bored?/hungry?: KE$HA at Conan's Summer Concert Series/Umami Burger

here's the thing: music is the best thing to ever happen to existence.  and i love all types (well, minus country....really twangy country and taylor swift...but other than that EVERYTHING).  people make fun of my love for ke$ha but i love that bitch more than life.

so after a few weeks of pure and utter bullshit occurring, life threw me a bone and i won tickets to see ke$ha at Conan's Summer Concert Series taping in May....which were free taping tickets that ke$ha announced in her mailing list.
BARGAINISTA TIP: if you love a band/artist, join their email list.  in addition to pre-sale info for their tours/shows, there will typically be giveaways and secret shows announced ONLY in their email list.  so if you're craving for a secret show no one else knows (or FREE taping passes that were last-minute-giveaways!) or want prime passes only available to pre-pre-sale codes, join the email list.  this also works for ticket outlets like goldenvoice, ticketmaster, etc.


for such an event, i obviously had to become ke$ha to channel the pure awesomeness.

my pal thomas and i then drove my car (known as Biz the Wonder Bug....yes, she's a VW yellow new beetle and is MY PRECIOUS) to Warner Bros. where we waited in a ridiculous queue for hours....but it was totes worth it when we got to see CONAN and then the craziest bitch herself, ke$ha.  girlfriend performed BLOW, ANIMAL, and WE R WHO WE R.  she sang live, danced, and played the keyboards and was DECKED OUT.  after a 5 hour extravaganza, tommy and i were the hungriest and needed some major nosh....luckily, the newest location of Umami Burger opened a BLOCK from my house.  so obviously we went.

i know i mentioned before i live a very flexitarian lifestyle, and after days of vegetarianism, it was time to indulge in my carnivore tendencies.  which, if you haven't been to Umami Burger, what in the hell is stopping you?  my favorite burger at Umami is the Hatch Burger without Garlic Aioli.  It's 4 types of peppers (SPICY!), with their house cheese (lactose intolerance be damned!) and i get my umami burger cooked medium.  deliciousness.  thomas got the hatch burger fully loaded, and we split truffle cheese fries which.....i would like to do dirty, R-rated things to truffled cheese fries.....(and there are no photos of that because they were gone in 5 seconds.)

how was your burger, thomas?

 good.  i agree too.

 

the best part?  the hatch burger, while $10, is THE BEST BURGER IN LA.  the truffle cheese fries are $8 (so $4 if you split with a friend!!!!)

so to recap:

CONAN'S Summer Concert Series:

tickets available to tapings on teamcoco.com/via ke$ha email list (concert series will air later in summer, be online at teamcoco.com)-FREE

Umami Burger:

Five Locations, including 12519 Ventura Blvd (Studio City)

Hatch Burger-$10

Truffle Cheese Fries-$8 (not on the menu, ask if it's part of the daily specials!)