The highway's jammed with Broken Heroes...

After a MASSIVE traffic jam caused by an overturned tanker truck, we finally made it to the Meadowlands last night for the Bruce Springsteen concert after more than 2 hours. I was afraid we would miss the opening of the show (which normally starts around 8:30pm), but with so many people impacted, the start of the show was delayed until 9:30pm and we made it to our seats with time to spare. Concerts in the stadium are usually horrible because you spend the evening watching video screens. Fortunately, we had great seats on the floor in the 2nd row directly behind the "pit" (General Admission pen right in front of the stage). Ironically, we wound up sitting right next to a guy who claimed he was the boyfriend of Bruce's daughter Jessica, which made for some interesting conversation.

By my count, last night was now the 53rd Springsteen show I have seen over the past 24 years (first show was August 12, 1984 in the Meadowlands arena). It's amazing to think that over this time, I have seen shows in eight states (NJ, NY, CT, PA, GA, NC, FL, CA) and in places as small as the Stone Pony and as large as Giants Stadium. Some people have actually asked if I ever get tired of it and I guess it is just one of those things that if you have to ask, you either have never experienced it, or it just can't be explained to you.

As always, it was an awesome night and we had a lot of fun, especially with such highlights as Pretty Flamingo, Incident on 57th St, Jungleland, Jersey Girl and Rosalita!

Unfortunately, getting out of the Meadowlands was another nightmare. Having arrived late, we had parked on the very top level of the new parking deck by the arena. Once we got into our car, we literally could not move an inch for about 45 minutes. Finally, traffic started to flow and we made it home by 2:30am. With all the on-going construction for Xanadu and the new Giants stadium I have a feeling there will be a lot more traffic nightmares to come.