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Last night was my first time….. going to the Hollywood Bowl, that is! I was so excited - we packed food, fruit and wine, tickets ahead of time, knew what shuttle we were going to ride….

What a whirlwind. Turns out the Culver City bus left at 6:30 PM, not at 7 PM like it said on the flyer. We pull up at the specified location early, at 6:35 PM when we see the Culver City bus with designation “Hollywood Bowl” pulling out. I frantically park my car to ask the attendant “is there another bus coming?” he has no idea - but there were others there that had just arrived. I asked if they were going to the Bowl, and they nodded “yes”, as if I were crazy. Then we found the student working that shuttle stop and she let us know that we had just missed the bus, and had no idea where the closest next shuttle stop was. My watch said 6:45 PM and the last shuttle from the Federal Building in Westwood left at 7 PM (and remember, this is a Tuesday night, during peak traffic hours). With some miracle, we made the Westwood shuttle. We arrived 10 minutes after beginning time, and ran up to our seats (er, took the escalators), we got there right after they started. What a view!!! It was absolutely gorgeous - it almost seemed like we were in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by mountains and the only indication of LA was the Hollywood sign visible over the peaks. After sunset, the stars came out, there was a breeze, great live music (Midsummer Night’s Dream) sushi and wine, and I fell asleep right after intermission. ZzzzzzZZZZzzzzzzz. Next concert on the schedule? Harry Connick Jr. Woo hoo! I definitely need to get some binoculars before this one!