More Photos from last night...

Another reminder that Christmas season has started.

A night in riverside

Last Night, after taking a long nap...I decided to go to Mario's place. It was late around 11 pm when I got there, and surprisingly a band which I have enjoyed in the past played (Jazz Junkies). I had Mario's famous thin crust Pancetta Pizza--delicious by the way, and a Heffeweitzen beer.
As the band started closing out the set I closed my tab and asked for change and gave a tip to the band and asked them to play anything from Steely Dan. They said they would after this next song.
These guys (Jazz Junkies) have been playing for over 20 years together and it showed....they were tight! And the steely Dan song they played was Josie.

Afterwards I noticed the outside air was starting to thicken with fog and noticed an alleyway and thought it would be a good photo, so I reached for the camera (Canon S3 IS) and to a few shots outside Mario's place.

Mug Shots of Martin Luther King Jr and Jesse Jackson

How ironic.

The Dumbing Down Love

Music and Lyrics by Frou Frou

The Dumbing Down of Love

Well painted passion
You rightly suspect
Impersonation
The dumbing down of love
Jaded in anger
Love underwhelms you
No box of chocolates
Whichever way you fall
And if I tell you
Lover alone without love
What will happen
Lover alone without love
Will you miss him?
Lover alone without--without love
No, no I'll get this
I want to treat you
You're still not famous
And you haven't struck it rich
Underachieving
'Cause no one's receiving
This tunnel vision
It's turning out all wrong
And if I tell you
Lover alone without love
What will happen
Lover alone without love
Will you miss him?
Love alone without, without love
Music is worthless, unless it can
Make a complete stranger
Break down and cry
And if I tell you
Lover alone without love
And what will happen
Lover alone without love
And will you listen
Lover alone without, without love
Without love
Without love

apple store victoria gardens...

It was a typical Sunday afternoon at the Apple Store...The Victoria Garden Apple Store is waay too small for the area. It's the closest Apple Store where I live.

Minor League Baseball

san berdoo's own 66'ers

my cousin's wedding

August 26 - Beverly Hills at the home of billionaire Lou Gonda, my cousin and her soon to be husband were married.

pool fun

Friends and kids just escaping from the heat one summer day during the heatwave of '07 Aug-Sept

Family Force 5 on TV (Love Addict)

These guys were awesome at Spirit West Coast. As you can see they do have a lot of fun on stage. :):)

Aaron's High School (Home School) Graduation

Aaron, along with 9 other home schooled high-schoolers graduated in front of hundreds of adoring friends and family at the Radisson Hotel on 8/12/07. It was quite an intimate affair because each graduate had a moment to share their homeschool experience along with their parent(s). A couple of the parents who talked were quite amusing and all had funny moments during their time on the stage. Also, during the ceremony there were a photo tribute by each student with a slide show showing each graduate when they were a child to current photos.

Esterlyn - a surprising new band

This band (Esterlyn) I discovered while attending the Spirit West Coast Monterey. I like this band. The compositions are well done. Right now they don't have a CD out but they are soon to release their first debut Cd... visit them at http://www.myspace.com/esterlyn

Spirit West Coast bands 2007

Here are Switchfoot, David Crowder Band
and one of the surprise bands at Spirit West Coast Monterey: Family Force 5

Happy 4th!

The Police & Foo Fighters June 23

It was a fun Saturday, when the Police and Foo Fighters played at Dodgers Stadium.
My only negative was that Dodger Stadium needs to be rebuilt. It's old, and really not ideal for a concert.
(never go to a concert at a sporting arena, because the seating is not conducive to music.

my new toy.... happy father's day!

Macbook Pro (Santa Rosa) w LED screen.
Appropriately I was watching "INSOMNIA".

My Powerbook Lombard (G3) finally "died". Well I think it still can be revived with a "new" used CPU card. I pulled my hard drive out of my Lombard.
I happen to already have an external firewire enclosure so when I first booted my MBPro it asked me if I wanted to transfer information from another "computer" in this case a firewire drive. After transferring about 40 gigs of information which took less than an hour, I was up and running with no problems.
Note...my Lombard had Panther installed, the new MBPro had Tiger... so... kudos to Apple for making things smooth...
I'm enjoying this immensely!

Kern River White Water Rafting

My first time white water rafting. Aaron and I and several of our co-workers went to the Kern River on Sunday for white water rafting. It was a glorious day, warm and the rafting was exhilirating. Aaron fell in the "Hot Mama" rapids, and he was quickly rescued by us and he was fine. Thank God.

taco mesa again....

After I dropped my folks at LAX, I decided to drive home the long way and went to Orange county where I always try to stop by one of my favorite Mexican food place- Taco Mesa. Tonight I had the chicken enchiladas Poblano... yum!

My taco... in blue...

Just another look at my truck...

black and white fender jazz headstock

It's been a couple weeks since I have posted anything...
this photo was actually taken by my son. I just monochromed it...

flowers...