While I like to attend concerts, the stadia, amphitheater, arena experience – in terms of accessing the facility and one’s seats – involves nothing easy. That said, the experience once inside borders on exhilaration, especially if you know and enjoy the music. One song tied together the concerts my daughter and I enjoyed last Wednesday and as this weekend started.

Driving home I swung into the drive-through at Starbucks to get my favorite summer drink.   This is the actual conversation:   Starbucks employee: Hi...welcome to Starbucks what can I get started for you?

When we were in high school most wanted to be “popular”.  Some tried hard, some just had “It” and some fell short. Popularity was a sought after, undefinable, elusive, state of being. Interestingly, many of those who were then popular and part of the “In Crowd” did not sustain it through life and over the years “Losers” morphed into well grounded, hard earned successes. Who’s to say that being labeled as losers early did not spur them on?

Our week on Martha’s Vineyard began with an amazing spiritual journey in Karma. We joined Flo’s brother’s family who had arrived on the island earlier. And the karma began …. First it was our nephew who was behind someone who dropped a hundred dollar bill.

One of the richest genres of film is the musical biopic.  As I researched the topic, I was struck by the volume of writings and lists of the best in this category.  Some of the critics chose Funny Girl, the Fanny Brice story, starring Barbra Streisand as number 1.  Others chose Ray, starring Jamie Foxx as Ray Charles.  Even the classical music “star” Mozart had his biopic, Amadeus, get a vote as the best.  

  Did anyone else up here in the Northeast have this experience with me over the weekend? On relatively short notice, a hurricane was heading our way. I am a pretty cautious person and so started preparing. (Truth be told, I had the easy job – it was all about food).

I’m a snoozer. I habitually set the alarm clock (actually set Alexa) for ten minutes before I really have to get up. Then when the alarm goes off, I happily set it to snooze for ten minutes. And I turn over and sleep for another ten minutes.  

There was supposed to be a show tonight but weather concerns put it off to later this week. If not for that, I could state music consumes this weekend. Nonetheless, I saw some really solid performances Friday and Saturday. Dead and Company performed Friday eve at Citi Field. The Tunnel to Towers Foundation's Never Forget Concert Saturday at Jones Beach featured a number of acts; John Fogerty’s inclusion on the bill remained a major reason we selected this show.