Good music!
I went to visit my folks last weekend, partly because my sister was back for a few days from the west coast. A few things worthy of note from the visit:
Seals! We went for a sail, and saw seals! They were hanging out on the rocks offshore from the harbor... since we were in a fairly small sailboat, we were able to get pretty close. There were probably eight or nine on the rocks, and a few more in the water.
Music! A local store, Floating Lotus, arranged for the group 35th Parallel to play an outdoor concert out on the neck. They're really good, though I suspect they wouldn't be as good recorded: a lot of what I liked about them was watching them play, though the venue helped a lot. (I spent most of the concert lying on the seawall, alternating between watching them and watching the sky) They play more or less asian and middle-eastern music, frequently combined in odd ways. Check out their site, download the track of the month (apparently they're sorting through old recordings, and putting up whatever catches their fancy, mostly from old concerts), and go see them if they're playing somewhere near you.
Seals! We went for a sail, and saw seals! They were hanging out on the rocks offshore from the harbor... since we were in a fairly small sailboat, we were able to get pretty close. There were probably eight or nine on the rocks, and a few more in the water.
Music! A local store, Floating Lotus, arranged for the group 35th Parallel to play an outdoor concert out on the neck. They're really good, though I suspect they wouldn't be as good recorded: a lot of what I liked about them was watching them play, though the venue helped a lot. (I spent most of the concert lying on the seawall, alternating between watching them and watching the sky) They play more or less asian and middle-eastern music, frequently combined in odd ways. Check out their site, download the track of the month (apparently they're sorting through old recordings, and putting up whatever catches their fancy, mostly from old concerts), and go see them if they're playing somewhere near you.