun) He took pix with everyone then went back into the garage. The arena security guard then says "are ya'll happy now?!" We replied w/ a unanimous YES!!! I wonder if the guys draw straws to see who has to go out to greet the fans? lol different cities, different New Kids make bus appearances, however it comes about, I'm glad they do! I've met them numerous times, but I still get nervous/excited/fangirl....that's why we keep coming back for more :) After meeting up w/ Steph & friends we got dinner then headed to the show! During "Tonight" when the NK's come out into the crowd, Joe was right infront of me! he winked when he saw me, assuming he remembered me from earlier that day? When he saw security holding back a bunch of fans, he told them to let them all come over :) See Joe can be a good egg when he wants to lol Louisville (prnounced Lool-vulle!) was definitely BSB territory! Not suprising after I found out a cpl of the BSB guys are from that area. That night, as I'm taking pix & videos of bsb "For Suzi", I started thinking, if I'm gonna go to 4 more shows, I might as well enjoy the whole show & not just the NK part. Embrace the fun to be had & just go with it :) It's better to love & enjoy than hate & complain ;) I decided to go w/ Howie: Nick was taken by Suzi (lol), Brian is a lil too religious for me & I already have 1 badboy to love. Plus Howie had been to "Boyband Charm School" according to my friend Jenn, winking at everyone, lots of crowd interaction, ya know, eyesex LOL

Columbus, OH 7/24/11....Finally my hometown show! No traveling this time! The day of the show Jordan did a CD signing for his snew solo album at Best Buy. We (Suzi & Katie) got there at 8am to get in line, since i had 5 hours to kill I brought a pillowcase & markers to make a sign for Howie in hopes of getting picked to be serenaded to during "I'll Never Break Your Heart". If I'm gonna join the backstreet club why not go all the way? My sign said "Howie: Don't Break My Heart! Pick ME!" The Jordan encounter was short & sweet but I did get a pic w/ him & was able to complete my NKOTB photo that the other 4 had signed already :D We went back to my house to pick up my other step dtr Kimmy & my friend Erin who drove over from Pittsburgh for the show. We went to the venue to check out the bus situation but once again they were unreachable. Our seats that night we on the floor at the tip but row L, so Howie couldn't see my sign :/ BUT the show was awesome! Happy to finally see it from the front! Plus they just love the O-H chant & the Buckeye spirit in general! Donnie wore a Buckeye necklace the entire show & they even played the fight song at one point in the show causing the crowd to just EXPLODE w/ excitement! After the show we ran into Thomas in the parking lot who told us that Donnie & Jordan were already headed to the airport catching a private jet to NYC for Donnie to film BlueBloods the next day & for the Stingy release party. no after show fun going on so we just went home. Suzi & I spent the day off between shows relaxin in my pool, good thing because the next couple days were pretty busy!

