I had a blast! We did a two hour concert on Sunday night and I gotta tell ya… it’s been a long time. It’s a totally different vibe. Performing a concert on a big open stage for two hours is no joke. It’s hard work cause every gesture, every movement [...]

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Away We Go: wonderful film about a couple trying to find a new home as they prepare for their first child together. His parents have decided to move to Antwerp a month before their first grandchild is born and so our lovely couple (we totally fall in love with them) decide to go [...]

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I am so sad today. I am amazed at how this news has touched me. I grew up listening to Michael Jackson.
My memories stretch back for years: I can visualize scenes from basement birthday parties where the music of the Jackson 5 is the soundtrack. My first memorized pop [...]

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I just viewed some of the footage shot by civilians (via cell phones) during the recent crackdown by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard against the street demonstrations that have risen in Iran during the past week. The people are protesting what they see as a fixed election result. The recent “landslide” election victory of [...]

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Boys will be boys. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. These are two of the themes running through The Hangover – an absolute joy of a movie that I just returned from seeing. Oh My God! I never laughed out loud so much in my life in a theater! [...]

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One of our more recent wedding couples was featured on AOL.Com’s Wallet Pop under their finance section on the AOL Homepage. It is entitled: My Lay-off Wedding: How I Slashed My Wedding Costs in 3 Weeks.
The photographer Jai Girard (she is a gifted artist) took the photos and you can [...]

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I have gotten reports that it is near impossible to leave comments on my blog lately. Is that true for anyone else? contact me thru the site to let me know – as well as the web manager…THANKS!!!!

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We have had some fabulous gigs lately. It’s been a real pleasure these past few weeks. Everyone has been in the mood to party! I notice it now more than ever before. Maybe because spring has sprung, or Obama is President, or people are just feeling optimistic but our audiences have [...]

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Hell, if Queen Latifah could do it, why not me? Just cause I couldn’t recall a few lyrics don’t mean I can’t record a Jazz cd. Ha! Gotta start cramming up on my lyrics.
Or maybe I will just record songs that I like and feel regardless of their genre. I am [...]

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