Thanksgiving, which is celebrated the 2nd to last Thursday of November (it used to be last one until FDR changed it in 1939 to help businesses during the Great Depression), is one of the few American Holidays that EVERYONE seems…
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VITELLOS-THE LATEST REAL L.A. JAZZ CLUB
I’m sure everyone who reads this is terribly familiar with the bloodletting of jazz clubs in the LA area the past few years. The Bakery is gone (someday to rise like the Phoenix? It’s in my prayers), Spazios, Henri’s and…
JAZZ IN THE TUNDRA?!?
My wife has been bugging me since we first got married 28 years ago to go on an Alaska cruise. Ugh! What company do we take? Mullet Cruises? Anyway, I succumbed to the 6 day trip, and then we overlanded…
Finding America in Upstate NY
As a reward for marrying my daughter, I took my son-in-law on a male bonding trip through places only guys appreciate. As a California boy, I rarely get to the East Coast, and no woman wants to hit Cooperstown, so…