It’s Britney, B*tch.

This one’s for you, V2!

So it was a big hoo-haa when Britney came into town. I was half-considering when I found half-priced tickets. THEN, I seriously considered when it came down to $50 for Diamond reserve seats! 2nd best in the house!

Unfortunately, I only managed to grab Tuesday tickets instead of weekend tickets. Which means that the likelihood of being stood up by my date was close to 100%. Still, a girl has to have hope.

I arrived at Acer Arena 15 minutes before the concert was scheduled to start at 8pm, only to be met with about 500 people in line to pick up their tickets! It seems that the organizers had underestimated the lure of $50 tickets to see Britney, and were absolutely unprepared by the onslaught of bargainers. It took a good 45 minutes to reach the front of the line. Thankfully, I was lining up with a bunch of lovely concert-goers and time went by much quicker. There was this girl who had travelled all the way from Wollongong (more than an hour away from Sydney), and she had called up Acer Arena beforehand and confirmed that Britney was only going on stage at 9pm. No wonder nobody was freaking out.

All hope of my date showing up was lost when, at 8.50pm, I inserted my tickets into the barcode scanner and entered the concert arena alone. *insert pitiful music*

So voila, I was left to enjoy 2 diamond seats all to myself!

Buon Ricordo, Paddington

Besides Rockpool, this is probably the most highly rated restaurant we are heading to thus far in Sydney. Awarded Two Chef’s Hat in the latest Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide, we were having some great expectations for the restaurant.

After spending the day walking around Paddington, we headed to Buon Ricordo where Thad had made a reservation the night before. I was really looking forward to it!