Well, here we are... Sitting on our tarp at the Banjo stage, 3rd and final day of Hardly Strictly. Ralph Stanley and his band just finished up. The sun is finally descending behind us. A slight cloud covering is also making for a cooling relief from the intense afternoon sun. Memories of past HSB Sundays suddenly flood back. Emmylou always closes the final day at Banjo. This time around Rodney Crowell will be joining her in support of their collaborated album. Th...

The alarm this morning was not my friend! Kept telling myself it will be worth the lack of sleep! Today is day one of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. A quick cab ride took us close (unfortunately not that close though) to the HSB stages at the east end of Golden Gate Park. Our blanket and bags found a nice spot at the Banjo stage, ready for Bonnie Raitt tonight! Got there just after 5am and other tarps were already set up at front of the stage. I was a bit disappointe...

San Francisco... We're back!! Yesterday was our 3rd day in Disneyland. We had the opportunity to do and see everything we wanted to one last time. Thanks to Melissa for keeping us on track and planning out each destination all day. We were well organized and felt content with our Disney experience at the end of that day. Now here we are back in the city by the bay. Our plane got in around 8:30am. A BART ride from SFO then a muni bus led us to CJ's apartment at Le...

16 hours in the Disney Parks on Sunday and another 12 on Monday. Change of plans for our 3rd day in LA... We decided to have a day of rest to be reenergized for another fun-packed day of Disney tomorrow. This morning we slept in (til about 7:30am). Our day began with breakfast at Martha's 22nd Street Grill in Hermosa Beach. A nice drive up the coast (Pacific Coast Highway 1... AKA PCH to the LA folks) led us near Malibu. We then turned back and went to Santa Moni...

Day 2 at Disneyland here in sunny California. The sky is such a brilliant shade of blue. Weather is perfect (80's with no humidity... take that Rochester! Although, I hear it's been a nice start to fall out there). Disney is all decked out in several shades of oranges and golds. Feels like summer, looks like fall. Pumpkins, crows and Jack Skellington wherever you turn. People may be all down on how "corporate" Disney is. Unfortunately, these are the same folks wh...