Sylvia's Scenario

The month of September is nearly over now and I think we finally finished celebrating Bruce's birthday that was on September 8th.  I believe he had a total of four celebrations this month.  They just kept happening! I guess when you turn 70, that's a big deal, right?  We celebrated in a big way this year with a trip to Las Vegas to see the Eagles in concert at the Sphere.   We just returned so it's still fresh in our minds and we can't stop thinking about how spectacular it all was.  It's the most amazing venue in the world for a concert.  They designed the Sphere so acoustics are absolutely perfect and the visuals are amazing.  I wrote about it last year when we saw  Postcards from Earth  during our trip there.  But an actual music concert, and with none other than the Eagles, well…it was phenomenal.  I wish I could go again.   There are 167,000 speakers in the sphere that you don't see at all.  I don't understand all the...

It may be "back-to-school" time and the beginning of football season, but I am still enjoying what's left of my summer.  Is August more than halfway over already? (gasp!)  Around here, summer means lots of festivals, Mariner baseball games, free concerts, art shows, air shows (Blue Angels), boat races, and lots of yummy food everywhere.  What can I say.  I love summer and I don't want it to end. So far this summer, we've gone to Alki beach for two of their festivals; the Alki Art Fair last month where they had a stand selling mangos-on-a-stick that I loved  and then, of course, the big Sub Pop Anniversary concert last weekend that I blogged about already in my previous post. (Our rock-and-roll weekend.)  We also went to our neighborhood's SummerFest that they have every year at the Junction, which is West Seattle's main downtown area.   It's a lot easier to go to local festivities in our nei...