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The Daily Doings of Steph

I spent the entire day tagging along with the Concert Association’s programmer and one of our staff members as they visited booking agent after booking agent. What an education - and what fun. It was just like the movie, The Player - only no one was murdered. Tons of conversations about “next money”, splits, who’s […]

Read: The Slat Rat as a Bit Player in “The Player” »

Note to self: Think twice when getting ready to consume chocolate covered espresso beans right before bed time. Bad bad bad idea.
And still no luggage. sigh…Not only does that mean wearing yesterday’s travel clothes, it also means no hair product which results in no standy-up hair. I may have to make a run to the […]

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This evening I arrived in LA for the annual Western Arts Alliance (heretofore referred to as “WAA”) annual conference. I’m attending in my role as an Anchorage Concert Association Board member. As regular readers are aware, I attend tons of conferences, but this is my first ever arts conference. I must say, the vibe is […]

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Sunday evening up at Dan and Ann’s was book club - this month’s book was The Secret Life of Bees. The book itself was o.k. - good stuff about black-white southern culture in the 60’s, good characters, lots of little aphorism gems, and fabulous stuff on bees and bee hiving (bee homes, not hairdos). But […]

Read: The Secret Life of Dan’s Bees. »

I was in the midst of a conference call, when all at once sirens erupted from every direction. I looked out the window and counted 7 police cars and two motorcycle cops zooming through our parking lot and the neighboring lots.
As I continued to watch (and talk on my call), the cars all pulled […]

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Speaking of adorable cat posts, here’s Leo: Mom and Lowell’s Pixie-Bob” (with a long tail) cat. I think this picture is a candidate for ICANHAZCHEEZBURGER

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Saturday was glorious. So, Peter, Tyge and myself decided to celebrate the first anniversary of the Slat Rat-Ski Boy nuptials by doing an epic hike-geocaching expedition up Arctic Valley and Mt. Gordon Lyon.
We were rewarded with one of our best outings ever. Although, it was sooooo hot. And I did not bring enough water. The […]

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Read: One Year Ago Today!!!!! »

I puttered down from Keystone to Denver late yesterday afternoon. I stopped off in Golden to have dinner with one of my favorite Alaska buddies who is now living high up on the Mesa with spectacular views west.
I’m in Denver today, will have dinner with another close friend this evening and then fly out […]

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Barry Bonds just hit number 756. sigh…

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