What a weird string of luck leading up to it. It wasn't until Monday (only two days prior to the event) that I bought tickets, which by then had all but sold out. Via the uber-secret Ticketmaster kiosk in Pioneer Place that no one knows about, I was able to get upper balcony B tickets. But then I figured that I might be able to upgrade, so I posted on

Out of nowhere, this woman e-mails me the name and number of someone at White Bird to check on availability. The performance was completely sold out but for two mezzanine tickets left, which she offered me at a discount. :)
So I was pretty happy about that ... but when I e-mailed the woman (not an LJ user) back to thank her, she replied with an e-mail telling me that if I didn't already have dinner plans, that she had some gift certificates left over from a promotion her company did a few months back for the Three Degrees restaurant and that I could have one. Um, ok!
I posted another comment on

I walked over to the Schnitz to meet
The show was awesome, the walk (in the rain) to the restaurant was awesome, dinner was awesome. What a great night.
I think the random woman's e-mail addy has her work info in it, so I'm sending her some flowers today.