Anna and I traveled to frosty Canada late Nov and early Dec. Anna managed to survive -45C with a wind chill, and apparently my blood hasn’t quite thinned to SoCal levels. The visit north was really great, and my family has grown – I’ve got a new brother in law. Congratulations to Brooke and Greg! They make a great couple.
Photos from the trip:
2006.11.25-06 LA to Calgary by air and back
2006.11.27-28 Calgary and an early Christmas
2006.12.01-05 Brooke & Greg’s wedding, visiting family
I have much to write about, photos to post, but no time to do it. I hope to have the time and motivation during the holidays – stay tuned.
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It was a good thing Anna and I carved pumpkins on Sunday, traffic coming home for Halloween on Tuesday was horrible. When we finally got home we had just enough time to light the pumpkins before the kids started to show up. We placed some candles in the trees and garden, cracked a beer, and ordered a pizza from Luigi’s. We sat back and had a great evening on our porch.
Golden Hill is really slacking on Halloween though. We were the only house on our block handing out candy, and the other blocks weren’t doing a whole lot better. What’s up with that? Golden Hill used to be a bit of a destination for kids. Shape up people!
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Scott, Sophie, and the rest of the Cat Dirt Records folks put on another great party last Saturday night – The Golden Hill Block Party featuring ¡Society!, Fifty On Their Heels, The New MotherF*s, Qu’est-ce Que C’est, Gasoline Chicken, DJ Edgartronic and DJ P$. As expected, the concert started off a bit slow because of the early start time. Once it started to get dark, the crowd started to really grow. San Diego needs to get it together and let them have an event past 10 PM, most people don’t show up until 7 or 8.
All the bands did a great job, and there was a good community feel to the event. I was really impressed by the final act, ¡Society!. They were the perfect finish to the evening. They had a lot of energy, the crowd was dancing and loving the performance. Someone uploaded a recording of ¡Society! at the Casbah if you want to get a sample of their sound.
Thanks again to Scott and Sophie!
Last weekend Anna and I headed out a bit past Alpine on the 8 freeway to try to get a look at the meteor shower. Just outside of Alpine the change was fast and dramatic. It was probably a combination of heading away from the sprawl and light pollution, and climbing a few thousand feet above the moisture of the ocean. Gone was the dark blue sky. It its place was a black sky filled pin holes of light. While we only saw a handful of meteors, it is always nice to be reminded just how amazing the night sky can be.