Gluttony Weekend

Art shows, music shows, and copious amounts of food. It was a glutton trifecta!

Following is an overview. 

Friday.

Met up with Ruth in downtown LA. 

We attended a curatorial walk-through of the current exhibit at A+ D Museum, Come In! DTLA (up until 6/23/16).
Chris Francis, Jessica Fleischmann, and Lawrence Azerrad spoke about their installations. 

Chris Francis with his collection of Brutalist shoes.

Jessica Fleischmann with her interactive books of grid chips.

Lawrence Azerrad and his work for LAD Design.

Afterwards, we had dinner at Hodori.

The sides to our Korean dinner. Good thing we didn't crack the egg -- it was for Ruth's bowl of soup to be cooked in the broth.

Saturday. 

Picked up Severo at LAX. He was hungry.  We went to Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen in Inglewood. 

Mac and Cheese, Black-eyed Peas on Rice,  Pork Chops for him.

Meatloaf, Corn and Okra, Steamed Cabbage for me.

Fortified, we sallied on to Claremont to deinstall #myshittycommute. 

Kelly showed up!

[3 weeks later] Did we eat dinner? I don't remember!
I know we had delicious baked goods that Severo scavenged in Claremont from Some Crust Bakery.

That night we went to the Cinema Bar to see Adam Marsland and the Chaos Band.
They played 3 sets, the final one a 10-song tribute to Prince.

Sunday, two things on the agenda: 

1) Squeeze in a Pinoy Brunch at Chef Mayet's pop-up at The Point (sadly, Bobby Bognar's swan song for the venue). 

2) Smithereens gig at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano.

The Brunch:

Severo and The Menu

Bobby delivering the goodness.

What we ate.

The Coach House:

Leslie dancing up a storm.

The view from stage left.

Whew. I needed another weekend to recover from the weekend.

Gluttony in NY: I'm With the Band

The drive to the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, Long Island for the Smithereens gig was long and boring.
Severo had sound check and I went and had a leisurely lunch with a blogging buddy.

I returned to the band's green room, where there was some pre-show meet-and-greet action:

I stood in the wings stage right.

A rousing ending to a fun few days in the East.

"I'm with the band" Salisbury Beach, MA

The green room of the Blue Ocean Music Hall was unbelievable!

the green room with a view

preparing for the gig

young fan

Severo in the audience during Blood and Roses

"I'm melting"

finale

"I'm with the band" Natick, MA

I stood at the soundboard during the Natick gig

JK

3.2 decibels over

"I'm with the band" Old Saybrook, CT

The Kate is a very nice theater in Old Saybrook, CT.
I wandered around during sound check

a bank of casablanca lilies - heavenly scent

original ticket window

custom water

I stood in the wings stage left during the performance

"I'm with the band" nyc 7-28

Severo's first gig was on a Rockin' the River Cruise, a Circle Line evening tour of the NYC harbor. (He plays bass with The Smithereens, in case you didn't know)

Sev tuning Pat's guitar

ahoy matey

A little after 8pm, we embarked from Pier 83 to go around the tip of Manhattan, circle under the Brooklyn Bridge and return. I stood in the back of the boat, to see the sights.

 There was a good-sized crowd. It was more about socializing back where I was than listening to the band, who played in the bow in an enclosed space.

It was amazing to see the Statue of Liberty up close and all lit up

Passing under the Brooklyn Bridge

looking up the East River

Pat ended the set exactly as the boat docked -- an excellent piece of stage craft.