Thursday, June 25, 2009

Rock Lobster

Tonight we went to see the B-52s. And boy was it something! It was the first of the UA Presents 2009-2010 season here in Tucson. We subscribe each season, so when Rusty called to order tickets and we needed to requests our seats the woman on the phone mentions that the front row center is available. Excitedly he jumps on it and there we are........in the front row! Rusty tells me that he had seen them five or so times, but I only saw the once before, with him, together with the Pretenders in Concord at the Pavilion. Tonight we danced, hopped and swung our arms all over the place, the whole audience was up on their feet and loving it! They played some of there new stuff and they still have what it takes to get people to buy their recordings and tickets, but when they played Rome, My Own Private Idaho and some of there older classics the crowd took off. Here they go! People went nuts! It is funny to watch as our generation gets up-there and grayer, us old farts rock out! After playing for awhile and everyone is getting tired, they introduce themselves and the other band members, take a long bow and leave the stage, but before they do, Fred Schneider, the remaining male member gives the woman just a few people down from me his drumstick that he uses to beat on a cow bell, she goes wild! The crowd stays standing and screaming for an encore and they do. Back on stage comes Planet Claire and everyone is rocking out, doing the swim and other wild gyrations. Then comes the one we have all been waiting for! ROCK LOBSTER!!! MAN THIS WAS SO COOL! Front row center in this small theater. They were so close to us I could feel their breath, well not really but it was close! After going crazy on Rock Lobster, Fred takes his replacement drumstick and walks over right in front of me, bends down and hands this one to me! The other guitar player comes over and throws out a hand full of his guitar picks and one falls right into my hand. A drumstick, a B-52 guitar pick and a blast! It was an exceptional evening!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Gay and Proud in Bisbee

We just returned from Bisbee. It was the annual Gay Pride Weekend and it was fun, but much smaller this year. Again we stayed at the Sleepy Dog Guesthouse way up on the hill, I think it is third highest house in town. Kody went for his second year and this was Aleah's first, our forth year. They walked with us down the hill into town to see all the people and shop. We bought a very cool colored glass thingy to hang in the window from one of the vendors. Friday night we walked into town ( without the kids ) and got so drunk, we were a mess. So Saturday we were much more low keyed. Bisbee is such a cool little town full of artists, cowboys and cowgirls and just funky people. I love it! I believe it was once the third biggest city west of the Mississippi behind San Francisco and Virginia City. San Francisco was the Gold City, Virginia City was the Silver City and Bisbee was the Copper City with a huge open copper pit right next to town.

It has a old western fill full of tiny little houses clinging to the hillsides with steep narrow roads. People decorate in quite creative ways using any thing they could get their hands on, and it works if you like funky!
Each day we were greeted at this gate by a barking wiener dog. You can almost see him behind the gate in the dark shadows. He was real cute and Aleah barked back. Kody ignored him in his excitement to get to town and be admired by everyone.
There is a copper toilet float embedded in this wall among the colored bottles, broken pottery and mismatched tiles etc. It's pretty fun!

Thursday, June 04, 2009

I'll never do that again!

Well he made it. Kody's home. It turns out many months ago he was chomping on one of his tennis balls (as he does so often ), and managed to tear this one to pieces. Turns out that he swallowed a large piece. It must have been in his belly for months. Because I remember when he did that and took the pieces away so he wouldn't swallow any but he did anyways without me seeing. It was OK in his belly but once it lodged in the small intestine, is when the trouble started. Our Vet needed to remove it surgically and now he has staples in his abdomen for ten days. Which means no swimming until they are removed, and he's not happy about that! But thankfully he's back to his usual active self. Eating, drinking and picking on Aleah, but she sure missed him when he was gone. We all did!