happiness is . . .

. . .  sharing one's nuts.  these nuts were actually from Vancouver.  a co-worker shared them with me and i with tony and tony with .  .  .

we are just about to start our little journey to Hollywood.  no, we are not taking an acting class but we will be taking a bus or two.  tonite at 7pm, we hope to sitting in one of the first few rows in front of the stage at the courtyard at Hollywood and Highland for the the Tuesday Night Wine and Jazz night.  tonite's featured performer is jazz pianist Alan Pasqua.  more on him and the little adventure when we return late tonite.  i first heard a song of his called My New Old Friend on KCRW

last year.  i hope he plays it tonite.  i have downloaded into my iPod so i will listen to it on the journey to and from Hollywood.

Alan Pasqua

Jazz Collective

Jeff Ellwood on sax

Tom Warrington on bass

John Daversa on trumpet

Steve Hass on drums

too beautiful to stay inside again

it is another gorgeous summer day here and i still have a long way to go organize my photos on the computer.  i realized yesterday that i have over 20,000 images

stored in iPhoto (and i have only had this computer for about 7 months) perhaps that is what is slowing my normally super fast iMac down. i will start "burning" them onto a dvd as i get them more organized but first... i am going to walk down to the beach which means i will have more photos when i return of this glorious day. 

no June Gloom today.  or at least not now.

here are a few photos from my tuesday adventure to Hollywood. . .

i am that "poor misguided American..."

or so says the Herald...and i take that as a complement.  all in good fun.  and it was a fun day going to see The Fratellis at their live in-store performance and cd signing at The Virgin Megastore in Hollywood.  there is more to tell about my "pure mince" experience with the lads from the Glasgow, and the couple from Fife, and Mother and son from Corona, and being a tourist amongst thousands of tourists on Hollywood Boulevard on a beautiful summer's day, about my delicious double double at the Inn-n-Out on Sunset, and the about the Latin jazz sounds of Francisco Aguabella and his excellent band, and the coincidence of seeing the amazing trombonist from sunday's jazz event in Manhattan Beach playing in the horn section of Senor Aguabella's band at last night's Tuesday Night Jazz and Wine event at Hollywood and Highland, and about the retired PanAm captain, and of course my bus and subway ride to and from Hollywood from but first here is The Fratellis singing Ole Black n Blue Eyes from their first cd.  there new cd is 

Here We Stand... available at sensible records store around the world and online.  my signed copy is sitting right here waiting to be uploaded into my iPod.