Anita Baker

On Friday we went to see Anita Baker in concert. Remember her-jazzy songstress with the mellow voice from the mid- 80's? Well, I haven't forgotten about her and when I saw she was going to be coming to Mystic Lake Casino I jumped at the chance to go. (Can't get enough of my 80's music!) It was a really good show. It's been 20 years since her first hit, and she certainly kept the audience jumping with 2 hours of classics. There was lots of head bopping, finger snapping, 2-stepping, hand holding and snuggling going on. Well, worth it.

We also got a room in the hotel. It was a really nice evening with the illusion of being someplace else even if we were just a few miles outside of the city;a nice get away. And what would a "good time" be without food. I was kind of bummed when we didn't get to go to the buffet before the concert. But then I remembered that we would get another chance the next morning. UUUMMMM-MMMMMM. The buffet was the icing on an already great cake. When "Smith" mentioned coming back out to Mystic for some gambling, my response was "as long as we can go to the buffet!". FOOD!

And in true "I can't make this stuff up" fashion...a few minutes before the show started I observed my ex-fiancee (10+ years ago) walking down the aisle. I pointed him out and "Smith" laughed saying "Wouldn't it be funny if he sat by us?" Well, I obviously need to hit "Smith" up for this week's lottery numbers because he was right on, as "my-ex" and his date started down our aisle toward the two empty seats next to me. I obviously was the last person he expected to see as well, because he literally jumped back when I said "hi". Not quite sure what to say, a nervous smile played on his face. After a few minutes of awkwardness with no introductions and no conversation beyond "how are you?" and "fine", I forgot all about him and let Anita entertain me.

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