NO, WALTER, YOU'RE NOT WRONG, YOU'RE JUST............

Saturday night was the first of two nights of LEBOWSKIFEST at the House of Blues. Dan, Bridget, Ian, my friend Jon, and I went to the movie portion, Sunday night is the bowling/costume competition portion. There were a few people dressed up in costume but the majority of people were wearing t-shirts with images/lines from the movie on them. I made t-shirts for us to wear, a picture of Lenin saying "I am the walrus". If you haven't seen the movie yet, please rent it, it's hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WZOQJTMHVI

Before the movie started, there was an opening band, The Black Diamond Heavies. I did record a song and tried to upload it but Blogger was not cooperating. Click on the link to see it on youtube.

Here's a review I lifted from their MySpace:

"the Heavies like to keep things as raw and ground-up as dirt - drums with a trashcan rattle that sound huge and far away (like they were recorded in a wide-open space down the street) and overdriven Fender Rhodes. That's all there is to it, but then again, there's so much more." --Phoenix New Times

After the movie ended, I bought their cd, EVERY DAMN TIME. Check them out!

They guys who started Lebowskifest get dressed up as bowling pins and do the intros, they also have a guy dressed as the Dude who travels with them. Not a great picture, but you get the idea.

It was a little bit like seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show with people yelling lines along with the movie. And, of course, they were piping the sound through the club sound system which was kick-ass! The White Russians were flowing and a good time was had by all.

Next year we're going to the bowling portion, Jon and I are already in costume discussions, can't wait!

WE GONNA ROCK DOWN TO ATLANTIC AVENUE

My mother and I drove down to the cape on Saturday to see my brother and his band play at the Barnstable Fair. His band is called The Atlantic Ave Band and they do a mix of covers. Neither one of us had seen them play, so we were psyched to be going.

My sentiments exactly! And it has nothing to do with being married to a bass player.

The guitar line-up. With this many six-strings, you get a nice full sound and the bassist was giving good bottom!

The audience with Mom singing along to "It's Five O'clock Somewhere". She's a big Alan Jackson fan and digs the Jimmy Buffett a little too.

My bro, winking for the camera, and the ever popular Vinny Conga on, well, the congas!

This little guy was dancing for the whole, 1 1/2 hour set. CUTEST!

Vinny, workin' it!

The bassist, groovin' through the whole set.

"She said don't hand me no lines and keep your hands to yourself"

THAT'S A BIG BARREL!

CARS,CARS, and MORE CARS!

So, this was the weekend of the car show! On Saturday we went out on the bike to see Paul and Teri at the grand opening of Teri's new Arts Center in Quincy.

Their boys Jake and Nick came out to check out the bike, and of course, try it out. After our visit with the Mangiarattis, we hit the road for Brookline and the Larz Anderson Auto Museum for Micro/Mini Car Day. This museum has a permanent collection located in a converted carriage house but they also host events on their sprawling lawn over the course of the non-snowy months.

When we got there and got off the bike the first thing we saw was one of Ian's favorite motorcycles, with a sidecar no less. It's a Ural from Russia.

How cool are hood ornaments?

A bug-eye sprite!

Ian in the reflection of a Nash Metropolitan's hubcap. Note the dice on the valve stem. Another cool detail.

As all the cars were tiny, I appear as a giantess, doing my best Carol Marol. Hitched to the back of this car is the tiniest camper I've ever seen.


Inside the carriage house is the permanent collection. I thought it very cool that each car had a mannequin dressed in the style of the day. This is a 1957 Corvette, 'vettes are my favorite car. If I had the money, that's what I'd get!

The museum houses cars that were actually owned by Larz Anderson. This is a shot of his limo from the early 20th century. It has all mod cons!


The headlight of one of his other cars.

And then there is a garage set up so you can see what it was like back in the day. They have some cars "in for repairs" all the tools, etc. that you'd need.

On Sunday, we hopped on the bike again and headed out to Dedham for The Bay State Antique Auto Club’s 38th Annual Antique Car Show. Touted to have over 1000 cars participating, how could we pass it up?!?

Aren't we all feeling THIS!?!

An Oldsmobile El Camino. Who'da thunk it?

Ian checking out one of the race cars, there were several there. I've never seen one up close before.

This truck is big and tough, would probably kick the asses of all those pickups with hemis.

Reflection in the hood of a 70s Celica. I love the pink and white car behind me.

This is the tail light of an Olds 98. I think my favorite car at the show. The owner was a sweetheart too.

Another cool hood ornament.

WTF?! So shiny, I like!

Love the interiors, so much character, makes today's cars look bland.

So, the weekend was beautiful and we did a lot of riding and we saw a lot of really cool cars. Can't beat that!

Oh, and I should really mention that Ian took all the photos (except the one he's in) and did a great job. He taught me everything I know about cars and cameras.

I LOVE MY MOM

A couple of weeks ago my mother and I went to Salem with my cousin Sue and two of her three kids, Andrew and Ivy. We had a great time visiting the Witch Museum and the House of the Seven Gables.

Andrew is telling my mom a story, I can't even remember what it was about, but he is one funny kid. He has inherited his father's subtle sense of humor.

I love to see her laugh.

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I GOT A NEW CAMERA TODAY!!!

I'm running with the BIG dogs now!

Nikon D40 SLR Digital Camera Kit with 18-55mm Lens
6.1 Megapixels
ISO 1600 Sensitivity
2.5" LCD Monitor
2.5 fps Burst
8 Digital Vari-Program Modes
Built-in Speedlight
In-Camera Image Editing
PictBridge Direct Printing

Hard Rock Cafe

We went to see a show at the Hard Rock.

Slip Kid, a Who tribute band fronted by

Gary Cherone of Extreme. The opener

was a guy called Mick Mondo, he's got a

Tim Curry/David Bowie thing going on and

his act is sort of the "reminiscing old rocker",

very entertaining. So was Slip Kid, look

for more about them on Ian's blog.

Mick's shoes. Love the shoes!