Well, now that it’s officially over, I must say that was a really excellent weekend that even the amazonian weather couldn’t dampen. It got started strong on Friday with a little car dancing, good food, a sarcastic ATM, and a trampoline.
Saturday got a late start, and it turned out the gig I was looking forward to got rained out. However I did get to meet some new people out in Spring Valley and had a wonderful homemade dinner. There are pictures too but someone *cough*Sarah*cough* absconded with my digital camera, so I’ll have to wait to see if any of them came out. Also got to help someone with their computer, which is always a good feeling. Sometimes I have bad streaks where people seem to come to me with the strangest problems that I really don’t have a clue how to take care of. Then I drove through the rain to hear “the group Mike sings with,” otherwise known as Lager Rhythms. The show was really technically excellent and entertaining, and I got to sit by Christine which was excellent because I got the feeling we both had been similarly exposed to Schoolhouse Rock, we were cracking up at the same times. Afterward I tagged along with Kathy, Elaine and Kenny, Hanna, Robert, and the blog-less Joe and Mandy to a neat place called Catbirds, where they had really excellent music. They were playing really classic jazz stuff, mostly stuff I had heard before but a few gems that were new to me, including one I know was Ella Fitzgerald but I forgot to ask the DJ what album it was off of. Our relatively large group was seated outside, which was fine for the cool weather but a little inconvenient once it started pouring again. I’d like to see them some more but unfortunately I won’t be able to make it out to the Renaissance Festival next weekend because of HPUG. However, if you are going to be in town though, be sure to check out the meeting at 1 PM next Saturday because we’re going to have almost every kind of Treo known to man and a ton of cool Bluetooth gadgets that Jason is bringing.
Where does that leave Sunday? Recovering. And it’s already almost four in the morning!
I had a *blast* sitting next to you at the show! What fun! I wish Mike & I hadn’t been so hungry – we had to eat before we could go to Catbirds, there just wasn’t a choice. (We should have kidnapped you and taken you to Katz’s too!) Right as we finished up and went to head over we got the call that you guys were leaving – bummer! We MUST get together again soon though. Maybe we should do coffee in downtown some weeknight?
Yes, that was a lot of fun and it was a treat to see you out with us! I’m with Christine – let’s do coffeee soon!!
hey you
1) we were in spring BRANCH. spring valley is just a little south of that 🙂
2) i did not abscond!! you LEFT it with me.. your saxophone AND your umbrella too. dont worry, i pawned them all off for an insane amount of money.
3) and thank you VERY much for helping my father out with his files. he really appreciates it.
…and thats all from me for now