Showing posts with label Riverfest. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riverfest. Show all posts

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Memorial Day, RiverFest And Other Amusing Things!



Brooklyn Bridge Celebrates 125 Years

Finally the weekend has arrived with all its attendant hubbub of activities. After the adventures of the past couple of days I do not know how much more excitement I can take. Never fear for your intrepid Uncle will soldier on bravely in the face of weapons of mass entertainment, wedding parties, Aunt who?, which cousin is he?, and those who have partied a little too hardy. It is Memorial Day Weekend so I wanted to take a minute salute all those men and women in uniform today and remember all those who have gone before, most especially those that gave that last full measure of devotion. I saw this over at my blog buddy Ryan's blog so I borrowed it for over here today.




What better way to celebrate Memorial Day that by having the Court of Appeals reinstate the case challenging Don't Ask / Don't Tell in the courts with a proviso from the Appeals court to the presiding judge to hold the government to a stricter standard for proving their case for keeping the rule. As long as we are congratulating courts, let's hear for the California Supreme Court which struck down the ban on Gay Marriage there. I noticed this over at One Love posted courtesy of Joe My God and I just thought it was so cute you guys had to see it.



What do you think, cute, huh? Even the Governator has finally gotten semi on board with his "I will not support an amendment to the Constitution of the State of California" statement. So if it comes to a vote let us hope the good people of California confirm the court's decision by resoundingly defeating such an amendment at the polls in November. (Oh and they could cast a vote for Barack Obama while they are there, too!) I know that was a political plug but with Hillary trying to single handedly destroy the Democratic Party with all her hijinks we need all the help we can get.

Another of my blog buddies, the Lunch Lady, who keeps me abreast of all the happenings with the high school set in Cowtown had the next little thing posted on her blog and the instructions said to pass it on. So here I am passing it along to you. I think you will agree it is something every one of us could use.




Now as for my plans for today, I am going to do some errands this morning then I am off to RiverFest for the day and evening so I should have lots to tell you in tomorrow's post. For today, I have some video to entertain you, starting with the Davey Wavey Fashion Show. Then I have three music videos to show you with Vladimir Horowitz playing Litz's Conoslation Number 3 , My Favorite Chopin !! (which I was supposed to bring you the other day and we all know what happened there), and another video by Christian6657 called Jewels From Art. Then we of course have some more tasty selection in today's eye candy section, some of which are a reprise from earlier post that I could not resist reposting. So there you have guy (and gals) for this edition, we will see you hear tomorrow for my recap of RiverFest. Until next time as always, Enjoy!


The Davey Wavey Fashion Show
Vladimir Horowitz - Litz Consolation No 3
My Favorite Chopin !! - Christian6657

Jewels From Art -
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

This Week In NLR



Sweet Dreams Rose

It is midweek already and the week is flying by again. The coming days are going to be full of activities The big event is of course RiverFest, a Memorial Day Weekend Tradition in these parts, we also have the State Tai Kwan Do Championships, a humongus family reunion and a big wedding. Adding to this will be Rider Appreciation Night which has moved from the Second Wednesday to the Fourth Friday of the month. That will mean a parking lot full of custom bikes that would rival most shows. It should be quite the hot time in the old town all weekend. I will lay in supplies today as I do my payday type errands I did not get to yesterday. I will be in and out all day and hard to catch but I will try to be online some for those who like to IM me and I do have to get some sleep sometime today before returning to work at midnight. The really good news is I am off on Thursday with money in my pocket the day before the crowds hit so I think I will visit the Clinton Library and do lunch at the River Market to watch the preparations for RiverFest along the water front. Your intrepid Uncle will diligently seek to record the significant events of the weekend here on these pages for your reading pleasure. I will not be having company this weekend, but I will probably not have all that much time to spend with out of town guests of my own when there will be so many others surrounding all of us who live here in NLR. So that is what is up for this week, I will keep you posted on everything I can. This brings us to the entertainment for today. There was no new Nuke or Holly Oaks so I have three music videos for you today. The first is my friend Kai Miano in his just released video playing the Moonlight Sonata, followed by the last video in the Great Classical Composers series with Part Seven. The last video is from someone I had not previously viewed videos from, christian6657. This is good one showcasing his favorite Chopin pieces. This is part one, I will have part two for you tomorrow. The videos then give way to a fan favorite here at Nichevo with today's selections for the eye candy section. Until next time as always, Enjoy!

Kai Miano - Moonlight Sonata




Great Classical Composers - Part Seven





My Favorite Chopin - Christian6657







































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