Photo Dump / Catch Up
I have not been sleeping good this week at all and because of this, I feel somewhat like a zombie. Adding to this is the myriad of allergy medications that I'm taking at various intervals. Allergy season has really sucked -- especially this past week.
Last night, was mild (for allergies), but for some reason, I still couldn't sleep. I zombied myself through most of today, got out of work and took a much needed nap. Now, I'm in Saratoga (again) for a friend's CD release show at Putnam Den. Mike Grutka, is releasing a brand new album tonight along with a not-quite-as-new-but-still-new-this-year one. Ria came out earlier this year and is just a wall of sound (I think he used like 200 instruments on track one alone!). February Sessions, was written throughout the month of, er... February as part of an album writing challenge. I'm interested in hearing this one and wonder if he recorded it similarly to the last album or if he did something different since they are released so closely together.
I have like a million photos from my phone to share and stories that go with some of them...
Firstly, I ate the first broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl from Panera of the season tonight. I love the stuff more than words can say...
Posting this picture makes me remember how good it was... mmmmmm
A co-worker gave me a notepad that's true purpose is to help you organize what you are doing during each of your days of the week. Each week for me is pretty much the same... Saturday waits... and Sunday always comes too late... but Friday...
A few weeks (or possibly as much as a month ago), I played a spaghetti dinner benefit. You didn't come (unless you are my mom reading this or her friend), because you must hate animals or something (the proceeds went to helping animals effected by the BP oil fuck up)... Anyways, here are a couple of pics of Emily Smith playing her set and people who Do like animals watching her.
Remember my complaint about the a$$hole busker who set up a few store fronts down from me? I took a picture of him, but it came out really dark. Here is the picture anyway:
(*Note: if this picture is a picture of you, you are an a$$hole.)
While busking one day last weekend on Broadway, a person came up next to me and start "playing." I looked to my right and it was Ray Pashoukos (another host at Caffe Lena Open Mic). He was excitedly "playing" a plush guitar. It turned out to be a Martin, so I took a picture of the headstock next to my own:
I'm not gonna lie... I want a plush Martin guitar man of my own...
Later that night, I caught my friend Rachel Vanslyke's set for Bands on Broadway:
Rachel is an amazing songwriter and she is an incredible singer. She's a ball of talent, exudes a wonderful persona, and is extremely beautiful (did I use enough adjectives there?). Her mother, also beautiful, plays flute. Casey Jones, Rachel's comrade, band-mate, etc. plays a bunch of other instruments and the result is really quite lovely:
I saved this picture for last. I took it today at work while having "breakfast." (We celebrate birthdays and such-like by bringing in food. It was mostly breakfast stuff this time around). I'm not really sure what is going on with this munchkin donut... it seems to have an appendage of some sort that is hard and pointy...
Did you notice the way it was looking at the chocolate munchkin? I think it's got jungle fever...
Last night, was mild (for allergies), but for some reason, I still couldn't sleep. I zombied myself through most of today, got out of work and took a much needed nap. Now, I'm in Saratoga (again) for a friend's CD release show at Putnam Den. Mike Grutka, is releasing a brand new album tonight along with a not-quite-as-new-but-still-new-this-year one. Ria came out earlier this year and is just a wall of sound (I think he used like 200 instruments on track one alone!). February Sessions, was written throughout the month of, er... February as part of an album writing challenge. I'm interested in hearing this one and wonder if he recorded it similarly to the last album or if he did something different since they are released so closely together.
I have like a million photos from my phone to share and stories that go with some of them...
Firstly, I ate the first broccoli cheddar soup in a bread bowl from Panera of the season tonight. I love the stuff more than words can say...
Posting this picture makes me remember how good it was... mmmmmm
A co-worker gave me a notepad that's true purpose is to help you organize what you are doing during each of your days of the week. Each week for me is pretty much the same... Saturday waits... and Sunday always comes too late... but Friday...
A few weeks (or possibly as much as a month ago), I played a spaghetti dinner benefit. You didn't come (unless you are my mom reading this or her friend), because you must hate animals or something (the proceeds went to helping animals effected by the BP oil fuck up)... Anyways, here are a couple of pics of Emily Smith playing her set and people who Do like animals watching her.
Remember my complaint about the a$$hole busker who set up a few store fronts down from me? I took a picture of him, but it came out really dark. Here is the picture anyway:
(*Note: if this picture is a picture of you, you are an a$$hole.)
While busking one day last weekend on Broadway, a person came up next to me and start "playing." I looked to my right and it was Ray Pashoukos (another host at Caffe Lena Open Mic). He was excitedly "playing" a plush guitar. It turned out to be a Martin, so I took a picture of the headstock next to my own:
I'm not gonna lie... I want a plush Martin guitar man of my own...
Later that night, I caught my friend Rachel Vanslyke's set for Bands on Broadway:
Rachel is an amazing songwriter and she is an incredible singer. She's a ball of talent, exudes a wonderful persona, and is extremely beautiful (did I use enough adjectives there?). Her mother, also beautiful, plays flute. Casey Jones, Rachel's comrade, band-mate, etc. plays a bunch of other instruments and the result is really quite lovely:
I saved this picture for last. I took it today at work while having "breakfast." (We celebrate birthdays and such-like by bringing in food. It was mostly breakfast stuff this time around). I'm not really sure what is going on with this munchkin donut... it seems to have an appendage of some sort that is hard and pointy...
Did you notice the way it was looking at the chocolate munchkin? I think it's got jungle fever...