Casa Karma, Workshops and Bingo

How was the weekend? It went by so damn fast I’m not sure there was one!

I spent some time over mango smoothies with David Duvall on Friday. He is an incredibly good writer, and I am cajoling him to let me publish some of his spoken word videos. Stay tuned!

Freddy Otello Pacheco, backed by Bing Young on piano and Aarón Hernández on percussion, played to a small crowd in Casa Karma‘s Living Room. I love watching Aarón’s face when he’s playing; his eyes sparkle, and he smiles while listening to the words. He is also a guitarist and backup singer. We enjoyed the wonderful hors d’oeuvres prepared by Casa Karma’s chef – there is always at least one new variety with each show in Georgia Darehshori’s Summer Series of fabulous entertainment. Tomorrow David Maiocco accompanies Alberto Ponce on the piano. Yes, the elevator is working again at Casa Karma!

David Sabella’s Voice Workshop on Saturday continues to hold my attention like Crazy Glue. Guitarist and singer Jacob Ordoñez, has a deep and powerful bass voice. Sabella showed him a couple of tricks and the color of his voice changed dramatically enough to soothe a colicky newborn. Small yet hugely impactful things like that happen every single week. I will be sorry to see this Workshop disappear in season. Perhaps it will reincarnate – I will keep you posted.

Bingo Saturday was great only because of Sharon’s air-fried blueberry cookies. My losing spiral continues, and you can see the photo, which is one away from the jackpot. Argh! Never mind, the cookies were outstanding!!!

Unfortunately, Andy Sands’ concert was postponed until October so I had a few extra hours on Sunday to complete a project of sewing two dresses together. When that was done, I made a collar out of some extra fabric I had left over. I can’t remember the last time I made one, but it came out well.

Supermoon tonight; I hope after Diego Guerrero.