by Lauren Falk

Working for Lidia over the past year has proven to be a fascinating experience, to say the least!  She embarks on so many adventures, most for professional reasons, but some for just simple pleasure. Our team always gets to hear the exciting stories of her experiences, and through her photography, is often whisked away visually on whatever journey she has just returned from– whether it be to South America for Carnevale, sailing the Adriatic Sea, or meeting “The Boss,” aka Bruce Springsteen, backstage at his recent concert in Udine, Italy at the Friuli Stadium.

Lidia was just in Friuli, where they have their magnificent Bastianich winery,  vacationing with her son Joseph Bastianich and his family, and one of the events on their agenda was a night out to see the Springsteen concert on the night of July 23rd at 8:30pm. It wasn’t just any simple meet-and-greet, followed by a great concer, it was rather a….. let’s go backstage and hang out with “The Boss” and the E-Street Band, followed by a couple of great photo-ops, and then on to watching the concert from backstage. How exciting! Anyway, here are some great photos that they took backstage. Thought you all might like to see them.

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Bruce Springsteen aka “The Boss” and Lidia backstage…….

From Left to Right: Joe Bastianich, Miles Bastianich, “The Boss,” Olivia Bastianich and Deanna Bastanich……

Backstage at the Friuli Stadium in Udine, Italy at the concert………