Blondie

Tonight, an encounter with another famous blond, Debbie Harry, in concert with Blondie at The Greek Theatre, a spectacular open-air amphitheatre set high in the Hollywood Hills. In her thigh high boots and shiny black hotpants, she looked a million dollars and sounded even better, belting out the hits of my youth (which she seemed to have survived in much better shape than me!). I was on my feet for most of the night, dancing my tired old ass off like the teenager I once was. Watching her up there, effortlessly enrapturing the capacity crowd, it struck me that legends such as she share a rare ability: to join the dots of our lives, from who we were once, to who we are now and to lead by courageous example, to whatever we can become next. As she sang tonight, "Dreaming is free!".