You
cannot come to LA and not go shopping in downtown LA at the fashion
district. It can be crazy and you have to pay for parking. But it is
worth it. Parking will cost you a couple of dollars. There are a lot of
shops full of clothes. But since I'm not a skinny person I don't shop
there. They have a lot of shoe places. Some of the ones I saw today were
so awesome. They were bright colored, had spikes and had like six-inch
heels. I love heals but I'm tall enough without them. On bare feet I'm
about 5'10". So I am not a small person in any way. They have a lot of
jewelry and purse shops. There are a few small places that have 99-cent
jewelry and that is what I buy. I usually go for quantity over quality. I
bought three pairs of earrings, a clutch and a necklace. I'd rather
have more cheap jewelry rather then a few expensive pieces. The Santee
alley is where I do most of my shopping. You can walk around and see
what else is around. The purse I was a little hesitant over. But the
jewels and designs on the handle made me buy it. It cost me 10 dollars.
It was just so cute.
K-town
is around 15 minutes from the fashion district of LA. We didn't do much
exploring because we were hungry and didn’t know about traffic back to
the concert venue. But we did go to the Koreatown Plaza where the Music
Plaza is located. When I walked into the store I heard angels song. I
was so excited that I could touch these K-Pop albums I've only seen on
the Internet. My poor mother looked around but I know she would have
rather been at home. I hade some cash and a few bucks in my bank account
so I looked to buy a new album. I looked at albums by FTIsland, Yong
JunHyung, Beast, U-Kiss and many more. But I finally decided on "2 Cool 4
Skool" by BTS. I loved their second album so I bought their first one.
So I now have another album to review in the future. Then my mom had to
listen to the album with me in the car on the way to the venue. Some
pictures will be posted somewhere on here.
My
mother refused all offers for me to educate her on U-Kiss. We arrived
at the venue around 5pm and got in line around 5:30. My mom was afraid
that she would be the only "old" person at the concert. There were a few
"old" people waiting to see U-Kiss. The doors didn't open until 7:00
and the show started around 7:45. I was way more excited then my mother.
I mean this was my first concert. Like I’ve never been to any type of
concert before tonight. Well I guess I kind of lied. I’ve been to a
really small concert in a basement of a bar and then I went on a Celtic
Thunder cruise and they had concerts. Well I will call this my first
real concert. Standing in one place for long periods kills my back. So
my back was shot ever before the concert began. Random rabbit trial! I
have this really big, flavored lip balm that looks like a big glue
stick. But when I was going through security the guy was like “You have a
blow Pop?” they guy was surprised and I think slightly amused by it.
When I told him it was a lip balm and that he could open it, he did. He
thought my lip balm was funny and probably awesome. Now back to the
topic. The venue wasn’t very big so all seats were pretty good. I was in
the balcony way in the back. There was only one row behind me. But
since we were in the middle section it was a good seat. We were not
allowed to take any pictures or video of the concert. I did it anyway
and got in trouble. I’m a rebel at heart.
The
video I took was pretty crappy.
The quality is crappy, the video is shaky, blurry and you can’t really
see they guys very well since I was trying no to get caught. The concert
did a super fan contest for each city. The super fan for LA was a
forty-year-old woman. She did have a great super fan story and when it
gets posted in YouTube I will post it for you to see it. But it goes to
show you that K-Pop is not just for the young. But everyone pretty much
stood for the whole concert, which made my back hurt even more. But it
was worth it. Kiseop’s birthday is on the 17th and from what I
understood the American KissMe’s got him a cupcake cake. It was really
cute. It was of a bear face. What was so funny was Kiseop took a bite
out of one of the cupcakes and Hoon “kissed” him to remove the frosting.
I’ve seen some K-Pop idols “kiss” but when Hoon turned around he had
frosting on his lips and Kiseop had a shocked look his face. It was
funny. My mom told me after the concert that no straight, white, 22 year
olds men would every do anything like that. I guess you would
understand better if you were there. I just say its because they are
Korean and move on. Asians’ get away with lots of things because they
are Asian. After the show I was going to buy their Album but they didn’t
have any left and I didn’t want any of their other merchandise. I
wouldn’t wear a hoodie or shirt, so why buy them. I don’t hang posters
on my wall, plus I didn’t think they were that cool anyways. Also what
would I do with a glow stick? Nothing, it would sit in my room somewhere
and collect dust. If later on I want merchandise I could always buy it
from eBay or something. Another random thought! I did notice that Eli
wasn’t wearing is eyebrow piercing. But I have to say their song “0330”
displays the Korean language in a beautiful way. It makes it sound so
beautiful.
My
father just laughs at the guys and he thinks they are feminine. U-Kiss
is not a feminine group. I thing Kevin is their most feminine member but
I’m sorry you can’t look at Hoon’s biceps and think he is feminine. So I
made my mom tell my dad that they are not as feminine as he thinks they
are. Even a few members “showed” their abs. The concert was awesome.
Their first song was “Stop Girl” and their last song was “Neverland”.
The concert ended around 9:30. After this concert U-Kiss is equal with
Big Bang as my favorite group. My mom did enjoy the concert and thought
they were funny during their Q&A session. My mom’s favorite member
is Kevin. I can’t decide who my favorite member is. It’s between Hoon,
Kiseop and Soohyun. But all of them are awesome I was sad when it ended
and I hope they come again soon.
this is the link to the video since i could not get it to load.