We arrived in San Diego in time to have lunch and do some window shopping. Weeell, we didn't get any windows, but we did find some other things. We had to drop off the last bag at the car before our dinner reservations. We had moved the car to the parking structure across from the venue an hour or two earlier. When we headed back down the elevator after the drop off, we saw Melissa, said hi and headed to the restaurant.Dinner was yummy! While in the restaurant, I waved to Vikki (her group came in and sat down nearby). Then we headed to the "dinner reservation" line and were fortunate to be standing next to Gadget Girl and her family. Nice to meet you all
Hope you heal fast! Lucky for us, Steve came walking by, so we all got to say a quick hello--he's always so nice and we appreciate it! (this must have been after he saw Vikki)When we got inside, we staked out our place in the front near Steve (I was a bit territorial with the space
-- last time I was at a HOB, I was a few rows back packed in like sardines, bumped and crowded--yikes). This was so much better. Gadget Girl and her people were up at the balcony edge front row--looked like great seats! The concert area was kinda slow to fill up, so I was getting a bit worried there wasn't going to be many people.It was a really fun show! It was kinda warm in the venue; not sure if it was the a/c, the number of people, or the proximity to the stage; probably the latter - hehe Al and everyone seemed full of energy, although I didn't have a view of Jon. Seemed like a pretty full set, minus WBUL of course. Neat to see where the streamers landed. Lots of donuts, including gooseberry. Storm troopers did a great job!
Some favorite things: Al gave my niece some eye action - hehe! And later in the show, he stared at her boyfriend (his first Al concert and we made him stand closest to Al). When Al stared at him, he turned to her and said "I think Al's staring at me"
Steve also gave him a stare when he wasn't waving during Amish Paradise--so funny! They did score some Yankobucks and a cannon cap. Al also sang to a guy near the middle front during Albuquerque which was fun to see, especially funny when he started the song over and did it again. And someone did a great job singing during Yoda and got thanked by Al...*After the concert we kind of hung around to people watch. We saw Rubén looking for someone (maybe Melissa?
). And we got to see Christina and one of her friends! She told us she was the one Al let sing during Yoda (I couldn't see who it was--*you did a great job, Christina!) She also showed us her cool drum stick from Bermuda (it was all splintered in the middle from being used in the show). Hope you got it/get it autographed. Security eventually politely encouraged us non-pass people to start heading toward the exit (they were really nice about it, though). We'd stop and linger again before being encouraged to move further along. We also saw Jim speaking with the group near the pass holders--one of them must have been you, LN3000 . After getting out of the way of people trying to pack up chatted a second or two with some other lingering fans, then headed up the stairs and out. We had the drive home ahead of us.When we arrived at the car in the parking structure, we saw "the car" mentioned here earlier by Gadget Girl. I took some pics of it. It even had Yoda sitting in the front seat
Not sure if this was my last concert or not. If it is the last, it was a nice one to end with
It was incredible.
Also when the guys were finally exiting the stage and Al was waving goodbye to everyone, the last thing he did was point at me, wink and wave. 
I thought that was really special.
I'm pretty sure the crew guy was just trying to make my day or something. 
]. There was no way I would have made it standing in line for ages without my head exploding [and I don't ever want a repeat of that concert in 2000 in Leisenring PA where I had to leave in the middle of the show]. I'm sorry I had to miss it, it sounds like it was terrific.
