Just Some Pumpkins

 

Just saw these pumpkins and thought they were interesting:

Happy Halloween to All.

Autumn Lights Festival

 

I went to the Autumn Lights Festival in Oakland. It is a Festival of art, music and lights that benefits The Gardens of Lake Merritt:

It was a fun and entertaining evening. Looking at all this great art and lights.

Music Monday: Celebrating Italian American

 For this Music Monday, we will be celebrating some of Italian American Music Artists that have brought us so much musical pleasure:

He was born Walden Robert Cassotto but changed his name to Bobby Darin:

His mom is Italian:

And her father is:

But it is all about the Chairman of the Board and his daughter:

Hope everyone has a great week.

In the Morning

 

The other day, BART was messed up again but this time in the morning and I had to take the bus into San Francisco. We got off at the Salesforce Tower (above) and I got see a part of the city I usually don't see in the morning:

I love this one 

I was happy to see this in the morning.

Return of Hardly Strickly

 

The Hardly Strickly Bluegrass Festival returned after the two-year COVID break and back in Golden Gate. The free festival attracts a ton of people. I usually go on Friday when the crowd was smaller as it attracts about 500,000 for the weekend. The music was amazing:

Sam Bush

Allison Russell

Jake Blunt

Drive By Truckers

But it is the people who make Hardly Strickly an amazing time:

We owe a great thanks to billionaire Warren Hellman who started the festival in 2001. When he passed away in 2011, he left the an endowment to keep the festival free and going:

Hellman's banjo and stage jacket

Hardly Strickly is always a fun time:

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels

 The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angles is located in Downtown Los Angeles. It is a modern cathedral and was dedicated in 2002. Walking to the doors through the courtyard is amazing:

As beautiful as the outside is, the inside is twice as beautiful:

Also, it has something super cool:

The Papal Mitre of Pope John Paul II when he said Mass at Dodger Stadium in 1997

The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is a very amazing and beautiful church in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles.