Thursday, August 13, 2009

...Juice

Love's been a little bit hard on me....Just call me angel of the morning...Playing with the queen of hearts....

That's right, Juice Newton was playing at the county fair tonight. What a fun blast from the past! I haven't seen her in concert since....1983. Nathan was a tiny baby and we could barely afford the tickets, but oh how we needed a night out. Tonight, I didn't need a night out like an exhausted young mother with a new baby needs one, but on a soul level I needed a night out. Thanks, Juice! I didn't quit grinning the entire time.
(It's a good week for music. For the price of fair admission (a measly $7) one can listen to all kinds of acts. And tomorrow night my good friend and I are making a quick trip to Portland to see Joan Baez at the Zoo. More soul food in so many ways....)

3 comments:

Leslie Morgan said...

Isn't music the best soul food? During my decades in San Diego, the County Fair featured some really big name concerts for the price of the fair ticket [which wasn't measly, but at least one got a big bang for the buck]. We saw Willie Nelson, the Doobie Brothers, James Taylor . . . maybe not all of them were firm favorites, but many times it was a better known performer than one might expect to see for "free".

I also loved the San Diego Pops each summer, which featured music that wasn't lame, despite the "Pops" designation. I remember sitting beside the bay in the night,eating my gourmet picnic dinner with champagne, my mother, daughter and I each enjoying Judy Collins.

Doozyanner said...

Soul food...a road trip with a friend I rarely get to see anymore, getting to see my daughter, even if only for a short visit, and a stop at a HUGE fabric store that's having a sale this weekend...ahhh

Leslie Morgan said...

It doesn't get a whole lot better than that.