One Girl, Two Coasts: Boston Calling 2014: Day 1

Hi friends! How are you all?

So I spent this last weekend at Boston Calling 2014! It's a 3-day music festival and it was so cool to go straight from my last day of school to Boston to listen to Jack Johnson, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and so many more bands just a few hours later. Talk about a BOMB graduation present...thanks, Mom and Dad <3

Just to give you a quick summary of what went down over the weekend, let me divulge what happened on each day in a few posts, just so its not one ridiculously long post:

FRIDAY: Day 1
The Last Day of School, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, and Jack Johnson

-The last day of school: filled with pictures taken from my family's nice camera, quick last-minute touch-ups on Hannah and I's last Stats project (and high school project) EVER, and casual chats

-9:45 am: Went outside, signed yearbooks, took more photos, and ate ice cream sandwiches
-Went back home, packed for the weekend, and got picked up by Edlyn's mom around 3:30

-Picked up Edlyn from her internship at Genzyme, then went to Riverside to take the T into Boston
-Got into Boston, made it to our hotel (Harborside Inn) and checked in!
Our room was absolutely awesome- very nautical themed, which I loved. I've attached pictures below!

-Left for the concert! We first got dinner after getting into the plaza, which ended up being Halal (a plate of rice, lettuce, chicken, lamb, and pita bread with garlic and BBQ sauce. It was delicious....) and free appetizers from a T.G.I. Friday's food truck (potato skins and Oreo ice cream & brownie sundaes)

-Listened to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros! They gave a great performance; I wasn't really familiar with their music, but I definitely like them a lot more now and will check them out. They performed "Home" which I did know and like!

-Jack Johnson was next! He was amazing and I do love his happy, chill energy! He was so funny; one of the first things he said was "So this is what you guys call summer, huh? I had to put on shoes today..." Oh, don't mock us Jack...we know Boston's weather is bipolar and sucky sometimes. It's very sad. We know. Banana Pancakes was amazing: he let this girl in the crowd come up and play it on the guitar with him...I would have done anything to be her :(

-We went back to the hotel after escaping through the giant crowds and went to bed around midnight or 1. Great start to an awesome weekend! I've included some of the best photos below: