A club full of senior punk rockers (including those on stage), my Euro honey having heard not a prior note of my Hollywood teen soundtrack, the white-haired man to my right singing all the Exene parts–pitch-perfect, and me digging the layers of time and guitar, admittedly a tiny bit teary-eyed. X! X! X!
The next day [...]
Some folks do a little gloating dance, others edit video.
A cozy, wintry evening passed in the belly of whaling ship-turned-tiny-saloon: Heinold’s First and Last Chance, opened 1883. The pot-bellied stove, gas lanterns, clock stopped at 5:12 (as in 5:12 a.m, April 18, 1906) and wildly slanting floor (also thanks to 1906 earthquake) create a very fine atmosphere in this Prohibition-shirking establishment much featured in Jack [...]
A day of misty mountains, many stories, pumpkin flan.
Well, okay, not actually ten bucks, but certainly very opulent company. Plus a twinkling view of Golden Gate Bridge on the long stroll home to (watch) 42nd Street. You’re getting to be a habit with me…
one of the loveliest days of my life. and some rather fine years since (plus eight before that)! ♥ ♥ ♥
We never got a chance to meet, but I know your lovely spirit through my honig. Amalfi coast, 1973
El farol de los enamorados! Took a break from the book to make Mexican chocolate cupcakes for my chosen brother, who finally joined the 40-club. (Lotería cards designed in 1887 by Don Clemente aka Clemente Jacques aka Pasatiempos Gallo, S.A. de C.V. A lovely alternate deck of his can be found here.)
Dean Martin jukebox, Sicilian thin crust and love. That’s Gaspare’s.
The extraordinary collection of Pamela Kibbee with one of our favorite songbirds, Yma Sumac (Voice of the Xtabay). We made the mustachioed portrait of Pam in the mid-nineties. Can also play this here.