What a great day we had on Sunday. We had purchased these tickets a couple of months ago because it sounded like it would be a fun day. Eddie Money, Loverboy, Night Ranger, Greg Kihn band and the Turtles, all rocking and rolling in the wine country!
We started from home early. Left our house around 8:30am and met Ron and Marie at the Flamingo Resort Hotel in Santa Rosa at around 10:30. Ron and Marie were spending the night so we had a short snack by the pool while they waited to check in.
*side note* – the Flamingo is where we spent part of our honeymoon back in 1985. Memories!
Off to the concert around 1130. Only 12 miles from the hotel, the setting couldn’t have been better. The Venue was Bruce Cohn’s winery in Glen Ellen. The stage, nestled at the bottom of a little hill with rolling vineyards as the backdrop. Wow.
We got there a little late and were able to catch the end of the Turtles’ set as we were walking into the place. It was already very crowded! Seem all the good spots were taken with only “full sun” spots left. UGH! So we are standing at the top of this hill and we figure out that if we just stay put, the sun will soon dip; behind that big tree right there and we would be golden. And we were! We laid out our blanket and within a few minutes we had it made in the shade!
The music was great. Greg Kihn? Was Greg Kihn. Loveboy? Awsome and LOUD! Eddie Money? An icon (61 years old) ! They played all their hits and then some. Did some great covers too. Night Ranger doing Ozzy Ozborne’s “Crazy Train” was my favorite! Rock and Roll baby!! Loverboy was my favorite band of the day. Eddie Money seemed to just be going through the motions but won me over in the end. It was all good. All good.
It was a fun crowd. Since this was a charity event, the tickets were on the pricey side, so it kept out the old time rock and rollers and put us smack dab in the middle of the beautiful people! Mostly older and mellow. But all soooooooo good looking! Us included ! Lots (and LOTS) of wine being drunk. People were mildly (to falling down) drunk, or stoned, or both. We had a great time just people watching.
The food was fantastic ! We tried some pulled pork sliders and chicken waldorf salad sliders that were yummy. Calamari and fries were oh so good. Thai egg rolls? Ahhh So good!! The girls shared a bottle of B R Cohn wine. Ron and I stuck to beer, and all was well in the world.
The sun dipped behind the hills as Eddie Money was finishing his set. By 7:30 we were heading back to the car, vowing that next year, we’d come for both days! Woohoo!
