COACHELLA 2012

This year i went to Coachella music festival with some friends...including Kirsty Williams who is Director of Insanity where i am managed and Zoe Hardman who's a Presenter, you will have seen her on The Gossip with Mark Wright on ITV2. So that's a bit about my holiday partners. We all flew out separately, and I don't really like flying so I always need a large vino to get on the plane, me and Kirsty were flying at the same time but she was with Virgin and i was with BA. Well jammy Kirsty sends me a text to say she's been bumped up to first class! I had possibly the worst seats sat in the middle of two non attractive men! Then i get another text from Kirst to say Will.I.am is sat virtually next to her! I was like this is pants!!!
Anyway we got there safe which is the main thing and Kirsty picked up the hire car picked me up and we had a quick change and headed straight to Soho house for dinner with the rest of the Coachella crew who were Andy Varley CEO of Insanity, Steve Toms he sells alcohol, (i've not given a very good job description, forgot the company name, sorry Stevo), another Andy(Martinus) wanna say he's in finance could be wrong and Nick Bury...totally lovely chap but i have completely forgotten what he does and don't ask me why i'm putting in job descriptions! I did with Kirst&Zo so know i feel i better for the boys too! Also we were joined by Jesse Metcalfe who I'd  not met before. So anyway everyone knows he's extremely hot and i did possibly the worst introductory ever! I went to shake his hand and ended up just holding his thumb and then when we went to kiss on the cheek we both went in the same direction, so it was like i was going in for a snog! When we sat down to eat him and his girlfriend sat next to me...and i just had to say 'i'm really sorry about that weird hand shake thing i just did' and he was so nice and funny, he said 'i know...i was so embarrassed i did that earlier today!' It was a great evening and we all had a ruddy lovely time.
So the next day we headed out of LA to Palm Springs for Coachella! We had a quick pistop to pick up Jackie big tits as i like to call her and let me tell you it was snug in that wagon, 3in the back, 3 in the middle...well one booster seat for the very ickle ZoZo and K-dawg and Varly riding up front! It takes a few hours to get there but there were 8 of us so we were keeping quite a bit of banter up on the road trip! Kirsty was the driver, she's a bit of a pro at driving on the wrong side of the road! Normally i do that by accident in England!
Ok arrived checked in and now we had to get into outfit number 1 of 3 and head off into the blazing heat!!! For me it was a blue maxi dress, I've attached a pic!
The moment you arrive(if you haven't) been before is quite epic! It's this amazing view of mountains and palm trees and huge rotating flower and a Ferris wheel(which i did go on, with some random person when i got lost for a few hours)!!! http://www.coachella.com/
Day 2 we did catch a few rays before we got ready and had a BBQ at the boys apartment which looked like something out of cribs and made our apartment look like a hostel. After the scrummy BBQ which was cooked by Andy&Andy we then headed back to the festival. We didn't camp we were staying in a nearby hotel, i can't imagine camping in that heat! Again totally EPIC.
Day 3 was just amazing!!! When it ended and they had the hologram of Tupac that moment was so surreal!! It was just such an amazing send off and Snoop Dogg played Young, Wild and Free and it is THE official Coachella song for us!! The words say it all!!!
Then Kirsty arranged for us to go to an after party where Florence+The Machine was playing to a small crowd it was just the perfect end to an awesome week end!
Highlights were Arctic Monkeys, Black Keys, Calvin Harris, Florence+The Machine,Gotye,Snoop Dogg, Dre, 50 cent,Radiohead.....the list is endless!! Roll on 2013 COACHELLA!
EPIC moments-Me Jumping on Jackie's sunnies thinking they were someone else's(well who needs lens anyway!)
-Creating a group name for the 4 boys 'Wrong Direction'
-Going missing for a few hours and when the gang found me i said 'the thing is i'm not even that drunk'FYI i have no recollection of saying that!
-Meeting Justin&Jeremy two legends and they supplied me with the amazing head piece which i now have at home!
-Pulling up at a drive through atm and all 8 of us getting cash out, the american girl behind goes 'Are you f***ing kidding me'
-Getting my wrist band checked and the man says'KEEP IT TIGHT DOT COM'
-When the festival finished we danced outside the car to the radio...we just couldn't except it was over:(
-Zoe popping to the loo and coming back with photo booth images of getting a smacker from a fitty!
-On the way to the festival and Andy Varley says, turn round Lynds, Steve has a surprise for you! You can imagine the rest.