Friday, February 08, 2008
| Mayercraft ’08 Well, I've been home for 3 days now and I am still on a high from our trip. Words cannot describe what it was like. You really had to experience it for yourself. We arrived Miami on Thursday night and stayed at South Beach Plaza hotel. It was nice and it was great to be in South Beach. We found an amazing sushi restaurant and walked around. There are many beautiful people there from all walks of life. The next day, we hung out and tried to find Erik an 80's outfit for the 80's prom on the boat. We couldn't find anything and he refused to buy a pastel colored polo shirt for $70. We get on the boat and we go straight to our room. We have a room on the 10th floor with a balcony. It was very spacious and nice! We were pleasanly surprised. Then off to the lido deck for some bahama mamas, beers and pina coladas. (not all at once of course!) John shows up and there's pure pandemonium! He was hounded by all the screaming, crazy fans. At one point, he was escorted to one of the decks and was surrounded by security. All the people around him was snapping pics and screaming for him. I actually felt sorry for him. It reminded me of the panda exibit at the zoo. Evertone wanted to see him. So he gets on stage in his cute sailor hat and greets everyone. He asks everyone to put away their cameras and just hang out. His goal was that by the end of the trip, people would see him as a regular guy and not JOHN MAYER!!! Well, good luck! The funny thing is that I thought the crazies would be all the teenage girls. Come too find out, they were all the suburban soccer moms! lol So we start off with Brett Denned who had such a cool sound. It was kind of reggae, soul, calypso type music. I really dug him. Then during the trip I think he got confused and thought it was called the Brett Dennencraft! He came off as arrogant. I gave him the benefit of the doubt and thought maybe he was just having an off moment but everytime I saw him he thought he was all that. Come on, do we really have to waer our sunglasses at night!?! Oh well.... We also saw Colbie Caillet and I was pleasantly surprised. To be honest, I had gotten so annoyed at hearing "Bubbly" everywhere. She had a lot more to offer so I really dug her. Plus they were all super cool. Tim Fagan and Justin Long were sweethearts! I caught Dave Barnes in the casino lounge and he was brilliant! Also, that same night I caught Martin Sexton. All I can say is "WOW"! He's oozes pure talent! Erik got to shoot John Mayer's 1st show in the main stage. I tried to sneak in and told the security guard that my husband was the photographer. He wasn't buying it and told me to hurry along....I later found out a bunch of people got to sneak in. I'm bitter now! The next morning, we land in the Bahamas. We end up going to the beach and found a great spot behind the Westin (I think) and hung out there. We met a great couple Rick and Debbie from Connecticut. We exchanged business cards and Rick who is on hiatus from work right now said he didn't have a job and no business card. So we all realized that was our aspiration. To have no job and no business card!!! In the evening we had the 80's prom. I wore a black dress, black opaque leggings, patent leather pumps, big hair and big earrings! Rich and Gina our friends on the trip went all out and Gina was dressed a la Madonna circa 1985 and Rich was Don Johnson from Miami Vice. We went to dinner with a bunch of cool people who's names escape me now. There were some hideous dresses! i can't believe we actually wore clothes like that in the 80's...lots of lace, pastels, big hair and blue eyeshadow! We go to see Bob Reynolds who is magical on the sax! He was so cute and humble and the song he did with DRH was AWESOME! We made it to see the Bomb Squad and again, I was pleasantly surprised at how good they were. Brenna the singer was on fire! She was so energetic and was full of charisma. Then it was off to see comedy with James Smith and Sherod Small. I enjoyed them both. After that I was pretty pooped. I headed off to bed while Erik shot Colbie's second show. I was bummed when Erik came back to the room and said that John showed up and jammed with Colbie. ARGHHH!!! That's what I get for sleeping. The next morning, I went to do yoga with Brett Dennen. Actually there was an actual yoga teacher, Brett was just there taking the class with about 40-50 other people. It was so amazing to be on the top deck in the blue skies with the breeze on your skin. Next, we had tix to the Q&A with John. It was only open to the fan club members (I know I'm a dork!) It was very cool and he was so honest. He seemed a little hung over but still was very present and intelligent and honest and funny! People asked great questions like what would he be doing if he wasn't a rock star? He said he wanted to be a graphic artist. I was teasing Erik that John wished he was him! At 3pm John performed on the Lido deck for everyone! He came out without a shirt and it was complete chaos!!! He was pretty tipsy and having a great time. At one point he had to apologize to his fans for being a little sloppy. We forgive you John!!! It was entertaining! He had to take a piss in the middle of the set so DRH filled in for him and sang, "Pretty Girl". When John came back he sang the rest of the song with him! One of my top 3 moments on the cruise!!!! Right after John's set we head over to DRH set. Man, that was breathtaking!!! The man is a complete genius! Every song was flawless even though the band was totally wasted! Some girls kept sending them tequila shots on stage and they kept taking it! At this point Roy kept buying me mudslides and I was very happy:-) When "Yesterday Shutting Down" came on, I got up and started to dance!!! My friend Gina later told me she was sure i was gonna get up on the table or the speaker or something crazy! Nope, I was fine....;-) Superbowl was next. Erik is the biggest Giants fan you will ever meet so he was really excited to watch it. The only problem was that we were soooo exhausted by this point. I decided to crash before John's concert that evening. Erik came back to the room to get ready and we were in the 4th quarter. Giants end up winning and Erik is in hysterics!!! I dared him to go outside and do his dance ( in his underwear) and he does!!! There was a girl in the hallway that was not expecting that!!! Anyway, if you're reading this, sorry this is sooooo long...I just wanted to document my experience so I don't forget. We get to John's last concert on the last night of the cruise and the energy is just electric! Besides having to share a table for two with eight people and having two amazon 8 foot women standing right in front of me, it was the BEST John Mayer show I have ever been to! And this was my 17th or 18th show, I lost count! I think he was trying to redeem himself for not being polished on the lido deck earlier in the day. He rocked it like I've never seen him before. His guitar solos were unbelievable and he played "Wheel" for his finale! The first JM concert I ever saw he closed with "Wheel" and it was the beginning of my obsession. "Gravity" was on a different plane! And the duet with Martin Sexton was just so sultry and sexy!!! WOW!!! I wish I can put in a bottle what I was feeling that night in that room but it's something that only I and 1200 other people can ever relate to. We went to the disco afterwards and got our groove on! We didn't get to bed until after 4am and had to disembark by 7am!!! OK..I'm too old for this. I'm not used to partying like a rock star! I'm a suburban, mini driving, soccer mom who is obsessed with John Mayer!!! Anyway, my husband was one of the photographers on the boat. as soon as he sorts through all 5000 shots, I will be sure to share some. Until Mayercraft '09...goodnite! |
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