Archive for June, 2011
polina k rocks mike’s barn
polina, eve and i went out to meet my business partner (and most excellent bass and harmonica player) rob winwood out at mike’s barn to check out an AMAZING jazz guitarist named conrad reeves. well, he lived up to his reputation that has preceeded him (and this was BEFORE the tullamore dew)!
after introducing polina to mike, he convinced her to play a few songs with a set of musicians she had never played with. after 5-10 minutes of showing the guys the structures of HER songs (NOT covers), they did a GREAT job! (I am telling you that after having gone to the barn for a few years, i have NEVER seen a bad musician there!)
WHAT A NIGHT! HERE is some of the visual proof!
volleyball meetup @ whitey’s
another gorgeous sunday in cleveland was spent playing volleyball down at whitey’s booze & burgers, located in richfield, ohio. here is a sample of the action:
for more photos from the day, check THESE out.
luau @ whiskey island
More than 50 people turned out for 4 different Meetup groups luau down at Whiskey Island. Apparently, Carmelina and Alice seemed to be having the best of times, as is evidenced by the pictures that can be found HERE.
cuyahoga falls irish fest 2011
festival season is here again! it all starts around here down in cuyahoga falls. this is actually a nice little festival that is one of the only free ones left. this year the festival featured seven nations and the glengary bhoys, two staples of the festival circut. everybody was having fun as wendy and laura danced to the bhoys, rebecca got to be a judge for best kilt, which dave decorated his knees in an attempt to win.
for the rest of the photos, see them HERE
parade the circle 2011
for those of you in cleveland who have not been to this event, you are REALLY missing something. in it’s 22nd year now, parade the circle draws approximately 70,000 visitors to the wade oval circle, right in the middle of the museums, including the art museum, botanical society, and natural history museum.
starting at the art museum and working counter-clockwise, the parade of characters, dancers, stilt-walkers, and ALL kinds of decorated floats and people, it takes a little over an hour for the whole thing to go by.
to see more pictures from the day, check THESE out.