Mild May

May 17th, 2010 · No Comments

It’s been a busy month so far, and a pleasant spring, with mild weather and productive, fun weekends. This past weekend, we started off on Friday night with dinner at Osteria Mozza, finally (thanks for the gift certificate from two years ago, Paul!), which was delicious – I had squid ink pasta with lobster and sea urchin. Afterward, I attended a night of cartoons and classical music hosted by Michael Giacchino, Pete Docter, and Bruce Broughton, which was a lot of fun.

I spent much of the day on Saturday, like a lot of days recently, working in the shed, as I bring it closer and closer to completion. The wiring is done, the ceiling and walls all finished, trim added to the corners to neaten things up, the bare bulb in the ceiling replaced with track lighting, and the shelves moved outside under the neighboring overhang. Now it’s time to fill in a few more of the cracks, and then get painting. I’m not exactly sure what I’ll be using it for once it’s ready to be used, but you can’t use it until it’s ready, right?

We went to see Andrew Bird at Largo on Saturday night, and he was as impressive and enjoyable as the last time we saw him, back in Boston six or so years ago. His voice is as pure as his whistle (which is saying something), and the way he can build a song out of violin, voice, whistle, and guitar is just amazing. I didn’t recognize many of the songs, because he made a point of not playing anything from the three albums of his I know, but it was still a feast for the ears, and always nice to return to Largo.

The next morning, I ran the Santa Monica Classic 5k, and managed a pretty good time, 21:19, a little slower than what I ran in New Zealand a few weeks ago, but enough for a domestic personal best and top ten in my age group, which is now, frighteningly, 35-39.

Tags: Film · Los Angeles · Running