The trip started out in Las Vegas with a show at Garage-Ma-Hall. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a concert in somebody's garage, but it was actually a rather fantastic venue. It wasn't quite your typical two-car garage, it was actually a permanent stage in a very, very large garage, with the audience comfortably seated in couches and easy chairs. Richard and Betty have a wonderful venue, and I hope to get back there again sometime. Speaking of Vegas, it is pretty easy to lose a lot of money really fast there, not that I would know anything about that.
I drove to Los Angeles to watch the Super Bowl with Ryan Brown, my friend and drummer of the last 15 years. It was a shcoker to see the Giants upset the undefeated Pats (sorry Jud!). What a great game to watch. Of course, now that the Super Bowl is over, it is officially baseball season. Pitchers and catchers report!
What is the best thing about going on a trip out west? It very well could be In-N-Out Burger! We don't have In-N-Out down South, but then they don't have Zaxby's or sweet tea on the west coast, I guess we'll call it even!
An early candidate for concert of the year was Magpie House Concerts in Salt Lake City, UT. I met Grant, who runs the series, at last years Folk Alliance Conference. I am so glad we were able to work out a date. There was a very full crowd of 40 people jammed into a living room, it was about as full as a room can get. As I'm sure you've heard me mention before, it's not the size of a crowd in numbers as much as their interest level and how full the room is. It was really a great show, and I can't wait to get back to Utah.
Next weekend is the big show at the Birchmere opening for Christine Lavin, I will be sure to let you know how it goes,
DP
2 comments:
Maybe it's because I live in Nebraska and we don't have In N' Out Burger locations here, but I love the In N' Out burger. Whenever I go to California (or Vegas), I always make at least one stop at In N' Out Burger.
Whenever I go home to California, the first meal is always In-N-Out. My husband is beside me in his In-N-Out shirt here in Virginia as I type. Wherever we go in In-N-Out apparel, someone usually comments wistfully. I was with my friends singing Amy Grant kareoke last year in Nashville when a guy and I bonded for a moment over his In-N-Out shirt.
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