My how the time flies.
Last weekend we had a major and important celebration: It was Jeannie and my 25th wedding anniversary! Hard to believe it’s been that long. She remains the love of my life, and I can’t say enough appreciative things about her. We had a party Saturday. My Mum and Dad came into town to visit for the weekend, and so did Lizzy. Martin and Kathleen came down for the party, and Jeannie’s parents and sister came up from Long Island. It was a great time and a great party, and good to take a moment to celebrate and acknowledge these things in life. It was also a full house, and very busy, and of course it came and went too fast. Meanwhile Martin celebrated his 50th birthday right around the same time, as did my friend Nick. Sunday we went over to Nick’s for his birthday party and Oktoberfest. Here’s to the next 25!
It’s been a busy few weeks in other areas as well. At the end of September my jazz group, Haven Street, played our first gig of the fall at the Green Growler in Croton, one of our favorite places. The place was pretty packed and the crowd was great, really into it, which is always nice. Now we’re preparing for our next gig, onwards and upwards.
We also had a major milestone for the Global Jukebox last week. I went down to CityLore in the East Village and demoed the education section we’ve been building for use in the NYC public schools. They loved it, which is a good outcome for a long stretch of hard work. There are a few tweaks but now we’re mainly on to server-side integration.
Over in rock’n’roll land I had a lineup for a new rock group, and it looked as if we were going to get it off the ground. Had a bunch of tunes picked out and a rehearsal date set. But at the last minute the guitar and bass player bailed. So it’s back to square one again with that.
The jazz group has another gig coming up soon. This one is Saturday November 2 at the Bean Runner Café in Peekskill. The Bean Runner is pretty much a legit jazz club, and last time we were there we had a good crowd and they liked us alot. So this time we really want to get the word out so people show up, and we we really want to kill it musically. Despite the fact the music is so much better than it was in my last rock band, everyone in this group is really focused on getting to the next level. So come on and check it out, should be really good.