Remember when I said I had the best job in the world? Understatement of the century.
Last night after our staff meeting (around midnight), I wandered around the ship to see where the action was going to be. After 15 minutes or so, I found myself in the casino (shocker), and I heard, “Lauren! Get over here!” Andy and Brandi Carlile were at it again at the Blackjack table. We had all played together the previous night and found a great rhythm, so I sat down at the table with them, Sonia Leigh, and our photographer, Will.
After 2+ hours of hooting and hollering, finding out who was “first date” or “second date,” and way too many lucky pulls, we were all collectively up around $1500. Fine by me!
We took our money and ran to the smallest venue we have on the ship – which we typically use for our open jam room. There is a baby grand piano in there, and Brandi, Vienna Teng, and even a few guests (who were great!!) took turns jumping up and playing songs. I put a video up on YouTube with Brandi, Vienna, and the Twins singing a Simon and Garfunkel song…but Sony told me it was copyright infringement and took it down. Jerks. I’ll try to put another song or two up next week when our internet is faster.
After about an hour of piano jamming, we all went up to the Sixthman suite where Marc Broussard, Oakhurst, Roddie Romero, The August, and Heather Luttrell (Hee Haw Lutter?) were already jamming. Once we got up there, all of the artists took turns playing songs together, and we all just hung out for awhile and ate chicken wings.
Not bad for a Thursday night.
-Lauren