A Great Big Diva!

With these nails? I don’t think so!!

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Just got home from a gig tonight at a country club. The place is literally a four minute walk from my house - sweet! The first time I went there I entered the gates and it was like entering the world of technicolor (see Wiz of Oz - Kansas vs. Munchkin land) I had decided to take a brisk walk there for a meeting in sweats (designer sweats mind you and carrying a Prada bag) Im not a label whore just giving you a preliminary picture of the diva. There are folks wandering around in swim suits and …

Catching the worm

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Yep, I've been trying to play the early bird these daze...no...I wasn't tipping a bottle of tequila!! Just trying to stay home at night. Being a night owl vs. an early bird translates to: nothing gets done! So, I changed my life style for a week and got tons of stuff done. I discovered the joys of Radio Shack (one stop shopping) and breakfast with my bff and neighbor Brenda, and doing laundry, shopping, answering emails, calls and other errands and looking at the clock and it's not even ten …

Getting too old for what?

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I couldn't help recalling a conversation I had with my accountant a few years ago. He was encouraging me to start a retirement fund and be really aggressive with my contributions because: "Well you won't be able to do this kinda work forever..!" And I thought to myself: "Geez...of course I will, until I die or until they stop paying me!" However, as I hobbled up my front stairs yesterday evening after our fifth gig in a row I wondered: "Am I really getting too old for this?" My knees were …

Keeping my head above water

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We learned four new tunes yesterday (birthday from hell day) and today's summer concert in the park was nice. I'm not as emotional as I was yesterday though I did bend Mike (sax player & vocals) & Brady's (drummer-only original Shiver) ear all the way to Calumet City!! Brady has decided that I am cursed. He reminded me of a past birthday where my beautifully planned party (for 80) had to be moved from one venue to the House of Blues Foundation Room because the first venue's AC was broken. It …