It's been a busy weekend, much more socializing than I'm used to. Yesterday I had lunch with Santa Salsera so we could chat about the Latin a la Lounge show. She has an amazing collection of LPs and she played a few choice examples for me. It was kind of funny how we value different things in midcentury music. For instance when she pulled out an album, made a face and said something to the effect that, this isn't any good, you won't be interested in this, only to have me exclaim with delight, "The Harmonicats? I love the Harmonicats!" The other example was Enoch Light and the Light Brigade's album of all cha chas, which she called it "unlistenable." Now I have to concede, I haven't actually heard the album and it might indeed be unlistenable. But the very idea of Enoch Light doing an all cha-cha album, to me that sounds like it just has to be good.
After lunch I drove out to Raleigh to see an old friend of mine who I haven't seen in ages. We had a very mellow afternoon. She brought her dog, an adorable Bichon named Tank, and we sat and hung out at an outdoor cafe downtown. Then we went to a neat little Italian market named Conti's, where I spent far too much money. The owner was really nice. He not only let my friend bring her dog inside, he even gave Tank a biscuit.
In just a few minutes we're going out to have dim sum with D. and S. Who are good at finding great restaurants, so I'm really looking forward to this. Then at 3 it's the Latin a la Lounge show, and we'll probably have dinner with Santa Salsera afterwards. I can't remember the last time I did so many social things in two days. Which is great, I'm not complaining! I just feel like I need a weekend to recover from my weekend.
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