In a Western Place

by the infamous cupcake gang:

I do, I do!!!
I saw Bob Mould (lead guitarist for the highly influential band, Hüsker Dü) perform for the first time way back in the Fall of 1996. He played a surprisingly electrifying acoustic solo set at my alma matter, RIT. I went with my (at the time) boyfriend’s best friend — who ran into Bob Mould the following day at a Jiffy Lube in Syracuse, NY.
The second time I saw Bob Mould perform was this past Wednesday evening, when he played an electrifying electric set at the Great American Music Hall. First of all, awesome venue to see a show… and secondly, holy Fender it was amazing! The band played a lot of my favorites, mostly from his Sugar days (his band from the 90’s that I’m a huge fan of). The show was loud, and it got even louder during the 2 encores that followed. My ears are still ringing but IT WAS SO WORTH IT.
Per the artist’s request, I couldn’t get a picture, but I did find a video on youtube of the “band” playing a song off their much loved by me album, Copper Blue.

There’s a Thai restaurant in the Haight called “Phuket Thai” and I have trouble holding back my giggles every time I see it. Phuket? Phuket? Don’t get it? Seriously, say that 3 times fast. I can only imagine the following conversation going down:
Person A: “What would you like to get for dinner? How about Thai?”
Person B: “I don’t know what I’m in the mood for… I’m not sure I really want Thai. I can’t decide and I pressed for time. Ah phuket… Thai it is.”
And boy oh boy, I was just catching up on my Rochester news and would you believe a place with the same name exists there too? Isn’t there some sort of filter for this kind of thing?

Shot at The Napper Tandy – Easter 2008

I had no idea that Easter was this weekend until Good Friday… and I no idea it was Good Friday until the mail didn’t arrive. We spent a portion of the holiday in Dolores park for an annual Easter event by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence featuring a bonnet decorating contest and a performance by friends of Vitamin Party, the Ex-Boyfriends. We passed on the Hunky Jesus Contest in favor for a long walk around the neighborhood. Easter lunch was fish and chips at a local Irish Pub and Easter dinner (only after a loooong nap) was a couple of Falafels and Kebabs. Maybe next year we’ll indulge in this San Francisco Easter tradition… as participants, of course. I should have health insurance by then.

A band that I really like, Explosions in the Sky, are here in town and poop on me, all 3 shows are sold out! So I thought, “craiglist will help me!”

Matty: “no wonder other animals like to eat them, they look like little dumplings!” Mmmm Elephant Seal dumplings. These resting pups were found along the coast a few miles north of San Simeon. They’re protected, so we could only view from a fair distance. Good thing, the adults are vicious and u-g-l-y (but in their own cute way).

Organic, all natural, additive free Cranberry juice is not only expensive, it’s pretty vile. But, it does the job.

Big Sur, an oceanic and mountainous portion of the California coastline, spans south of Monterey to north of San Simeon. Photos were taken at Pfeiffer Beach, a well hidden coastal access point between Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park and the Big Sur postal office, along highway 1.