Posts from ‘October, 2007’

California Guitar Trio at BB King

If you don’t know how we came to see California Guitar Trio (CGT), you didn’t read my previous post.
Last night was a typical evening for us at BB King’s. We had excellent seats, and thoroughly enjoyed our meals, including a fabulous chocolate martini for me too. Yummy.
CGT is three guitarists who are each individually amazing, [...]

Treble at Joes Pub

When we saw Charlie Daniels Band on Saturday, October 20th, 2007 at BB King, I noticed that the following Sunday (8 days later), a group called California Guitar Trio (CGT) would be playing at BB’s. I didn’t link any of the above, because this posting isn’t really about any of them, but they’re responsible for [...]

Long Lost Friends Week

There were two recurring themes this week, long-lost friends are seen in person and serendipity in everything we did (sometimes related to long-lost friends, sometimes not).
In this post, I mentioned our long-lost friends from our vacation in Vail in 1987! That kicked the week off, so officially, it began on Friday evening at dinner.
For many [...]

Kathy Mattea at Joes Pub

Last night, Lois and I saw Kathy Mattea perform at Joe’s Pub. It was a minor odyssey to make it all happen…
Since we regularly frequent Joe’s Pub (as loyal readers already know), I read their regular email newsletter reasonably carefully, to spot performers that we already know, as well as attempt to discover ones we [...]

Wicked Serendipity

The last time I wrote about Wicked, we were close to calling it our last time, given the disappointing performances of the two leads.
Two people whom I don’t know commented on my blog (one is rare enough), and one, Vickie, pointed out that the Elphaba lead was going to change to Stephanie J. Block. I [...]

Dumb Play in Weekly Poker Tourney

Well, the notes say it all…
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896 entrants, top 90 paid
I had some time to play in qualifiers this week. I won three
seats, so in addition to playing in this one, I have two
additional entries that I can use on any future Sunday. In
addition, I also came in the money in two other qualifiers,
and made a [...]

Charlie Daniels Band at BB King

Last night, Lois and I went to BB King’s to see the Charlie Daniels Band (CDB). In the past, I’ve mentioned that Lois is a huge Country music fan, and that I have (happily) come along for the ride. The truth is that I have loved CDB since I was a teen (their first album [...]

Coincidence or Serendipity?

You be the judge.
As many of you know, Joe’s Pub is one of our favorite places to see a concert. We’re going again later this week, but that in itself is a good enough story to merit its own blog after the show. None of you may recall how we came to discover [...]

NBC Got It Right

I’m a complete sucker for sitcoms. Even stupid ones make me laugh. Yes, I can distinguish between a good one and a horrible one, but like I said, even most horrible ones make me laugh.
Unfortunately, the same isn’t true for Lois. She really loves to laugh, and there are some sitcoms that can really set [...]

Disappointing Result in Sunday Poker Tourney

Nothing more to say other than my notes taken during tonight’s big tourney…
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929 entrants, top 100 paid
Won my entry on Friday.
Poor start. I had J2o in the big blind on the first hand.
Flop came 5JK rainbow. Small blind and I were the only two
in the hand. He bet, I called. He checked when a 9 [...]