Indianapolis 7/26/11.... Suzi & I left first thing that morning & got to Indy around 1pm to check out the bus situation, again underground/unreachable. After getting ready in the car for our 5* M&G we headed into the arena! When it was our groups turn to go into the room to meet the guys Donnie recognized Suzi right away sayin "Suzi Q!" when she walked in! I was the last one in, standing next to Danny for the pic (completing my pic w/ each guy on this tour/cruise yr) When we went to our seats we found that we were front & center at the tip! Front row is...amazing! But it also spoils you into not wanting anything but front row for all following shows lol When the time came for BSB to pick their girls I held up my sign & didn't take my eyes off Howie! When he looked at me & motioned for me to come up on stage I squealed like I was 12yrs old! OMG I still can't believe he picked me!!! I ran over to the gate being guarded by Victor who verified I was the one Howie wanted then let me in. Howie took my hand to help me up the stairs, I hugged him saying thatnk you so much for picking me! He said "Your sign caught my eye right away, I had to pick you!" I told him that I was a new BSB fan since that tour, he said that's awesome, so you've seen the show? Me: um yeah like 6 times! Howie: that's great! so you know how this works? Me: yep! He asked where I was from, when I told him Columbus, OH he said he had a lot of fun at that show & that he'd bought an OSU jersey for his son there. I told him his little boy was so cute & looked just like him :) I pointed out my friend Nicole who was sitting pretty much right beside us along the shaft so she could take our picture :D Let me just say that sitting on that stool, being sung to infront of 20,000 people is just as amazingly dreamy as it looks! I couldn't do anything but stare at him & try to soak it all in! The crowd kept going crazy like something was going on, Howie kept looking over his shoulder said he was afraid the crowd screams were because Nick was gonna grab his butt or something LOL Turns out the crowd screams were because Nick was really puttin on a show for the girl behind us, on the floor, his knees etc Unfortunately this showboating kept all the cameras on them, & I have yet to find any decent video of me on stage, but I did have a few friends who got some good pix :) At the end of the song they walk us up to the end of the stage & all 4 BSB's get down on 1 knee infront of us to sing the last line acapella.... OMG it was almost too much to take in! WOW.....I was pretty much a hot mess by the time I got off the stage! Then Joe singing PDGG...how will I make it thru this show without passing out?! Then Donnie comes out to sing Cover Girl, I only took ONE video clip that night, right when I knew the ripping of the tank was about to happen. He rips it off, wipes it down his chest etc as he's coming up towards us then he throws it like a bowling ball right at Suzi! Some other girl jumped 4 seats & grabbed it also, Suzi goes flyin as she tried to rip it from her hands but of course Suzi's not gonna let go, luckily Victor & his scissors came to the rescue cutting it in half. Needless to say we had an EPIC night! After the show everyone kept stopping me to say hi, I'm so jealous, what did your sign say, how did u get picked? Can I hug u since u hugged Howie? etc After the show our plan was to leave asap to get home for a few hrs of sleep before driving to Cleveland but a text from a friend kept us hanging around a little longer. Spent a little while talking to Thomas & his "tour husband" Dove who was the photographer for ILAA & also the producer/director of Jordan & Donnie's new video for "Stingy" :) We finally headed home around 1am, home by 5am for a few hours sleep. Suzi had to leave the next morning to go home for work.

Cleveland, OH 7/27/11..... I left at 9am for Cleveland so I could pick up my friend Jen at the airport by 11, she flew in from Baltimore so we could go to a show together, we had 4* seats (4th row along the shaft) No luck even finding the buses here, they have underground tunnel/batcave lol Cleveland does rock though, another amazing show! No aftershow fun in Cleveland, maybe by the end of the tour everyone was just too pooped to party? The next day Jen & I went to Cedar Point, she had never been but loves coasters. I told her you haven't been to an amausement park til you've done Cedar Point! We had a blast! SO much fun! Laughing, screaming & making funny faces for the coaster cams :D Unfortunately the coaster screaming was the last straw for my voice, I woke up the next morning only able to whisper. Those who know me, know this was torture not being able to talk, especially with such fun & exciting news to share! I sadly said goodbye to Jen the next morning at the airport & headed home. I really wish we lived closer :(

Hershey, PA 7/30/11.... This was a last minute trip decision, put together while in Cleveland, mainly because my husband said why not go it's only 6hrs away? He was going to be working on his race car all weekend & the kids were at their dad's...umm ok! My friend Nicole drove here from Indy friday night, then we left early saturday morning, picking up Suzi on our way :) We went to the box office 1st & scored floor seats near the tip, not bad for last minute :D We had some time to kill before the show so we took the Chocolate World Tour (the concert was at Hershey amusement park)When we came out, (thanks to Suzi) we just happened to see Donnie, Danny & kids walking through the gift shop below :) #goodtiming The concert was outdoors this time, and although many were hoping for a repeat of the slippy slide/half-naked new kids fun of Fenway in the rain, it was instead a perfect summer night! :)During "Tonight" Jordan was literally right next to us, but we saw more of his ass than anything else as he was mainly singing to the other side of the crowd... no complaints on the view though! With the end of this show, came the end of my "Summer of NKOTBSB" one I will never forget (thanks to typing this all out lol) I'm so glad I decided to embrace all the fun to be had, not just half of it. If I had held my grudge from a few comments made almost 20yrs ago I never would've had this much fun! Thank you Donnie, your master plan worked...on me at least! :D
Love,
A New "BlockStreet Girl"
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I'm currently uploading my concert photos to a Flickr account & will update this with that link once they're all up :)