When in LA…

I dropped a line to some friends of mine in LA to let them know I would be there.  The first response I got was from Kristen Studard.  About a year ago I had spent 5 days in a car with Kristen when I help her move from Chicago to LA.  A drive that was, […]

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Fat Tuesday Hootenanny

What do you do on Fat Tuesday if you have a bunch of talented friends that like food as much as they like music. Well you do what my friend Christine did and throw a kick ass dinner an jam night. I stepped off a plane from Nashville and went straight to Christine’s apartment from […]

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Go West (and South) Day 3

Wed 6TH Feb 2013 Day 3 Tucumcari, NM to Flagstaff, AZ 11 hours – 740 Miles – 2 States NM+AZ The beautiful little bunkhouse that we stayed in last night fast east out across the New Mexican plains towards the rising sun and we  wanted to make the most of it.  We woke up at 5.30 […]

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Go West (and South) Day 2

Tues 5TH Feb 2013 Day 2 Springfield, MO to Tucumcari, NM 12 hours – 700 Miles – 4 States MO+OK+TX+NM Day 2 was an early start.  We had a long way to cover and didn’t want to be driving in the dark in the middle of nowhere at our destintation, New Mexico. The alarm went […]

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Go West (and South) Day 1

A friend in need is a friend indeed…and if you get a great road trip out of it as well, that is a bonus.   My friend Kristen Studard (K-Stud to her friends and anyone else she can persuade to call her that) told me some months ago that she was going to pack up […]

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I have funny friends!

I have some really funny friends.  It is true.  And occasionally I get to seem them to great things. At Entertaining Julia at the Town Hall Pub in Chicago the other week my friends Danielle and Tiff Puterbaugh, otherwise known as the Puterbaugh Sisterz, hosted an awesome night of comedy and music. Top of bill […]

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