Finally this is my Party report.

Well, I wasn't expecting too much from Tiesto In Concert in LA either because I have seen Tijs plenty of times or just because I got tired of an EDM scene but in the end all trip turned out to be magical. Necessary to say that last couple of months I literally lived in the office and this trip was a real escape for me. Thanks Michelle, Payman and Matt for making me so excited that I couldn't fall asleep the night before my departure.

My plane was scheduled for 6.45 am on Friday and I landed in LAX right on time - 9.30 am local time. Gotta love Delta Song! Cab fare to The Standard downtown was $45 which is not bad at all.
My friend got to LA a few days earlier and that morning he was already waiting for me in the hotel. It was really nice to see him again.

Half of a day I spent walking around downtown area and checking local sightseeing - City Hall, Walt Disney Hall with Patina, El Pueblo de Los Angeles with it's Olivera Street, Fashion and Jewelry districts, Pershing Square and absolutely amazing LA's new Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angeles. LA made an impression of a city with tons of fountains and no people.

I ended up going to the roof pool in my hotel and spent the entire evening there. What a great place!!! Colorful couches and water mattresses, great pool and absolutely gorgeous people. Very chick pool-lounge. For those you never been there I highly recommend. It sucks that they charge $15 to get in but it's so worth it.

Later that night D. and I met up with Michelle and went out for a dinner to "the most popular LA restaurant" (according to Zagat) - CafÈ? Bizou in Santa Monica. Later we went back to the hotel for the additional drinks. Thanks Michelle for a really good evening. I wish we could hang out more but it's impossible to schedule everything in one weekend.

Saturday was a major day. Almost all day I was hanging out with my friends in Hollywood, checking Walk of Fame and Melrose Avenue with its shops.

But at 20.30 we were already parking our car by LA Sports Arena. Show was supposed to start at 21.30.
Thanks my friends for a VIP guest list for me and some of my friends. I really appreciate that! I don't know how the regular admission entrance was, but it looked pretty scary from the outside - those endless lines would drive me crazy. As for us - we got our bracelets with no line and went straight to the Arena.
Those who got VIP tix won only in a few ways - faster entrance, free drinks and couches to sit. But VIP area itself was a huge disappointment for me - there was no ability to see Tijs from that side, so I had to go to the regular floor and it was great. Crowd was happy and excited!!! Luckily for me I could squeeze myself right in front of the DJ booth and Tijs didn't make us wait for too long. Even though the arena wasn't yet full he jumped out from the backstage and as everybody knows started with “Magical Circus”.

In overall I enjoyed the night. I really liked the gymnasts set and Jes performance, "Just be" girl looked really hot but her voice wasn't strong enough to handle this track. And this is where the magic has begun and the whole arena started singing along with Angela Taylor. Place got crowded very fast and only after a few tracks when I turned around I couldn't see a free spot - floor and the lower seat area of the Arena were packed. 9 500 - 10 000 people were attending this event as I found out later.

My Highlights of the night:
Tijs! Thanks for "The Darkside of the Moon". I know -a fact that it's my fave track wasn't dominant for Tijs to make a decision on a track list for that night but I got a few winks from him while it was playing. He knew it was my fave.

Chris!!!! Chris, I admire your talent and I think Tijs is really lucky to have somebody like you work with him. Your visuals were absolutely awesome. Great job!

Meeting some of LA TA. Sorry guys that I haven't had more time to spend with you and get to know you better. Michelle was hot hot hot!!!
Security people who started to bring water for whose who were standing in the first few rows and didn't have any access to drinks. I have never seen security be more concern not only about the order but about people and event itself. They made it so much better! LA Sports arena got an A+ crew.

Moment when the show was over and Chris came with a half empty bottle of Moet. We were passing this bottle around making our little celebration party.

And
Erwin Z. It was 3 in the morning. I just left Arena and were driving back to the hotel when I received a phone call from a strangely familiar number. I love you Erwin. The only one regret I had that night was you missing that show. I truly wish you were there with me.

We left a venue at 3 and went straight to the hotel. I knew there was an afterparty going on but we were too tired to go out. I hoped everybody who went to see Second Sun had fun. I met Adam the next morning in the lobby. We had a really nice chat and he promised to come back to NYC soon.

Sunday was a lazy day. Guys were relaxed because everything was accomplished and went smooth. We got a very late brunch on the terrace and then went to the pool. A bit after 3 pm Marques Wyatt came to "kidnap" me for a couple of hours and we drove to Santa Monica. Did I say I adore Marques? I had a really nice evening with him and shortly after he dropped me by the hotel, a limo was waiting outside to pick me and my friend to the airport. We had to catch our flight to NYC at 22.00.
This is it. Needless to say that the flight was exhausting and I was completely dead when I got to the office on Monday morning. Wrecked but Happy. It was a good trip!

Thanks to:
Tijs for a great show!
All my friends I have met and haven't met - Payman, Matt, Michelle, Herbert, Hong, Elizabeth and others.
LA Sports Arena Team for being so attentive and polite. They were the best!

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Last edited by Sveta on Aug-24-2005 at 21:48