Ford Anson Theater and Cheese Pastie

I feel like I’m always complaining about the music venues in LA. They’re too far away (Molly Malones), too expensive (Largo) too drafty (Spaceland) not enough seats (Hotel Café) too big for the ticket price (Greek Theater or Staples). Tuesday night, I finally found a place I can't wait to go back to.

Alex won tickets to see Ladytron at the Ford Amphiteater. It was awesome. It’s general admission, so there’s no sitting in those far away $30 seats, wondering if you should have spent $100 to actually see the band. It’s small enough that no seat is bad. They hand out plastic cups for the wine people "sneak" into the show. And the theater itself has that great old Hollywood feel. I just loved it. Ladytron’s songs all sound sort of the same, but they were fun, and I think anyone would be good at the Ford.

One more bonus, we took the park ‘n’ ride from the Universal metro station so we didn’t even have to pay for parking or deal with traffic. Doesn’t get any better than that.

Plus, Universal is near my favorite pub, Fox and Hounds. I had a yummy Cheese and Onion Pastie with salad and a Snakebite, and Alex had the super hot wings and a Boddingtons. Our favorite Tuesday and Saturday night musical entertainer, Bob Cowsill (of the Cowsills), was there, singing the Beatles, the Eagles and more. Couldn’t have been a more perfect night! (Well maybe if we both didn’t have to go to work the next morning.)