So Audrey is a huge fan of American Idol. We rooted for Taylor Hicks last year after Chris Daughtry was voted off, but Taylor was always our number 2 from day one. We were glad when he won. Tonight he played the House of Blues in Hollywood. So we went and got dinner, the waiter gave some of the best service I have had in a long time. Then we went to the concert, thinking there would be little hope of getting Audrey to a spot that she could see, despite my skills at working my way to the front of a crowd. We made it to the front side. The only spot kids could see do to the beracades nearly 4 1/2 - 5 feet tall. Security was cool and let Audrey and some other kid past them to sit down, as there were benches on the other side of the beracades. The show was not my thing but the guy can sing, I will give him that. The sound engineer was crappy, I can only hope he was a house engineer and not a touring one. The bass player was passionate as all hell, amazing. The guitarist kept making eye contact with me to the point of being uncomfortable. He also looked like he needed a nap or serious coffee but he was good. The rest were just there. Taylor Hicks however is a great showman. Before the encore, he did a silly dance and scooted off the stage. He then saw Audrey and her sign and the other little girl she was with and grabbed their hands and mine as well as the other kid's mother's hand. I thought that was sweet. I must say that man has the softest hands of anyone that I have felt in forever. He seriously must use gallons of the best lotion known to man. He was so cool. He gave another kid his harmonica, who was on the other side of the stage. Audrey had a cool make-shift sign saying "I love Taylor", made out of a menu, and it was noticed by Taylor a few times, as well as others in the crowd. After the show many people asked if she was the little girl with the sign, and took pictures of her, it was adorable. LOL I preffered if Audrey's sign said "I love hicks", as I thought it would be funny. But no, so it is ok. It was a good show, a lot of energy. A lot of older middle aged women, one annoying drunk one in particular bumping into me. But it was fun. I am glad I went. I was suppose to work, but I asked for the night off. To me things like this are more important, especially when they are all about creating childhood memories for my daughter. Those are the few times I will call off work, when there are very important things going on concerning my daughter or my mother. So the show was good, the experience was good. The house of lues food was ok. The service was great. All around fun. The valet took forever though, not cool.