Just Picture It: A Night With Florence

If I had to name my favorite band/singer these days, it would without a doubt be Florence + The Machine. I love everything Florence, or as we affectionately called her last night, Flo. Every song, every haunting lyric, every flowy outfit, every movement of her thin, pale arms as her hair and clothing blows in the wind of her own personal fan (!), every crazy octave of her extremely powerful voice. Therefore, even though it kept me up *waaay* past my early 10pm bedtime, I ventured to Maryland (or, "Merry Land, as Flo called it) to see a Florence concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion last night. To say it was fabulous is an understatement. She was spectacular. I mean, just look at her? 

Although I tried my best to get some good pictures with my iPhone from the lawn, sadly, it's flash and focus doesn't extend as far as I'd like, thus, the fuzzy images above. However, what's most important is my memory of her haunting voice, and that's not going anywhere quickly. 

Isn't it simply amazing to see and hear some of your favorite music live? Concerts are one of my favorite things and I need to get back to going to them more often. There's such a power to singing along to every word of a song that you've listened to 100s of times--especially when there's an entire crowd doing the exact same thing with you.

Oh, and did I mention that it was cold enough to wear jeans and a sweater outside (and cover up with a blanket--see the image above!) AND that we had cupcakes + wine for dinner? Perfect night. 


Thanks, Flo!

Namaste,
Mary Catherine

PS. For those who don't know Florence's music, you can hear some samples/snippets on my Playlists page, as I often put her music in my yoga class playlists...I think it's amazing to practice to her voice ;)