October 28 2005
Hot Hot Heat
Weezer
Foo Fighters

I have been a fan of the Foo Fighters for a long time now and have seen them twice, but only at festivals where they only played for a limited amount of time, so I was thrilled to hear that they were touring and would be literally right around the corner from where I live, at the Oakland Arena. I was also totally stoked to have floor tickets. I was less thrilled that they were on a double bill with Weezer. Don't get me wrong there are a few songs on each of their albums that I like, but as a whole they just don't do it for me. But I was willing to give them a chance to see the Foo Fighters.

First up were the Hot Hot Heat. We had seen them twice before as well at the same festivals that we had seen FF. They are always a lot of fun and have really catchy tunes. But the best part of this band is the lead singer's absolutely spectacular white man fro...Fabulous!

Ok, I will admit it....I actually enjoyed Weezer. I ain't going out and buying all their CD's or anything, but I did enjoy their live show and actually knew a lot more of their songs then I thought I did. But the best part of show was the last song when six strippers came out on stage and danced in their underwear with each letter of weezer's name across their chests. It was hilarious to see these buff naked men dancing in front of possibly the nerdyist band ever. Pure genius.

The Foo Fighters were even better than I remember. One thing I really love about this band is that they seem totally tireless. They almost never stopped playing for the full time they are on stage. They pretty much only stopped to change instruments, to let Dave and Taylor change places for a song and for Dave's hilarious rambling. In referring to the strippers he said the words "hot cock" about 20 times. You can never here those words too much. He also told the crowd that the best part of being in your thirties is that you can hold your Jeagermeister and have finally learned how to eat pussy. Oh my! I just felt sorry for anyone that had brought their teenagers to the concert thinking; "This band will be safe, they don't swear too much in their music." He also made the whole crowd say "Hi Mrs. Grohl!" to his wife who was sitting in the back of the floor seating area. They played all their oldies but goodies as well as songs off their new double album. They had a great stage set and made the show a lot of fun.

We had a great time, enjoyed all the music and it only took three days for me to be able to hear again!

While I was in Albany this last week I asked around for things to do in the afternoon after I was done at the clinic. A couple of people told me to go to Saratoga Springs, about 30 minutes away. That is were the famous race track is and they said it was a "quaint" town with "cute" shops. So, off I went. The drive was pretty, the trees are just starting to change but when I got to Saratoga Springs I realized that my idea or quaint and cute and different than most peoples. The town was nice but really yuppified. The main street was filled with Banana Republic and Eddie Bauer type stores. Not my style, I was expecting antique and coffee shops and the like. But the town did have a nice little historic park that I wandered around in and was nearly stampeded by ducks in when I went to take their picture.

Here are some pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1205688/

My friend Row and I went for a little day trip out to wine country this weekend. First we went to Santa Rosa to a jem show and bought pretty shiny things and then we made our way to Sonoma to do some wine tasting and to enjoy the day. It was beautiful day and we had a great time. The first winery we went to had a free horse drawn tour that took us around the winery and explained their wine making process. We were on the tour with the most obnoxious group of people I have ever seen. They talked over the tour guide, made stupid jokes and were obviously drunk. But we managed to have fun anyway. We then went to another winery and did some tasting and then we headed off to the Mayo tasting room were they have an absolutely fabulous food/wine pairing. I was in heaven. Each bite sized meal had a wine that complimented it perfectly. It is truly amazing how the wine changed the taste of the food into a completely different experience. I was a little tipsy after the wine tasting so we went to get a coffee and then drove over the mountain to Napa and on to home. We had a great day and I will definitely be back to do the food/wine tasting again.

Here are some pictures from our day out:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1205117/

I have been traveling to Albany NY for business.
Here are some sets of photos I have taken so far.

Here are some pictures of Chicago from the Air and from inside the airport(the toilet changed the seat cover automatically, except it hardly ever worked):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1127235/

Here are some pictures of downtown Albany and the Hudson river:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1127220/

Here are some nature pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1127229/

And finally here are some fun "memory bricks" that line the pedestrian bridge from downtown to the Hudson River:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mayitaazul/sets/1127203/

Enjoy!

I have the flu.

I went to Walgreens to get some drugs.

What I found is the worlds most evil cold medicine.

Be afraid, be very afraid....