M brought me a bottle of wine today – a peace offering because he is sketchy about the details last Saturday night at La Vita – he asked me if I am mad at him – I said no, but I also didn’t fill in the blanks. Steve arrives tomorrow and I’m trying hard to get the house ready for him and to say the least none of it is going well – the valance…
Together we walk The beat changing stage by stage Our love abiding by Graham da Ponte
Can’t stop thinking about Lucinda Williams’ performance the first day of Jazz Fest – the kind of music that gets under your skin – Tom Marron was here doing some carpentry work for me – he plays the violin and played the fest with Little Queenie – he asked me what my favorite part of the fest was and I said Lucinda and he said him too. He said that the musicians who played with…
J’s friends from Puerto Rico have been in for the whole fest – N and Y – last night after stopping first at Liuzza’s for the after fest and dancing in the streets – I walked home and went there for dinner and listened as N played her Spanish guitar and sang songs of love – Yo soy rebelde, Que dificil es, contar la historia de un momento de amor, Besame mucho, – it was…
Saw Jean Knight do Mr. Big Stuff – my absolute favorite song in the world – it was great – G and I danced up a storm.
Saturday night after a full day at the Fest, we went to Shell Fest. I just found out about this little phenomenon the other day and so it was fun to check it out for myself. It started with people who parked at the Shell Station on Moss and Esplanade who ended up getting a DJ and having an after the fest party right there at the gas station. We stopped by Swirl then headed…
There was so much excitement in the air yesterday as I was trying to finish up some work that you could cut it with a knife. By the time I hooked up with G and we entered the Fairgrounds I was ready to pop. Highlights: A new Thomas Mann necklace that has a house with a heart cut out in it – my heart is in the LaLa. Trombone Shorty – hopping up and down…
L gave me a New Yorker cartoon right after S and I split up that had a man and woman sitting around a living room and the man looks up and asks “Did you ever have that baby you wanted so badly?” – in my Thomas Mann design workshop I incorporated that along with other mementos into a broach that had W at the center but the tag line from that cartoon on the side.…
The church marquee on the corner of Canal and Jeff Davis says Jazz Festing is a good thing – everyone is getting in the spirit around here and tomorrow is the first day! The excitement is all around – Cabrini had a party in the parking lot, there is a block party crawfish boil around the corner, and all around you see everyone rushing to finish sprucing up the house and yard – welcoming people…