Back in the saddle

Well, faithful readers I'm back from a longer than expected vacation, and ready to crank out some posts for your reading pleasure. Sarah did a nice write up of the family vacation to Chicago, so click here to read that. I thought I'd add a track from James Hunter, and some tidbits about the trip. First the track. It's Jacqueline and it's catchy. James is a great guitar player, and his band is really good. They even got me liking saxophones... that's saying something that they could undo the damage done by Kenny G. The live show is a lot of fun. Those of you who know me probably know that while I like the blues it's typically not my favorite. But I really like the CD, and the show so go to the James Hunter website here, listen to the CD (you can listen free) and if you like it buy it then go to one of the shows if he's coming anywhere near you. He'll be in Austin in February so I think we'll be heading out to see the show. Anyway, I don't mind plugging the band or the shows because they are really good and were such nice guys. It really was an awesome experience.

The rest of the trip was a lot of fun, I love Chicago. The location of our hotel was fantastic so we were definitely in the middle of the action of the big city. It's funny when you stay at hotels you otherwise wouldn't/couldn't afford. It makes me feel like a fish out of water sometimes, but it doesn't take long for me to embrace the good life.

I also have a new life lesson. When on the road, no matter how tasty, don't get a doggy bag for Thai curry. I'll leave it at that, but the trip went smoothly until I finished up my leftovers... or I guess you could say they finished me.

As soon as we got back and I'd had a day or two to recover we were back on the road. This time driving up to Oklahoma City to visit Sarah's family for Thanksgiving. It was a good trip, but I was remind how much I hate traffic and how crowed Texas is. People, don't move here... just don't. I know you think Texas is big, but don't bother coming here there's no space so just stay home. Seriously though road trips with young kids are not fun when you're in a freeway style parking lot for hours at a time. I was going to start a protest group and march on the capitol, but then I remember what a hassle getting downtown is with all the people and how there's never any parking, so anyway...