Who’s on Third?

To: You
Love: Me
P.S. I’m sorry.
P.P.S. It won’t be so long until the next one.
P.P.P.S. Do you even believe that? I bet you don’t.
P.P.P.P.S. Where do you get off, not believing me?!?
P.P.P.P.P.S. I’m sorry. I’m a little emotional. It’s been a rough couple of days on the road. Can you forgive my inconsistency and temper? I hope so.

I had never been to LA before Sunday, April 4th. We drove in to the 498 square mile city, and I marveled at the enormity of the buildings and the span of traffic. Never before had I seen so many vanity plates. Kasey had spotted Francis McDormand and Joel Coen last time he was in LA, so while he drove, I searched for famous people. We saw the guy that plays Ellen Page’s fling in “Whip It!” while we were getting coffee at Intelligentsia. It really felt like a victory to me.

Photo by Kasey Anderson

While driving in to LA, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 shook Baja, CA. While we didn’t feel the reverberations, the rest of LA did, and we paid for it while we climbed the nine flights of stairs to our hotel room since the elevators were still in shock. I stayed behind from Kasey’s show that night and caught some of a black and white film that was being projected on to the roof of the adjacent building that night.

On the 5th, we headed to Santa Barbara to play a show at Muddy Waters Café. The drive was beautiful, and my friend Greg and Kasey’s friends Travis and Meghan were all able to make it to the show and hang out afterwards. My friend Greg was on my Birthright trip to Israel during the summer of 2008, and since then Kasey and I have been fortunate to see him in Germany while we lived there, and now in California, too. Kasey’s friends Travis and Meghan are currently living in LA and were able to drive out to Santa Barbara to hang out since I was unable to meet them the previous night. After Kasey’s set, we all headed back to our hotel room and hung out ‘til all hours telling ghost stories and sharing jokes and a few series of unfortunate events. Fun fact: If you leave a contact lens in your eye overnight and even one tiny bacterium gets trapped between your contact and your eye, it will literally eat away at your retina. Cool, huh? Greg will tell you otherwise.
It was a really fun night. Thanks to Travis, Meghan and Greg for spending time with us.

If you ask me, any time you get to sit down in a restaurant and drench pancakes in syrup is an indication that you’re going to have a good day. So April 6th was a good day. Before hitting the road for San Diego, Kasey conducted an experiment in which the conclusion was this: if there’s a CD hitting stores on a certain day, just get it with your morning cup of Starbucks. Even names like Jakob Dylan and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will show up in that little tin display right by the register.

We stopped the car along the highway to take a walk along the beach before we really got on the road to San Diego.

Photo by Kasey Anderson

San Diego seemed like an unpretentious city upon driving in, and I will still give it that. However, when you’re in a city whose blocks alternate club-life and homeless sleep-overs, it’s tough to get a true feel for where you should be. Kasey played a show that night that I was unable to attend due to my youth. But we did take a cool photo of this sign on our way to the Soda Bar for his show:

The Angels played the Twins the following night in Anaheim, and we were sitting among 41,533 other people to witness it. Shortly before the game, I had my septum pierced, and we ate tacos at Loteria. One was delicious; the other was quick and painless. You decide.

Photo by Kasey Anderson

Photo by Kasey Anderson

Prescott, AZ is one of the sweetest towns I’ve ever seen. We drove in on the 8th to get to a turkey and harvati sandwich on a croissant, coconut macaroons from Grama’s Bakery* and then napped the afternoon away before Kasey’s show at the Raven Café. He played after Laura Meyer, who is from New York and has been on tour since September. She was awesome. Check her out.

*Grama was actually very sweet, despite the threat she posted on the wall.

This photo was taken in the back part of the Raven Cafe:

Photo by Kasey Anderson

Before heading out of town the next morning, we stopped by Grama’s again and picked up a couple more coconut macaroons and an antique shop to purchase this sweet gem:

Photo by Kasey Anderson

This was our twelve-hour drive day.

I’ll keep you on the edge of your seat until next time:
Tonight was a night to remember. Tomorrow will be a day to never forget!
Good stories and more, next time.

Advertisement