On the road again

Following my own footsteps, I went back to SFO in the morning to pick up my car and proceeded to take the 101, then the 92 to Half-Moon Bay, where I finally connected with the Pacific Coast Highway. I don't know if I'm particularly lucky or if it's the usual weather at this time of year, but once again I got a very sunny day and driving to Monterey was a breeze.









Lone Ranger




Here's my ride for this year.



Can you believe I found the exact same spot to take the pic?? Hehe... It's a Pontiac G6 and the nickname for that one is "Nelly".
New for 2008: Sunroof upgrade! Yay!

More rocks and waves from that gorgeous coast









Another lone ranger


Approaching Santa Cruz




Just before arriving in Monterey, I decided to stop and go to the beach








And once in Monterey, I discovered that my adapter wouldn't fit in the motel's plugs because they used antiquated ones with no ground pin. Cheap bastards. Thankfully, I had recharged the camera's battery in SF so there was plenty of juice to cover the festival.

Which will be the subject of the next post. Stay tuned.

MJF 51, day one

With the motel just 5 minutes from the Fairgounds and remembering the lesson learned last year, I was able to enjoy much more of that first evening than in MJF50.
Just after the gates opened, and having 30 minutes to kill before the first show started on the Garden Stage, I stopped by the awesome New Orleans cookery and had some mighty hot jambalaya. I'm thinking this could become a kind of ritual...

Festivities kicked off with the George Young Quartet


I couldn't catch their names, but here they are:










Sue Downs was still playing beautiful pieces by the pond


I then headed to the Night Club to hear that guy called Spencer Day


Check it out, he's really good.
Here's the rest of his band






And the evening ended (for me) with the beautiful notes of Anat Cohen


And band




Great start for a memorable week-end, in more ways than one.