Weekend Recap

Phoenix was so much fun - even though I spent about 30 of my 62 hours in Phoenix sleeping. Michael had to work on Friday, but spent the morning at home which was nice knowing how incredibly busy he is. I sat at the pool and read/relaxed for the afternoon and then a friend from high school stopped by for a glass of wine after work. I haven't seen her in 11 years so it was great to catch up with her. I didn't bring my camera, but maybe I'll find a picture of her little girl who was a laugh riot to me. She was energetic and into everything! Alex was such an easy going baby who was content just cuddling with someone on a rocker - not this little girl!

Michael and I went for a 7-mile bike ride before my stupid tire blew which is wonderful when it's 108 degrees outside. I just parked my butt on a curb and Michael peddled home and brought his truck. Later than evening, we went to the Diamondbacks/Dodgers game which was F*U*N. There were around 42,000 fans at the game and I would say half of them were dodger fans. Phoenix is a weird city in that it's a transplant city and not many people grow up there or have strong ties to the city. Example - ever gone to a Twins game? Even in a looser season (like this one is turning out to be) you can still find 40,000 fans in the stands cheering. This isn't the case for the D-Backs. It's usually quiet and the fans applaud as opposed to scream and cheer. Saturday night, however, it was rocking! We had awesome seats in the VIP section right behind home plate. The crowd went crazy when Manny Ramirez walked waltzed up to bat - half cheering and half booing - it was great.


One not so great thing about Saturday nights game was this little unpleasant incident.



Kuroda, Dodgers pitcher, gets beamed by a line drive and the ball literally bounces off of his head and ends up in the foul territory. The sound that the baseball made when it hit Kuroda in the head was awful and everyone in the stadium gasped. You could cut the tension with a knife. Thankfully, he's okay and the found no bleeding. Seriously, how lucky is he? If that ball would have bounced off of his forehead, he would have been dead. I can't imagine that we'll see him on the mound anytime soon, but thankfully, he's alive.

I can't post a blog about the weekend and not mention the sad passing of Les Paul. Ever listen to a piece of music with an amazing guitar riff behind it - thank Les Paul. He invented the solid body guitar style that revolutionized rock music. He also invented multi track recording which enabled instruments to be recorded separately and fused together in the studio. Singers could record their voice and have it played as a background vocal. As if that wasn't enough, he later invented tape delay. Musicians like Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Eddie Van Halen, Slash made the les paul their signature guitar.



As the daughter of a guitar enthusiast, I was always making fun of the guys in the band because of the way in which they worshiped a solid guitar. Put a musician in a room with a naked woman in one corner and a solid electric guitar in another, I almost guarantee the musician (assuming it's a male musician) is going to go gaga over the guitar. However, I often find myself with the same googled eyes gazing at a custom guitar.

Thank you Les Paul for your ingenuity, your music, and your talent and may you rest in peace. God Bless