Ashley Tisdale

So Ashley Tisdale performed at the Americana, tonight. The whole place was packed by prepubescent young teenie-boppers. They closed off the Americana and we ended up being stuck there, forced to watch her. The crowd gathered early... perhaps 3-4 hours early.


Ashley Tisdale arriving (camera phones up)

She's a hot mess on stage

The crowd

Well we ended up being in the back cuz they closed off the area in front of the stage. And since we couldnt really see, we took this moment as a wonderful opportunity for a photo shoot. LOL! Here are pics that Ervin took of me.


Mark

Ahoy there! Anyone out there?

I looked to the left

I looked to the right

Found you!

Some random shots of both of us.


Random

Hey!

Here are some shots I took of Ervin. Im still getting the hang of photography. Im not as good as Ervin... yet.


Ervin excited about Ashley Tisdale

Hey Mr. Postman

I like this one

Video of the Ashley Tisdale experience will follow.

Manna

Manna Korean BBQ

The gang is back (minus Raymond) Here we are at Manna All-You-Can-Eat Korean BBQ in Koreatown. I love this place! I always end up smelling like barbeque when I get home. I like the bulgogi beef and beef brisket. I eat them with my salad and rice wraps and dip'em into soy and vinegar and sesame oil.


Mark, Ervin, Fatima, Venus, Gracie

The Girls

Venus, Gracie, Don, Mark, Ervin

The Guys...

...Being dorks

Drunks

Girls just wanna have... bbq...

...And fun

Last call...

The girls have never been here so we decided to show them this place even if they sat us in the most ghettoest area of the restaurant. I wished they sat us in the main dining hall =(


I dunno what I was doing, lol

The Gang

Fatima and Venus

How much?

Outside Manna

Don and Venus

Hmmm

Yo

Huddle formation

Don

Sisters

Farewell

It was a good and very full dinner. Here we are outside chilling and taking pictures while we let the food sink into our system. Raymond... get your phone fixed! LOL -

The Colonel

Mark and Ervin with the Colonel

Mmmm Kentucky Fried Chicken

The Colonel is my new sugar daddy, LOL!

Just for the road...

Ervin and I decided to go to this 2-3 story Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Koreatown after work. All I need now is to find a bench with Ronald McDonald in it and take pics... LOL!

Mr. Pinkberry

Mr. Pinkberry...

Wins by a smile

Co-worker Venus eating pinkberry

Too cold....

Here we are hanging out at Pinkberry in Santa Monica on a break. Thanks Raymond!

Random

A nice random surprise lol.

Vanessa Carlton

This was a long speech...

Yo!

Ervin and I decided to watch Vanessa Carlton at the Americana. Its one of their Summer Concert Series that goes on in the summer. Last year they had En Vogue perform. It's great because its free... hehe.


View across the fountains

Vanessa Carlton playing the piano

It was a nice summer night. It was kinda warm, but being by the water helped cool us off. There were a lot of fans and some who just came to take up space.


Ervin

Mark

Here I am trying some camera angles. Im not very good with photography but I'm learning as I go along.


Back lighting

Back lighting 2

Hmmm...

Yeay!

Here is the piano that Vanessa Carlton played on. It's what I call the magic piano because it sounded so great.


The Magic Piano

The Americana at Brand

Woooo

View across the fountains

Cheese

Big dork!

Vanessa Carlton

Groupies

Ervin and I bought Vanessa Carlton's latest album. I kinda felt bad not buying anything and just taking pics with her. I needed to buy something she could sign. LoL! Aside from that, the album was actually pretty good. It's very relaxing. The dumb securities wouldnt let us take pictures with her though. She sounded really shy and nice. She's so cute, lol! She looked like our height haha!

Stay tuned for next week when we go watch Ashley Tisdale.... who ever she is, lol! I cant wait for Michelle Branch at the Grove though. Stay posted!