We travelled down the 99 Highway through the valley towns to Le Grande in about 3 hrs, then took another 35 minutes to run the rough road up into the beautiful hills of East of Merced to the ranch. Thanksgiving 2010 was held in the 150 year old stone farmhouse and headquarters of The Van Ness Ranch. I have uploaded a 3 part 36 minutes in total video of the trip up that @###@! road. It is passable, that I can say, but not without horrendous ruts and potholes big enough to swallow a car. One dodges as a matter of course so it is an exhausting exercize to say the least! Kelly's cousin actually COMMUTES to her job in Le Grand...more to come...Mike's Home! More about THAT in a while! Here's the video...
Part 1 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsKQGbzeaf4
and another taken last night (Monday) at Chris's Club in Vallejo, CA. HOT!
More to come!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YvLceYN3Fk
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Music. Show all posts
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
A Dim Light At The End Of A very Long, Dark Tunnel
Today was supposed to de dedicated to finishing the grouting of the countertops and backsplashes...supposed is the key word here. Instead I visited ACE Hardware in Suisun City for the 4th time yesterday...yes...4 times! AND...got the final (I thought) 1/2 inch compression pipe fittings for the installation of the dishwasher next to the big sink. I got as far as moving the dishwasher back out from the cabinet and attempting to install the pipe fitting it needed to hook up the intake water. Sure...not a fit this attempt 3/8th's inch compression was NOT the RIGHT one. So back to ACE and got a 1/2" pipe thread fitting and sure enough...wrong again! Then Bob of Bob and Marsha fame came by to see how we were progressing (me..NOT!) and he pronounced the fitting on the dishwasher as a 3/8ths pipe thread. So back to ACE once again (!) and exchanged the error pieces (hose was wrong too!) for the correct (according to Bob...and he was RIGHT!) So I took everything to the house and began the installation in earnest. After installing the CORRECT fitting and the CORRECT connecting hose I plumbed in the new coppy 1/2" T fitting and the old valve that I saved from the 15 yr old installation from this same kitchen. The dishwasher was pushed back into it's cabinet space and fastened to the countertop. Of course doing this unceremoniously removed by force the 4 face tiles in the 24" wide cabinet due to interferance with the top of the dishwasher. Shit! I'll put them back when I've determined this whole install is not leaking or failing in some other way. 'Til then it is IN without the tiles in place.
I was done at 311 for the day. Then I went next door to Audrey's house and repaired the fallen down clothing rod in her closet. Then home to watch "Street Thief" on Netflix online. Riveting!
Then we ate dinner...I made a Beef stew with carrots, camerlized mushrooms, veal stock, red wine, roasted potatoes. Delicious if I do say so myself. Then we were off to Dinitri's Lounge for the Sunday night Blues jam sessions that start at 6. What a show! Terrific bunch of musicians and a friendly, lively crowd all anxious to dance, dance, dance. It was great fun as always and made we want more! Dimitri's does a great job! Here's three videos to show you what I mean! You may need quicktime from Apple to play these, get it, it's free! http://www.apple.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVDUKkF4yLg
I was done at 311 for the day. Then I went next door to Audrey's house and repaired the fallen down clothing rod in her closet. Then home to watch "Street Thief" on Netflix online. Riveting!
Then we ate dinner...I made a Beef stew with carrots, camerlized mushrooms, veal stock, red wine, roasted potatoes. Delicious if I do say so myself. Then we were off to Dinitri's Lounge for the Sunday night Blues jam sessions that start at 6. What a show! Terrific bunch of musicians and a friendly, lively crowd all anxious to dance, dance, dance. It was great fun as always and made we want more! Dimitri's does a great job! Here's three videos to show you what I mean! You may need quicktime from Apple to play these, get it, it's free! http://www.apple.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVDUKkF4yLg
Saturday, January 23, 2010
A Great Music Scene! The Beginning of...
First...The Blood Pressure Drug...Metoprolol is back in my stable of drugs-that-keep-me-here. Finally thru great effort Kaiser FINALLY got the mess around my prescription sorted out and I have a three month supply in hand. BP is looking VASTLY better these last few days. Enough.
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The Kitchen in the Big House that we are going to move into real-soon-now has now it's first coat of Min Wax Polyurethane water-based gloss top coat over Pecan Stain on the old vertical-grained fir...it is supposed to cure/dry/be ready for another coat/can be walked upon...in 2 hours. Sure...at what temp? Humidity? Application thickness? So though it was done at 1pm today I will wait til I get our Duck Confit dinner well underway before I venture back there to check the floor.
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On the 15th...the evening of...we attended a music evening at Dimitri's Lounge By The Bay in downtown Suisun. 22 bucks brought a night of great music supplied by Tony Lindsay, Santana's Lead Singer. He brought the house down! People dancing, bouncing in their chairs, singing along, he was spectacularly talented and his band was equal to the task as well. We won't miss ANY of the events at Dimitri's agter that demonstration, that's for sure. In fact...we went back Sunday for an Open Mike Blues session that wound up going overtime! 4pm to 7pm...they close Sunday's at 8pm.
5 bands formed from the audience full of Blues men and women just ready to jam. Soooo very good! We drank our beers and enjoyed watching the audience and dancing in our chairs. One fantastic good time was had by all! Dimitri's is The Place for Blues! Tomorrow we go back to the Jam Session at 4pm, come join us! Great fun to be had by all! Here's their great web site...turn down your speakers first!
http://www.dimitrislounge.com
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The Kitchen in the Big House that we are going to move into real-soon-now has now it's first coat of Min Wax Polyurethane water-based gloss top coat over Pecan Stain on the old vertical-grained fir...it is supposed to cure/dry/be ready for another coat/can be walked upon...in 2 hours. Sure...at what temp? Humidity? Application thickness? So though it was done at 1pm today I will wait til I get our Duck Confit dinner well underway before I venture back there to check the floor.
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On the 15th...the evening of...we attended a music evening at Dimitri's Lounge By The Bay in downtown Suisun. 22 bucks brought a night of great music supplied by Tony Lindsay, Santana's Lead Singer. He brought the house down! People dancing, bouncing in their chairs, singing along, he was spectacularly talented and his band was equal to the task as well. We won't miss ANY of the events at Dimitri's agter that demonstration, that's for sure. In fact...we went back Sunday for an Open Mike Blues session that wound up going overtime! 4pm to 7pm...they close Sunday's at 8pm.
5 bands formed from the audience full of Blues men and women just ready to jam. Soooo very good! We drank our beers and enjoyed watching the audience and dancing in our chairs. One fantastic good time was had by all! Dimitri's is The Place for Blues! Tomorrow we go back to the Jam Session at 4pm, come join us! Great fun to be had by all! Here's their great web site...turn down your speakers first!
http://www.dimitrislounge.com
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