British Summer with Diana Krall

Tonight my friend Tonya, her boyfriend Thomas, and I braved the British summer to attend a picnic concert featuring Diana Krall. Tonya is a huge fan of Diana Krall and I enjoy her music as well. We'd been looking forward to this concert for awhile but staying true to the British summer, it rained all day. The picnic concert was at the gardens of the Kenwood House which is one of the many historic estates in London. When we arrrived it stayed dry long enough for us to have a short picnic and then it proceeded to pour down like cats and dogs. The rain continued to fall in buckets throughout the opening act (which wasn't memorable enough to mention here). Pools of rain kept falling off the dome covering the stage as well. Finally right before Diana Krall came out the rain finally stopped and it stayed dry nearly throughout the entire concert. She appreciated everyone being there and joked about the weather since she comes from British Columbia where it rains all of the time. At one point her husband, Elvis Costello, came on stage for a brief cameo. Since they hadn't seen each other for five weeks, Diana Krall excused herself for a moment to go snog her husband.

By the end of the concert we were completely soaked through from head to toe but we had a good time trying to stay under cover.