Thursday, July 23, 2009
Great party last night at Wine Affairs
I love my "evening and weekend job."
Last night I instigated one of my musical parties out at Wine Affairs, a really neat wine bar in San Jose. Had some great conversations with the people there, including someone who grew up not all that far from where I did in upstate NY.
I got to introduce some of my friends to each other, and I could tell they were having a great time - they were exchanging contact info and having a good chat, while I was behind the guitar and mike making fun music. And we had this big birthday party in the back corner, some nice lady named Erin celebrating her 26th with about twenty of her closest friends, some of whom were extremely nice-looking. :)
If you weren't there...you missed a good time. Come catch the next one, out at Red Feather Winery in Livermore. One of the most fantastic views in the East Bay, good wines, and fun people.
Last night I instigated one of my musical parties out at Wine Affairs, a really neat wine bar in San Jose. Had some great conversations with the people there, including someone who grew up not all that far from where I did in upstate NY.
I got to introduce some of my friends to each other, and I could tell they were having a great time - they were exchanging contact info and having a good chat, while I was behind the guitar and mike making fun music. And we had this big birthday party in the back corner, some nice lady named Erin celebrating her 26th with about twenty of her closest friends, some of whom were extremely nice-looking. :)
If you weren't there...you missed a good time. Come catch the next one, out at Red Feather Winery in Livermore. One of the most fantastic views in the East Bay, good wines, and fun people.
Labels: birthday party, concert, friends, party, wine
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Jimmy Buffett at the Fillmore!
Now that was a helluva show.
The Contra Costa Times had an excellent review. I agree with Mike Wolcott; it was a one-of-a-kind performance. Jimmy does "God's Own Drunk" for the first time in seven years, and tops it off with his first live cover of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35."
The audience was about 99.9% "phaithphul" Parrotheads, and some of the nicest people on the planet. A few fuggheads managed to stumble in somehow; the bouncers were really good about getting those folks out of the way when they became a nuisance.
It's the closest I've ever managed to get to the stage when Jimmy was on it, and while it's still not the same as having him in my living room, it was very personal. And Jimmy was cutting up more with the audience than I usually see him do. At the end of "Everybody's On the Phone," he borrowed the cell phone of an audience member who'd been "simulcasting" to a friend and talked to the person on the other end. I can't imagine how cool that must have been for that person. And he signed quite a bit of stuff for folks up front between songs and at the end of the show.
To top it all off, the Fillmore gave us souvenir posters on our way out. They're very nicely done, and worth framing.
It was definitely the type of show you "won't see in Vegas," as Jimmy put it.
I hope he does it again.
The Contra Costa Times had an excellent review. I agree with Mike Wolcott; it was a one-of-a-kind performance. Jimmy does "God's Own Drunk" for the first time in seven years, and tops it off with his first live cover of "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35."
The audience was about 99.9% "phaithphul" Parrotheads, and some of the nicest people on the planet. A few fuggheads managed to stumble in somehow; the bouncers were really good about getting those folks out of the way when they became a nuisance.
It's the closest I've ever managed to get to the stage when Jimmy was on it, and while it's still not the same as having him in my living room, it was very personal. And Jimmy was cutting up more with the audience than I usually see him do. At the end of "Everybody's On the Phone," he borrowed the cell phone of an audience member who'd been "simulcasting" to a friend and talked to the person on the other end. I can't imagine how cool that must have been for that person. And he signed quite a bit of stuff for folks up front between songs and at the end of the show.
To top it all off, the Fillmore gave us souvenir posters on our way out. They're very nicely done, and worth framing.
It was definitely the type of show you "won't see in Vegas," as Jimmy put it.
I hope he does it again.
Labels: concert, Jimmy Buffett, Parrothead
