Saving the best for last.

This is the end of the line (or should I say annd of the line)...



Natasha Bedingfield was warming up when I got there.



Sean Kingston sang with her on one song...



She was wearing a nice hat.



This was the disco lighting.



I was let into a special area by my pal Richie... I took these photos of Ann.





and this photo of Meredith...



There was a story on the increase of prices on food...





There was also the obligatory story about Drew Peterson.





They switched things up and Ann was sitting next to Meredith at the anchor desk...



Matt was to the left...





Here's Meredith again.



Here's the crowd with Al.



It was very busy - the day before Thanksgiving and all.



Meredith talked to the family of sextuplets...



These are her shoes.



These are the sextuplets.



Here's Meredith smiling at me! (okay, she's just smiling in general but it looks like she' s smiling at me doesn't it?)



Here's Natasha before her set.



These are her boots.



Here's Ann, Al, Meredith and Matt...



Hey, Look! It's Terry and Bindi Irwin!



I wonder if they ever wear anything besides the khaki's?





Bindi reminds me of Pippi Longstocking... maybe it's the smile or the hair...



Everyone joined Natasha on stage...



John O'hurley stopped by to talk about the Purina National Dog show...
(the schipperke won best in show - okay, I just remembered that I'm lying about that... it was some afghan hound or something like that...).



Here's Linny (I just found out his name is spelled with an I).



I think these are Ann's shoes...
I know I should know these sorts of things...



Yeah, they must have been her shoes.



I have no idea whose shoes these are...



I think Ann is there in the background...



Here's Natalie again...



And her shoes... (okay maybe these are Ann's shoes... I'm mixed up... that's what I get for waiting two days to do the post...).



I DO know that this is Marlo Thomas' head.



and I DO know that this is her ankle to which her foot and shoe are attached...



This is the aftermath of the concert...




and this is the annd of my story.

Happy Birthday Ann!

So I guess I'm not a "real" stalker. I didn't even know it was Ann's birthday today. I hope I look that good when I'm 51.



Here's a story they did on her birthday.


Ann Curry, fabulous at 51

Today they had a concert with Faith Hill. It was broadcast live to Baghdad and Walter Reed hospital. Here's the set.



We were in the pen with all the others... it sucks when they have concerts. I like them, but you can't see anything. The only reason I got these few pictures is because I went to the bathroom.







These would be some art shots of the lighting for Faith.







It was rainy and cold.





Eventually they let us around the back so we could see from the side (my normal viewing area).



Here's the sound check.









Here's what the gang looked like outside.



Look at Ann's boots!



Marlo Thomas stopped by to talk about St. Jude's.





This is her shoe.



Meredith talked to her.



This is what she looked like to you.





Here's what Faith looked like when she came out for the concert.



This is what the side of her head looked like.



Here are the service people's hats.



Faith Hill sure is pretty. I liked her hat too!









This is Faith's hand.





She went inside and talked when she was done.





Ann did some more news.



Natalie and Matt were hanging out waiting for the news to end.



Here's Ann again.



These are the preparations for the fourth hour.



Here's Hoda.






Amy Roback was there from the weekend show.



Ann got a cupcake for her birthday.



Here's Natalie looking at the top five appliances rated by Consumer Reports.





These are her boots.



Here is Ann talking to some ballerinas...



Okay, that was a little less than thrilling.

Coming up tomorrow is James Taylor.