Los Angeles
OK. That headline may sound like some kind of diss but I have in fact been a fan of Rickie Lee Jones since I was a kid. Wait…did that sound like a diss too? Well, I swear that it isn’t. I simply had great taste in music as a child. I’ve seen her live a half-dozen times, I own all of her records and I love her to bits. And she knows it. No really. She does.
I told her one time in the grocery store a few years back. I turned down the freezer aisle and there was Rickie Lee Jones in all her cool cat glory looking at frozen vegetables. She opened the frosty glass freezer door and I mustered up enough courage to roll past her with my shopping cart as she was bent over digging for peas on the back of a low shelf and I softly said, “I love you Rickie Lee” to what was essentially her bum coming out the freezer. I didn’t stop. I didn’t make any kind of eye contact. I just kept rolling down aisle seven. But I’m pretty sure the ‘Duchess of Coolville’ heard me.
For those of you who have not been to the Twilight Dance Series, it really has nothing to do with dancing so don’t fear. It’s actually a free live concert that they set up on the pier. However, those in the know actually pack a picnic and settle down in the sand just south of the pier where you can still enjoy the music but don’t have to deal with standing in the crowd.
The Twilight Dance Series is one of my favorite summer events and even if you live on the eastside, I think it’s worth it to head west on a work night and have the experience at least one time during the summer. And if you don’t have time to pack a picnic just grab some funnel cakes and cotton candy from the amusement park and call it a sugar picnic!
Twilight Dance Series
August 5 ยท 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Santa Monica Pier
