I even cut school when I was 17 to go to one of his record signings.

I will never forget that day…

My friends and I went with our “WE LOVE RICKY” banner (which was made using leftover costume fabric in LEOPARD PRINT), and braved the crowds, determined to get in to see him.  After waiting for many hours we succeeded (and by succeeded I mean that we rudely pushed our way through the crowd to get closer to the front of the line), and were literally the very last people let in to the signing that day.  Ricky signed my CD (that I still have to this day), and I’ve been a super fan ever since.

So when my friend Adrien recently asked if I wanted to go to see Ricky perform exclusively for the release of his new album – I jumped on the opportunity.

I’ve seen Ricky in concert before, but there’s really nothing more thrilling than standing less than 20 feet away from an artist that you love in a room of less than 300 people….While they perform all of their hit songs.  He was as amazing as ever, and in fact he looks as good as he did 10 years ago (I’m dying to know his skin care routine), and I danced my little heart out to everything from ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ to ‘The Cup of Life’.

You can read more about it (and also see some pictures) by shaking your bon bon over to Adrien’s blog: The Field Notes.