Awesome Weekend

This past weekend was a difficult one, but quite possibly as close to a perfect one as I've had in awhile.

Throughout I was dealing with a head cold, sore throat, and blown voice, but the show must go on, right?

Friday night I opened the comedy show at the Fat Cat in Modesto. My first show for GFI Entertainment, which is a good thing. Manny Maldonado was the headliner and it was good to work with him again. Had probably close to 200 in the audience and they were fantastic to this new boy in town. I got paid, sold some CDs, and a got free hotel room. Nice. :)

Felt good most of Friday, but the sore throat was back by morning. Drove home Saturday morning and spent the early part of the day with my girl. We had lunch at The Counter, the new burger place at Santana Row. Decent food, but it's no Red Robin. :) The fun part is designing your own burger. Kind of a Teddy Bear Factory for burgers. :)

Then I went to rehearse with my band for the Magic For Marissa benefit. Two hours of singing did in my voice again. Spent the evening at home not talking and drinking lots of tea.

Sunday I got up early and got my head and my throat together for an early show at the San Jose Improv. Really fun, with probably 150 or so in the audience. There were two live bands on the bill and I was sandwiched in between, so I did more music than standup and it went over great. Totally blew my voice again. Got paid, sold some CDs...Yay. :)

Then a relaxing dinner of tasty Mexican food to celebrate my parent's 42nd anniversary and my mom's best friend's birthday. Headed home and shared a cup of hot chocolate and a card game with my girl. And a good night's sleep.

In this business it's rare to have a series of days that well balanced between all the parts of life. It's nice when they happen though. I even have a song on that theme called "Hella Good Day" that's on our latest DVD "Raising A Rockus" Check it out.

This week I'll be at the 750 Pub at Stanford on Tuesday and the Swinging Door Pub in San Mateo on Wednesday. Thursday I'll be watching the Jennifer Justice show at 50 Mason in SF, featuring a performance by my good friend Saul Kaye. And Friday's back at rehearsal. Love my life, yes I do. :)

1st Annual Roadside Attraction Family Picnic - A Success!

Last Saturday we had the 1st annual Roadside Attraction Family Picnic at Murphy Park in Milpitas, CA. It turned out really great and we'll definitely be doing more events like this.

It was fantastic to get together all the folks from far flung parts of the Bay Area who hadn't officially met at my shows before. I think Diana and Matt and their crew get the "farthest drive" prize for coming from Antioch. With Tracy and Will a close 2nd from Berkeley.

I was proud to see so many different types of people having a great time together and being so helpful to each other. And the food was awesome! Thanks everyone!

Here's a few pics from the event. There's more in the "pictures" area on my website.