M.A.D.O.N.N.A.

The Material Girl in me came out Tuesday night as Liza and I went to Detroit to see the one and only true Material Girl in concert! Thanks to Ivy's generosity with the tickets and her sweet brand new car- and Liza for choosing me to go with her- we made the 3.5 hour journey to see her live! WOW!! It was truly awesome, I can honestly say that there are only a few major stars I would love to see in concert in my lifetime, and she was so on that list. Not that I love all the things about her, but come on- it's MADONNA! She rocked the stage in every way- she is an unbelievable performer- she danced and sang non-stop for the entire 2 hour show. She did lip sync every once in a while- she had too- her dancing was phenomenal. I was in awe- she is 50!! Did you know that?!
I loved it all, and Liza and I had a great time. Here are some side notes of the show:
1- we left here at 4:30ish for a 7:30 show 3 1/2 hours away- you do the math- we were not going to make it on time!
2- we got there at 8:15- parking was $30!! We found a garage for $15- but it took us 45 minutes to even get out of it! Now we see the wisdom in paying more!
3-we get there and at the same time so is everyone else!! Seriously? We are like, "why is everyone just now getting here, and who is her opening act that we are all missing?"
4- it's Madonna- she has no opening act!! Oh, and she takes the stage whenever she wants!!
5- she did it at 9:30! Apparently everyone else knew that already!
6- we sat in front of a bunch of drunk moms who obviously don't get out much! They were a bit obnoxious!
7- she sang a ton of her new songs that we weren't totally familiar with, but we loved anyway.
8- yes she was a bit trashy- but that's Madonna, right? You expect that.
9- she rocked "Like a Prayer" and Liza and I did too!
10- the special effects and lighting effects were tremendous! Dana says, "uh, it's Madonna, of course she has state-of-the-art effects!

All in all, I was just speechless about it. Only downside- the drive home- lost in Detroit at 1am! It took us over an hour- (after getting out of the garage) to actually get on the real highway. Consequently we got home right before 5am- and the next day for both of us started at 8am!
The things you do for fun, right?
Check out our fun- (my camera isn't as great as Liza's- so I will have to wait to add more clearer ones when she does her post- but for now)...

Her set was so cool- anchored on both ends by these M's that lit up during the show- so cool.

These are my camera zoomed all the way in and then edited...we were a ways up, but still center seats- they had these screens up, and that is what I watched most of the time!

Liza and I wore our Buckeye gear, since this is the week of the BIG game-

We saw a few others with the same idea, but we saw more that were dressed for the concert- in true Madonna fashion- sadly I didn't think to take any pics of them- but trust me, it was interesting!!

So, thanks, Liza and Ivy for a truly memorable night- and early morning- which I am still feeling the effects of- boy, I am getting old- I used to bounce back in my younger days much easier!