For those of you not familiar with the capital of New York, we have a performing arts venue that because of it's architecture is commonly referred to as "the egg." It is really more of a sculpture than a building on the Albany skyline. Instead fo trying to describe it, I'll just show you.
Well for my upcoming birthday, Brenda surprised me with tickets to see former Yankee center fielder Bernie Williams perform there this past Tuesday night. You see, Bernie, born and raised in Puerto Rico, is also a classically trained guitarist.
The opening act was a young blues guitarist by the name of Patrick Droney. Patrick's skills on the guitar were impressive, and I look forward to hearing more from him as he grows into his skills a bit more. Then after a short stage reset, Bernie came strolling out in jeans and an untucked shirt, no pinstripes, or baseball glove. Just Bernie, 8 band members led by renowned saxophonist Richie Cannata, and his guitar. The music, a combination of Latin, funk and jazz, was smooth and polished. There was a good mix of instrumental songs written by Bernie, along with a few covers of recognizable tune with vocal accompaniment by Eren Cannata. Bernie explained the inspiration for each of his original songs, and of course the crowd broke out into a "Bernie Williams" chant when he talked about his time with the Yankees.
All in all, it was a good show, and a nice night out. But there wasn't any baseball.
This morning we got up early (4:00) met up with Nickie and Kiana, and headed to Glens Falls for the 2009 Adirondack Baloon Festival. Instead of posting a bunch of pictures today, I decided to make video of our pictures to post instead. I hope you like it.
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This weekend we loaded up the Cobra and headed to the lake for Labor Day. It was the first long trip with the car. It was a blast. The curvy mountain roads are what that car was built for. And there isn't a more beautiful setting for a nice drive. It was a little chilly in the open roadster once the sun went down, but that was overcome with jackets, and the heater.
On Sunday we headed into Lake Placid for the 27th annual Olympic Car show put on by the Lake Placid Ski Club, a not-for-profit organization which provides programs that teach children how to ski. These programs take in the beginners through the Olympic skiers.
I know, it's been too long since I have posted anything new. It's been a busy summer. Time really has flown by the past few months. Summer isn't over yet, but I thought I would do a quick review of what we have been up to so far. I'll even include a few pre-summer activities. Of course the review is in photo form, so here we go...
So I left the teaser for you over the weekend. I promised an update once the mid-life-crisis purchase arrived. It was supposed to be here Monday, and I would have had an update yesterday, but instead it showed up yesterday.
Here is a picture of it before it came off the truck.
This one is of me driving it through the parking lot where it was unloaded. Notice it doesn't even have a license plate yet.
And here I am giving Rich one of the first rides after getting plates.
The weather was iffy all day,a nd I didn't have much time to get out with it, so I am sure there will be some better pictures coming soon. I think a cruise up to thatchers park on a nice day sounds like a good idea.
There are some more pictures from the previous owner and builder in the gallery
