I apologize for the time it took me to finally sit down and write up a review of this amazing event that I traveled 3,000 miles to witness. Since I got home on a long redeye flight after 4 days in the fabulous city of San Francisco, I've been a virtual zombie, sleepwalking through work and idly passing my time knitting and watching Netflix. After all these many years I've finally realized that my INFP personality becomes flattened by glitterati, outlandishness, and sensory overload! Back to my peaceful life and I have to cocoon till I get my wings back.
I did accomplish one thing since my trip back and that was a new chord chart for an unreleased song by Joni Mitchell called Play Little David. This song was written for her friend, David Rea, who played guitar behind her many times while she was on the cafe circuit. He also accompanied her in this video from the CBC television show "Mon Pays, Mes Chansons" [1966]. I think this picture is from the Mariposa Festival in 1966.
So my arrival in San Francisco on Thursday, May 7th was uneventful. I had a nice hotel on Market Street called the Hotel Whitcomb which was in walking distance of the SFJazz Center. When I googled the Hotel Whitcomb this site came up about the ghosts that live in it, which I quickly disregarded (i ain't afraid a no ghosts ... ). When I came to my room on the 6th floor I noticed it was at the end of a long hall near the EXIT to the staircase. Now, I'm not sure why I immediately thought of a CSI episode where they called this type of hotel room "murder central" because of the location of the speedy exit. I'm quickly disregarding that thought too as I watch too much TV involving autopsies!!! I'll let you know right now that I saw no ghosts and I was not murdered (which means I am not a ghost!!) Although I did see some sights in this neighborhood on my way to a fabulous knitting store called ImagiKnit, where I browsed heavenly for a long time and then bought about $100 worth of yarn. I also saw the following items - 1) a sign in a beauty parlor window that said "Our haircuts get you laid!" 2) A skateboard riding German Shepherd and 3) the SFJazz Tribute to Joni Mitchell on the building across the street from the Center. Here are some shots:
After my very long walk I got back to my hotel room and went to bed early ... after watching an episode of Bloodline (including autopsies) on my Kindle.
More on Day 2 tomorrow.
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| David Rea and Joni Mitchell |
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| ImagiKnits, San Francisco |
So my arrival in San Francisco on Thursday, May 7th was uneventful. I had a nice hotel on Market Street called the Hotel Whitcomb which was in walking distance of the SFJazz Center. When I googled the Hotel Whitcomb this site came up about the ghosts that live in it, which I quickly disregarded (i ain't afraid a no ghosts ... ). When I came to my room on the 6th floor I noticed it was at the end of a long hall near the EXIT to the staircase. Now, I'm not sure why I immediately thought of a CSI episode where they called this type of hotel room "murder central" because of the location of the speedy exit. I'm quickly disregarding that thought too as I watch too much TV involving autopsies!!! I'll let you know right now that I saw no ghosts and I was not murdered (which means I am not a ghost!!) Although I did see some sights in this neighborhood on my way to a fabulous knitting store called ImagiKnit, where I browsed heavenly for a long time and then bought about $100 worth of yarn. I also saw the following items - 1) a sign in a beauty parlor window that said "Our haircuts get you laid!" 2) A skateboard riding German Shepherd and 3) the SFJazz Tribute to Joni Mitchell on the building across the street from the Center. Here are some shots:
After my very long walk I got back to my hotel room and went to bed early ... after watching an episode of Bloodline (including autopsies) on my Kindle.
More on Day 2 tomorrow.
