How's this for synergy? of events

Beautiful area. Love Monterey and the Adagios. I'm up in Washington State. Figured you weren't on the east coast!

So I'm in Fresno. I'll bring even more beer- (Anchor Steam Old Foghorn barley wine!...we'll only need 2 of those bad boys), cigars, and some killer Jazz on Vinyl! You have pizza waiting. Be there in 3 hours. Ha Ha Ha! We can stay up for 2 days straight and do the whole marathon music listening thing! I'll be gone by early Monday morning just in time for you to get a shower and go to work.

Martinmobile, if we drink barleywine I won't be able to drink my Centenario Anejo Tequila in between beers because I'll snooze right through the killer jazz-not embarrassed to admit that's happened before! Alas, had Pizza My Heart last night and party time is over as I'm picking my wife and daughter up at SFO tomorrow morning and today is cleanup day. Good idea though, I was on my feet swingin' to Ramsey Lewis' At The Bohemian Caverns 'till 11:30pm and having a blast last night. 6:45am now and time to check out a Kenny Dorham CD set containing Eight Classic Albums that I picked up at Amoeba for $9.99 in SF after I took the girls to the airport.

Let's see...no one has yet commented on " My wife is in Italy for 10 days."

Given 'la caccia alla stranieri' (the hunt for foreign women) is a national pastime of Italian men, I'll wager she's likely having at least an exciting a time as you, your beer and your rig.

I know. I'm married and have kids too. Nice to dream about the times when I could go a little wild and do silly things. But that was a long, long time ago. So I get where you're at. Besides, Barleywine is some seriously wicked stuff and not for the faint of heart. Love Amoeba in Berkeley. Rasputins too. Although the Amoeba in the Haight-Ashbury district is very cool and has just as much stuff. Not sure which is cooler- the 'ol hippy district in S.F.? or Telegraph ave. in Beserkley? Got a whole lot of my CD's and Vinyl from those places. You have a nice audio system my friend. My wife loves the purple walls too, which speaks volumes about W.A.F. and the "synergy" between home decor and piles of vinyl and electronics. When mama's happy...everybody is happy.