Los Lonely Boys

On Wednesday night we redeemed a Christmas gift that we waited two months for. My kids gave us tickets to see Los Lonely Boys at the Moore Theatre in downtown Seattle.

We ate a light early dinner at home and then drove to Seattle. At 6 pm it was just getting dark, light traffic and no rain. That's what makes for a nice commute to Seattle.

We found a parking lot right on the corner. We were early so we walked around the block and then went into the theatre.

The opening act was a women named Carrie Rodriguez. She sang and played the guitar and fiddle. With her was a guy who sang back-up and also played the guitar. I'm not quite sure how to describe her music. She plays the instruments extremely well and has a great voice.

Then we were surprised with a second opening act. Evidently people knew this guy and that he was performing, because four people behind us actually left when he finished.

His name was Alejandro Escovedo. It was him playing guitar, another guy on guitar and Carrie Rodriguez on her fiddle. It was pretty good.

The concert started just after 7 pm and it was about 10 to 9:00 before Los Lonely Boys took the stage. They were very good. They played till almost 10:30.

It was a very fun evening. The music was loud at times, as were two people sitting near us. They talked loudly to their wives while the musicians were talking to the audience. And they would just yell out during the music. Odd or drunk? Not sure which.

A Little Touch of Springtime

About a month ago I bought this little herb kit.

It was in the
"leftover Christmas gifts" section at Home Depot. It came with everything you see here plus I have lots more seeds.

In it is planted Parsley, Chives, Cilantro and Oregano. Most of the time they sit in my kitchen window. It's been fun watching them grow.

Along side them I have Basil and Sweet Peas also started.

You might say I'm looking forward to Springtime!

A Saucy Tale

True story.

It begins on Saturday afternoon. I bring home pear sauce from the grocery store, not apple sauce but pear sauce. I say to the husband, "look at this, they have pear sauce, I'll put it in this cupboard over here so you won't mix it up with the applesauce."

Keep in mind these are those little cup size plastic containers. We always have applesauce cups in the cupboard and the pear sauce looks a lot like the applesauce.

He says, "You don't need to put them over there, just put them with the applesauce, I can tell the difference." (Note: husband has vision problems, can't read small writing on cups.)

I say, "No I'll put them over here." And I do, mainly because I know what would happen if I mixed them with the applesauce.

Forward to Sunday afternoon. I come home from church and the husband says to me, "this pear sauce doesn't taste like the applesauce at all. It's very different."

(Pause for a moment as I think to myself, yes it should taste different.)

I say, "well it would taste different, it's pear not apple." And he insists it tastes very different from applesauce and not much like pears.

So then I ask the magic question, "which cupboard did you get it from?"

As he showed me which cupboard it came from - the answer was the cupboard that contained only the applesauce. So at this point the pear sauce has not been tasted and the applesauce doesn't taste like applesauce!

What's a wife to do?

So I once again, very patiently explain that the pear sauce is over here in this other cupboard and yes, you really did eat applesauce, thus it would not taste like pears, however it should have tasted like applesauce.

To solve the mystery, I checked the applesauce label to discover that the last applesauce I bought was the one with cinnamon in it. Okay, so I can go with that and understand why the applesauce did not taste "like it normally would". But it was still applesauce!