three day weekend...

And a busy one it was. On Friday night, should've rested, because it started fairly quickly. On Sat. evening, we visited Steve & Barbara Leopold in their Seal Beach home, good time, great conversation, we drank & enjoyed the wine - we brought! I found out she worked on an anti-gambling broadsheet in Bell Gardens, and she's an artist. Her son & daughter in law were there and we talked, drank & ate. Good time.

One point: I always thought Leopold was Jewish, but when we talked about Moskowitz & his casino, he asked me several times, what is Zionism? Coulda been provoking me, but he's not the provocative type, which could be the most provoking type of all. Did he know or not?

Sunday, on to the O.C. Record Show. I was there at about 8:30, too late to see many good 45s, until Randy Freed showed up with boxes of 45s. Richard Gibson, Jim Cooprider and Richie Rosen & others were there, lots of ass grabbing, and really good conversation. Robbie Russell showed up just as I left, quite a time was had.

Came home about 12:30 a.m., Sylvia and I watched Indy where a woman almost, but didn't, won. Then on to Paul & Judy's for a BBQ at 3:30, Carol, Michelle and others were there, very nice time, relaxing, drinks, ribs, tri tip and great conversation. Got home about 7.

Monday, mayoral candidate Doug Drummond arrived and we talked for about 2 hours about all things L.B., his council likes, dislikes, Colonna, Oropeza and others, very informative. Thinks that one J.W. won't live past 55. Lot to ponder. This evening, Dick Weber, a neighbor from '95 called, out of the blue. Looks like he'll be moving back to L.B. with new Korean wife, what a surprise. We caught him up. He's been to Korea, Brazil & Savannah GA in past ten years, plus doffed one wife, too on another and wants us to help find him a rental.

This evening, Shea & Rick came over to Chinese food, lots of fun for about 2 hours, then Shea got shrill and too loud, ears hurting type of loud, with Sylvia and she arguing about some wine-drenched point of nothingness, and I had to leave the room where I am now writing this. Bye, before she comes to get me.