Some days you just want to boogie

thanks Chez NamasteNancy, always lovely blogposts

http://cheznamastenancy.blogspot.com/

Musings

You are correct! I love it! Not the hard times, but that our politics are actually impactful, and I love your commitment to do it differently.
We too are eating home more, and have actually always lived modestly.
But I have some concerns that all we are doing to improve our financial situation is hard on the rest of the economy. I just painted my 1986 mercedes rather than buy a new car. I does great on the smog test, so why not.
MonkeyBoy got laid off 3 weeks ago and my job is precarious since I am a contractor. We do have the advantage of being in our 60s so the impact is different and we have a lot of saving, I am a retirement attorney after all....
Thanks for telling it like it is. You have inspired me to blog about it myself.

Road Trip

Quick trip to Southern California for my best friend's 60th birthday. We drove thru Lancaster to go to the Poppy Preserve then to Palmdale then down thru the Cahon Pass to Riverside.

Great birthday surprise for my friend and her kids and grandkids...

Burn the Fllor

My friend and I went to see Burn the Floor this weekend at the Post Theatre. It was a little uneven for me because I like some styles of dance more than others. But there were amazing moments, like when the dancer floated as someone twirled her, and the great rendition of Rolling on the River...16 dancers, 2 percussionists and 2 singers, all amazing.

Just through this weekend in San Francisco.

For a great review:

http://tangobaby2.blogspot.com/2009/02/burn-floor.html

For tickets and more information:

http://www.burnthefloor.com/pages/home.asp

Serpent Mother and Homouroboros

Serpent Mother at Opulent Temple's "Massive" on Friday Night photo: poetrosakranse

Serpent Mother: photo by eeetthaannn

Ryan, Sierra' s fiance, and Sierra

affinity & Sierra hanging out

The Scheuer's soaking up the atmoshpere

The Monkeys were on break but it was great to see them

MonkeyBoy, eggchairsteve and Tate


We got out to see the Serpent Mother on Treasure Island last night and we were surprised to see so many of our dear friends there that we did not know were coming, beginning with Homouroboros (But the Monkeys were not spinning), it was great to see them. Then our good friends all, Mark and Janet, Annetta and Greg and Sierra with her new fiance and their friend Ryan, and then Steve and Tate (Tate is gorgeous and getting taller) suprised us, and Nelda stopped to say hello on our way out.

It is always a special treat to see everyone when you are not expecting them and get big hugs.

Serpent Mother was gorgeous lit up, although we missed the fire.

365 Days of Burning Man

A photo at Burning Man for each day until the next Burn...

How cool is that?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/princessd/sets/72157607068570815/

Factory Party

hanging with Edie and Andy

highlight of the evening

This First Friday spectacular art, music, and film event celebrates the works of
regional artists and pays tribute to Andy Warhol and his Factory, the original New York City studio from 1962 to 1968. The Factory Party takes place in a massive warehouse space divided into nine distinct rooms where guests are immersed in a wide range of art mediums, as well as live art, musical performances and theatrical art forms. A portion of this event features a re-creation of Andy Warhol’s Factory, and is brought you by the East Bay Express. Visitors entering the Factory will see live production of art in the style and process performed by Andy Warhol, including silk screening, filming, screen testing, and painting. Velvet Underground cover bands will perform, recreating sounds at the Factory. Guests are encouraged to dress in their 1960’s best and are welcome to lounge in the Factory with “Warhol” and his “Super Stars”.

Best interactive art: walking through square of light on the floor created movement and sqiggles on the wall.

Warhol Live at the De Young

SPOILER ALERT!

MonkeyBoy is not working right now so we seem to be getting out more. We went to see Andy Warhol Live and the Yves St. Laurent exhibits at the De Young, and they were fabulous. I wish I had photos to show you but no photos allowed.

Warhol Live was great. My favorite parts were the quotes on the walls and the "room". The room was a montage of slides changing and moving, there was a pile of cushions where you could lie down and look up. my fav...

Loved:

"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes"...I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous."

great review of the show when it was in Montreal:

http://ozameilleur.com/blog/rituals/warhol-live-an-artist-date

Local review:

http://www.ianhunter.com/ihboard/viewtopic.php?t=4090&sid=b6bacb72de2a3e63b994f6bab9482bcf

Lunch at Brown Sugar Kitchen

Lunch at Brown Sugar Kitchen with dear old friend....fab food...service....fail
http://www.brownsugarkitchen.com/

Gross National Happiness

Gross National Happiness is the attempt to define the quality of life in more holistic and psychological terms than the gross national product.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_National_Happiness

Gotta love that as a goal for a country.

photo: sfmike

10,000 hits on the BRAF Blog

I have loved blogging on the BRAF blog and today we jumped over the 10,000 hits mark. It was very exciting and I hope you will check it out.
http://blackrockarts.blogspot.com/