View of the crowd at the Shaggy show Saturday
The last time we spoke about it, I was heading to the New Orleans Jazz Festival. As it turns out it’s actually the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival — and it included a lot more than just jazz; aboriginal, flamenco, reggae and traditional folk music had a strong showing too.
Lots more on that to come. Right now though, I’m in full on whirlwind trip recovery mode. Done since I got back at 2pm: initial picture processing, paid rent, cleared the fridge, took out the trash, got the mail, unpacked, did the laundry, bought house supplies and got some dinner. And now I’m about to sit back and enjoy a movie (a recommendation by Emily). That is all!

Wahahaha…. thanks for all the great guesses everyone! and now, for the moment we’ve all been waiting for… *drum roll noises* and the winner is…. Zameer! congratulations zameer, you’ve just won a fabulous postcard from New Orleans! I assume your mailing address is up to date?
By the way, you’re all entitled to a postcard — assuming you can get me your address in time (I leave in 4 hours); either leave it here, or send it along via email, and I’ll get a card to ya lickity split 😀
I get back Sunday noon — hopefully with a few more stories to tell. See you all soon, have a great weekend! 🙂

Wow, what can I say? It’s a red letter day. I found a tiny little bar with a weekly “techno” night, just a few minutes from my house! Crazy! Sarasota has now officially graduated from “town” to “city”. In my head anyhow. It was Florida breakbeat with some regular breaks thrown in there for good measure. Not bad! According to the bar staff, the night has been going on for a month and a half, and has had moderate attendance. Woo! Hmm, it’s definitely not coming through in the writing, but just trust me when I say this makes me really happy. Yeah!