This is gonna sound totally contradictory but I just got saved by 2Pac whilst riding first class to San Fran. Okay, maybe not saved, but 2pac was kicking my ass. See I was never that familiar with 2pac per se other than the hits right and on a whim I downloaded “All Eyez On Me” and it just came up randomly on my computer and shit woke my ass up!! There I was amidst the elders in first class rockin’ my head. Wanted to jump up and dance and shout or smoke a blunt – ya dig?

So after a rather wonderful flight – FIRST CLASS ROCKS – we arrive in San Fran. The boys are in good spirits and when The Shivers are happy – mama is happy. So we check into a cute older hotel in the Union district and the boys are planning to go sight seeing. I am too exhausted to do shit but get a nice meal and beddy bye cause I stayed up all night Thursday since I waited to pack at 1AM. At this point I was still debating wjether to come home on Sunday with the rest of the Shivers or stay two extra nights in San Fran. I was keeping it open. I was sposed to stay with my BFF Carla but she had some complications and so I would have to book a hotel. What to do? What to do? I decided to wait & see how much I was jonesing for more San Fran time after Friday. The Boys however got food and went driving.

So after an amazing meal I went to bed – too early tho cause I was wide awake at 2:30AM and we needed to be on the buses for Sonoma County (wedding site) And there I was again unable to get to sleep and knowing I need to be way more than just awake for the gig later.

So we pull up into a very rustic and sleepy town of Guerneville and the even sleepier property that was to be our home for the night: Ferngrove Cottages. I think it was sleepier because the inn Keeper kept giving me instructions like:

Inn keeper: “You will be responsible for any damage done to the room”
Me: (to the boys) “No TV tossing!”
IK: “no pets”
ME: (to the boys) “Put away the Iguana!”
IK: “And when you get back from the wedding please try not to make a lot of noise partying at night”
ME: “Please honey, we’ll be lucky if these old farts aren’t asleep before the gig is over!”

I had a jacuzzi in my cottage. Each cottage had a theme. My cottage theme was Pink Flamingoes. see the wee darlings in the photo?

The wedding was down the road and across the lane in a picturesque spot surrounded by redwoods. There are some big assed trees in CA!!

So I caught a nap and then we all got dressed up and headed for the site all.

And the party was fabulous. It was elegant but not over the top…It was just lovely.

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The bride was rocking. She was soo happy and danced all nite.

This was a great band trip. We all laughed so much. These trips can be huge bonding experiences and when the client (as in this case) totally takes care of us – it is da bomb!

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