WARPED: The Vans Tour That Is: July 3, 2010!

(click on pic for PICASA online album)

Well the concert at the outdoor venue known as the Superpages.com Center in Dallas took off without a hitch this year. Last year we attended the Vans Warped Tour in the city of San Antonio - the very city which captured my heart as a child (and still has its hands around it). This year Alex paid for our tix (Sara's, hers and moi's) and that was awesome in itself. Thanks, Mija! We had as much fun or more this year mainly because the weather was better - overcast almost the entire day, the set up was way better with more food and drink vendors to pick from and with better conveniences such as restrooms, covered or uncovered places to sit if one wanted to, and the vendors selling memorabilia for all respective rock groups had better set ups. We saw many good groups that day which started at 11 am and, for us, and ran through to about 7 pm. It technically ended at around 11 pm for those who stuck around. Alex’s band finished up their set at that time (7 PM) and with the downpour of rain we had sustained earlier we all agreed to return to the awesome hotel suite that my sis and bro-in-law had rented for us all. Besides stomachs were rumbling and it was more cost effective to leave the venue and go back to have a nice, quiet dinner with Alex’s “Rents”! We each had our own favorite group that day. Alex of course liked “Bring Me the Horizon” (they are an English band hailing from Sheffield. Sara and I ended up liking them as well). Not knowing any of the bands which were scheduled this year unlike last year as we were familiar with some like "Escape the Fate", Sara ended up liking “Automatic Love Letter” (their lead singer was female and she rocked), and I ended up really liking “Emmure” (reminded me of a young “G’n’R”- their sound-that is, as in their song Dry Ice). It was great and I hope we keep it an annual event between us as this year makes two in a row. Plus that in years to follow that we may add others to our trek and odyssey that be...Vans Warped Tour.