Thursday, July 26, 2007

Sexy Brits

I recently wrote a post on a few things Southern California has over the East Coast. Last weekend, I was reminded of another: Hollywood Bowl. It was my first visit of their summer season and most definitely not the last. I LOVE the Hollywood Bowl - the wining and dining, the fantastic acoustics, and the occasional firework spectacular under the moonlight. Los Angeles entertainment at its best, no doubt!

This particular evening was entitled Cool Britannia! and featured the LA Philharmonic, the Pacific Chorale, Bramwell Tovey (one of the most hysterical conductors I have ever seen), and the crooning Jamie Cullum. Now I am no jazz fanatic, but I must say I was quite impressed by Jamie's singing and piano-playing abilities. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have award-winning orchestral accompaniment and a gorgeous summer night to make what could have been mediocre into a stellar performance. My conclusion at the end of the night was two-fold: (1) live performances are by far the best way to not only evaluate but enjoy a musician's true talent; and (2) there MUST be something in the UK's water supply that has them consistently churning out ivory-clankin'-singer-songwriter types one after another. To name a few,
Talented, good-looking men with British accents. I'm sold (well, with the exception of Sir Elton, whose affinity for men doesn't quite float my swooning boat). Let's hop on over to the other side of the Atlantic, ey? Ladies?

Thursday, July 19, 2007

summer photo montage










coney island's mermaid parade. morimoto's. a crowded studio with the sis and her princess. shakespeare in the park. moving home. 4th of july fireworks à la san diego. sewon's birthday fête. san francisco and berkeley fun.

Monday, July 16, 2007

email thread

me: are you all going to the cal/ucla game this year?
g: Hi Karen, I'll be attending a wedding this year unfortunately. The bride is a bruin and the groom a golder bear. Who knew....
me: what the. how ironically appropriate!

down with the bruins!


gravitation.

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