the beings that we really are.

the beings that we really are. from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

skydive with my brother (and bonus, my sister too!) // 30 before 30.

. from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

BACK TO ASIA (video) // 30 before 30.

asia. from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

My first wedding video!

My sister's friend is Brooke. Her husband is Chad. And when they asked me if they could fly me out to California to shoot a video of their gorgeous wedding back in November, I was ALL over that.

Here it is. :)

Two minutes, twenty-four seconds, and seventy-two reasons why 2011 was amazing:

twenty one rides through the sky.

buddha statues.

family band practices.

successful clinical trials 

and tumor resections.

fist bumps with amos lee.

records.

grace, scotty, matt, benny, & cat.

cafe du monde.

falling in love with asia.

railroad revival tour.

happy water.

#swampromp.

adele.

with sister.

and one amazing somebody like you crowd sing-a-long.

bullshitting with julie.

in person.

finally.

sin jow.

man angels.

a girls day with elle.

new orleans.

ferry rides.

grimeys.

alabama barbeque. 

red rocks.

late night sbarro entertainment.

5d mark ii.

girls graduating.

matt nathanson's hips.

nugget.

jumping off junk boats.

in vietnam.

vietnam. vietnam. vietnam.

chatting with little big town.
and david wright.

drive-thru snow cone stands.

brass bands.

homeboy turning one.

nashville.

first row concerts.

sunrises in halong bay.

music soul mates.

prayer flags.

the grand canyon.

and starting an annual cousin trip

i hope. :)

wine in plastic cups in the middle of thunderstorms.

pho.

new friends from italy and germany.

giant blue starfish.

first time subway rides.

pinterest.

12 hours in south korea.

dragon fruit.

the outsiders.

tweeting natalie maines.

...and her tweeting me back.

asiana airline slippers.

sage francis' the best of times.
snowflakes at goldwater lake.
the paper kites.
film
and aunt kitty's 35mm.
free tv show tapings.
@sbellelauren
thrift store travel diaries.
wedding videos.
bangs.
cable cars
vegas road trips.
another one for the books.

There's so many different places to call home.

:)


(For my sanity, please ignore the section where the music dies until I can figure out how to fix it. haha)

Someone Like You.

Live music is one of the great true loves of my life. I know that sounds cliche or maybe a bit corny but, it's the truth. I've seen a lot of songs be sung, a lot of guitars strummed, and have dragged a lot of people to shows they probably didn't want to be at. Each one is amazing at the time, but most of the details slowly start to fade, just as most things in life do. Set lists blend together, special effects are forgotten. There are a few moments though that, no matter how many years go by, you remember them exactly as they were. This happens to me when I remember The Chicks singing Cold Day In July and it snowing inside America West Arena, Martina McBride singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow at Celebrity Theatre and it making me cry, being inside the stage at the Top Of The World Tour and hearing, "They said you wouldn't come, ...but we knew you'd come.", singing into a mic at the same time Grace Potter was singing into a mic right next to me, Sigh No More live, and this:


I saw Adele in Las Vegas last weekend and of all her songs, this was the one I was waiting for. I don't know if it's that piano, or that every single word is arranged perfectly, or how when she sings it, she always seems to be just a second away from crying. And sometimes does. Because when she sings this song, she means it. Every song, but I think this one especially. She is singing her life to the entire world. Brave is what that is. It was the perfect concert moment.

When she let us sing the last two choruses, I was singing and literally, every single person in the theatre was singing, I stopped for a second, looked around, and thought to myself that I have never, in all the shows I've been to, heard a crowd singing so loudly before. I haven't. I hope it made her happy.

Somebody closer and with a much better camera got her face while she let us sing & her mouthing the words back. :)))

#13. See a blues band play in New Orleans. ✓

I got my blues band. And I fell in love with a city. 

#swampromp from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.
:) Pictures soon.

The one where I have a major girl crush and here's why:

You know when you discover a band and you just immediately fall in love with them the second you hear them? And then, because you have a very endearing personality trait of not just loving something but becoming completely obsessed with it, you naturally ...become obsessed. They are all you can think about. All the time. Sometimes you sit at work from 3-4 am and you read everything they've ever posted on twitter for example. Is anyone else like this besides me and autistic children? 


I've done this a few times in my life. First with the Dixie Chicks when I was 13, then with Sugarland when I was 20, and now with Grace Potter & The Nocturnals after discovering them randomly on iTunes back in July.

I. loooove. them. Where had they BEEN all my life? I feel like the music gods really screwed me over on this one. They've been around for years. Have played in Arizona at least four times I didn't know about. FOUR TIMES. And I missed them all. Whyyyyy music gods?!?! 

And it's crazy that almost everybody I know has never even heard of them. It's a travesty really. I am legitimately pissed off that Kesha has songs all over the radio and they don't. (I will forever use Kesha as the god-awful artist example whenever I compare anything about music.) Grace could sing circles around her.

