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Weekend digest with photos:

The The Grand Century Mall in San Jose is a monument to Vietnamese capitalism run amok. They have really good soup though. And an abundance of fake meat.

Right next door is History Park with its old fashioned cars, stage coaches, tractors, trolleys and our favorite thing of all, scale models. (No Oxford commas for you ( Read more... )

Weekend Digest

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As usual, I spent my Labor Day weekend doing labor. Stupid fiscal year. I'm just about caught up now though. We did manage a few non-labor related things - saw "Genevieve" at the old time movies, had the in-laws over to watch the wedding videos and slide shows, recorded 2 drum/bass/ukulele/piano tracks at the studio, ate leftover wedding cake, ( Read more... )

Photos ahoy.

1. The Madsen studio now. What it looked like last time I posted photos of it. That is, in fact, the same camera angle. There's still a little bit of work to do before we can resume recording next Sunday. Hopefully this jackass won't show up. (Kidding!)

2. Aaron's amazing electric piano from the 70s that sounds like a real piano, ( Read more... )

Weekend digest:

*"Unfaithfully Yours" at the old time theater.

*Nellie McKay in the latest issue of VegNews.

*Birds seen at the feeder so far: House Finch, California Towhee, Chickadee, Black Phoebe, Yellow-rumped Warbler.

*Some new photos have been added to the 1906 House gallery. Start here and keep clicking.

*Lou came over to visit and ( Read more... )