Dayton, Ohio 1970: I am ten years old and in the throes of my first crush. He was a TV star of the hit-series The Partridge Family. Keith Partridge. David Cassidy. The most beautiful boy I had ever seen. I would go to the supermarket with my mom and make a bee-line to the magazine racks to look at and make my mom purchase: Tiger Beat, 16 Magazine or whatever other rags featuring him on the cover. If it included a pull-out poster - it was mine. He was unattainable of course but I fantasized …
Nina Simone & Janice Joplin Lit A Fire Under My Ass.
I have two great gigs coming up in January! I will be singing the music of two of my favorite female singers. You guessed it: Nina Simone and Janis Joplin. The Nina Simone tribute is part of a wine pairing event on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at The City Winery 1200 E. Randolph Street and and the Janis Joplin tribute is with Chicago Vocalist Alma Mendoza at Davenport's Piano Bar & Cabaret on Friday, January 25, 2013. Both of these women artists hold a special place in my heart because of …
Journey Home, Lessons Learned.
Back at the Albert Hotel... I pack my clothes in my suitcase and sort through all my power converters, adapters and chargers. I stuff my boa and wings into the front panel of my suitcase and finally - after replaying the night's show in my head - go to bed. I stop by the breakfast buffet in the morning for a quick bite and bid "adieu" to the Albert Hotel. Zigis drives me to the Riga airport which seems surprisingly pleasant today - I have quite a different attitude then when I arrived here …