(sidebar. Can we just compare their song lyrics for a moment:

Grace Potter:

This is the greatest time of day
When all the clocks are spinning backwards
And all the ropes that bind begin to fray
And all the black and white turns

This is the greatest time of day
When there's no you and there's no others
And all the rules grow wings and fly away
And all the black and white turns into colors

Kesha:
D-I-N-O-S-A  

You are a dinosaur

D-I-N-O-S-A

You are a dinosaur

An O-L-D M-A-N

You're just an old man

Hitting on me what?

You need a cat scan

...if only I could type out my facial expression right now.)

But, on the plus side of not a lot of people knowing about them yet (really, it's  only a matter of time) is that when they do come here, I get to see them in a tiny bar, with only about 500 other people (including a drunk middle-aged couple who basically molested me from behind for two hours. It's a memory I'm really hoping my brain suppresses soon). We were as close to the stage as you can be without actually being in the band.


I'm high-fiving a million angels just thinking about it.

If I wasn't obsessed before seeing their show, I certainly am now. I know I've posted this in numerous different places since Wednesday but, it really was the best damn thing I've ever seen. Clearly, because I can't stop talking about it. I had heard they were amazing live, but to actually see it in person? I was blown away. Saying the girl can perform is the biggest understatement of my life. She was born to do it. That's it. And that voice. That bluesy, Janis Jopliney, raspy, rockstar voice. It paaaains me it's so good. I don't know whether I want to be best friends with her or BE her, but I love her and I wish I could just follow them around the country and go to every single show. 


picturetime!! The set list. Something amazing: they play almost a completely different set every single night. What band does that?!? They only played five of the same songs that they played in their show the night before. That majorly impresses me.

Oh, heeeey Grace standing only a foot away from me.

And then to top it off, during the very last song of the night, Cat turned her mic around into the audience and me and Jessie basically sang a duet with Grace during the chorus of Paris, ... and then I died.

A little video because pictures just don't do them any justice:

90 reasons, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds why 2010 was amazing.

14 rides through the sky.

Raising Hope.

The Dog Days Are Over.

Sugarland in row 4.

With dad.

Mumford & Sons.

Sugarland covering Mumford & Sons 

Crystal Bowersox's voice.

Lava flows.

Real ones and ones you drink with a straw.

Pizza John.
Little Miss.

Grady, Elle, and the RN behind my name turning 2.

Hurricane Agatha's raindrops.

And meeting new friends because of them.

Anderson Ave.

Gallo pinto.

Wine.
Shine The Light.
25 things.

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals.

A week vacation with mom and dad,

to watch brother throw a baseball

And get a win :) 

If It's Love.

Seeing Train perform If It's Love  
at the very moment of being obsessed with it.

Five dollar white plastic sunnies that I love.

Finding my own personal music drug dealer.

Hawaiian sunsets.

Homeboy in the world. 

Joe Purdy.

Forest Sun.

Becoming an iPhone owner.

Film.

& Vinyl.

Crossing two things off my ultimate bucket list:

   Luau in Hawaii

   Seeing the White House.

Pictures with Sister & Shane.

Kings Of Leon with my lovely cousins

in the rain.

The Features.

Passion Pit.

Long hair.

Hippie music festivals.

Plane shadows.

Words with friends.

High-fiving breast cancer survivors.

And dancing with some too.

Amos Lee.
Beach cruiser.

A heart that beats,

an Incredible Machine.

Waterfalls.

Cokes in bottles.

Direct message from @sugarlandmusic.
Good talks.

The Be Good Tanyas.

Court Yard Hounds.

Ukuleles.

Living with Brother for 7 months.

The Pacific Ocean.

Dave Matthews.

Phantogram.
Eat. Pray Love.

The Art Of Racing In The Rain

Livestrong x5.

Pineapple water.

Seriously adding to my traveling magnet collection.

Elephant Revival

Ziplines.

Cancer free Maui
and tumor ...shrinkage.

Will Hoge.

Leila Broussard.

Playing with wild Costa Rican monkeys.

Vintage Jennifer Nettles live cds.

Sushi.

Discovering Fresh & Easy.
And 20 chai tea bags for two dollars.

Hearing somebody legitimately say "Dontcha know, eh?"

No, really.

Having Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, AND NYE off. 

Crab photoshoots.
Penn station.
Traveling by plane, train, bus, car, van, cable, boat, taxi, and by foot.
The Avett Brothers.
TOMS
Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors.
Cheese curds.
1000awesomethings.com
Happy news.

2010, you were delicious. from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

Second annual Christmas video :)

Last year I started a tradition of making a family Christmas video. Here is 2010's. Santa even makes an appearance!

Our 2010 Christmas :) from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

Hope everyone had a great one! :)

Thinking of ideas and music choices tonight for my second annual Christmas videos :) Last years:

A little video on the day we got our Camden :)

from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.

Number twelve - watch fireworks. ✓

fireworks. from Sarah Lasker on Vimeo.


Who knew I'd get to cross something off the list in Wisconsin. Got to see back to back firework shows :)