This week, we’ve done a lot of catching up with friends. I’ll highlight one of those visits in my next entry. Here’s a summary of the rest of them, some of whom haven’t been mentioned before in this blog (hence the introduction tag). On Tuesday, we finally made our way … Continue reading
Not quite a week later, I’m finally catching up on last weekend. A full weekend of Monterey Jazz Festival activities is clearly not enough jazz (hah!), so we decided to get in on some more. On Monday, we (Edi, Steve, Angel and I) went to San Francisco. We hit Pier … Continue reading
A lot has been happening since the jazz festival. Some updates to come (not necessarily all separately): Pier 39 and Brian Blade at Yoshi’s new place in San Francisco Visiting with friends: Heather, Edi’s Mary Kay director / recruiter, and lunch with high school friend Adam Bernay Sugar Group Visiting … Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to figure out what day of the Monterey Jazz Festival is my favorite. Often, though, it’s day 3, and this year was no exception. Hearing the band formerly known as the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All Star Big Band (which I played in for two years) … Continue reading
We broke with tradition for day 2 of the Monterey Jazz Festival. We normally skip the Saturday afternoon show and do something recreational, but this year we decided to catch the whole day. We wound up distracted by sushi so we didn’t quite make the beginning of the show, but … Continue reading
Last night was the opening night of the 51st annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Here’s what we saw: Started off with the Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars on the garden stage. Caught three tunes with this capable group but had to hit the arena, so we didn’t see the whole thing. They … Continue reading
Lots of Obama people on a voter registration drive today on the streets of philadelphia. Seems the promise of stolen money is pretty motivating.
I finished my first post-upgrade training event today. In addition to the annual training required for all pilots, Captains get to do 6-month checks. My sim session was today. I learned an important thing. The sim is just like the airplane, it breaks, too. Fortunately, they got it fixed in … Continue reading
Enough about politics. Time for some humor! This came from a friend of mine at work. A C-130 was lumbering along when a cocky F-16 flashed by. The jet jockey decided to show off. The fighter jock told the C-130 pilot, ‘watch this!’ and promptly went into a barrel roll … Continue reading
