Everything was painted gold, and the lights glowed warmly.



The opulent water fountain.



Even the bear was golden.



It was almost other-wordly.

I wandered around some more, and made my way backstage.



I immediately made my way to the coffee. A couple of cups, and I felt a little more human.



I eventually managed to find Marco, and we said our hellos and made a few snarky comments as well. Even after 16 years, again, some things just never change.

He went off to find Brady, but I wanted to stick around for the sound check.





Because sound check selfies are cool.