Twitterhunt

For a couple of months now, I have followed Martina McBride on Twitter. She has always been one of my favorites for country music singers and in the past I have seen her in concert. Following her I noticed that she posts clues in most cities that she goes to and hides two pairs of front row tickets to her show staring around 4:30 the day of the concert. We already had tickets for mom, dad and I because mom really likes Luke Bryan and Blake Sheldon, who were opening the show. But, I really wanted to win the tickets anyways. So like clockwork at 4:30 the clues started.

1st Clue..."this used to be a US Mint...now the "public" goes there"...

From seeing past clues, you kind of figure that the hiding spots are somewhat near the venue because how far is she really going to go to hide tickets? Our immediate thought was Publix's and the second clue confirmed our thought. So dad and I raced out of my condo (he almost forgot his shorts!) and drove down to Publix's. By the time we arrived, the addendum for clue two was posted.

Clue #2...."I would go here to get food...or flowers....or maybe rent a movie..."

The addendum to clue 2 sent everyone searching (surprisingly there were a lot of people, like 25 or so) looking for the tickets in cookbooks and recipe suggestion areas of the store, but with no luck did anyone find the tickets.

Clue #2 addendum... "maybe you can't rent a movie here..but you can get tips on what to cook for supper."

Clue three was the giveaway and after getting that it was luck as to who would find the tickets.

Clue #3....."Once you get there, you might find I'm up to my old Trix"

I will say that I had home store advantage because this the Publix I frequent for my grocery shopping, so once I saw Trix I rant to the cereal aisle and located the Trix. It was me and this other girl pulling out the boxes. And it was after I got a few boxes out that I saw them. A white envelope set toward the back of the shelf. I had actually found the tickets! To be honest, a day later, it still hasn't set in. I remember walking back to the front of the store and showing dad that I got them and then calling mom laughing at the thought that we had actually gotten them.

When we got to the venue the annoying ticket people told me that I couldn't bring in my camera because it had a detachable lens. I argued with them for a while, got annoyed and walked out and around to another door, where I hid my camera a little better and held my small camera in the my hand and vola, I got it in. So me and hundreds of other people used our cameras with detachable lenses and the world hasn't come to an end.

Camera policies make me mad because the venues have no understanding of cameras and their policies reflect that. My everyday camera with a detachable lens has far less zoom than the normal point and shoot camera. Or my favorite is no professional cameras. What is that? Off my soapbox...

For Luke Bryan and Blake Sheldon, mom sat front with me and then switched with Lauren who came down for Martina McBride. To backtrack, Carrie Underwoods concert was bad to say the least, so I was hoping for a better concert and was sure Martina McBride would do it. What I think I loved best was that she sang so many of her older songs, which I love and mixed in a few new songs, but not too many. The stage was simple, but effective. Probably my favorite part was when she came out for her encore in a Carolina jersey. It made my night!