Encuentro. Holy Moly.

grown folk swils-aggah.’

no foolin.

have you ever been in love? perhaps you’re in love now- all fresh up in it...
or maybe you vaguely remember what it was like; as a french kiss in the Alps...
(hmmm. or somewhere quite else...)

BOCA!! BOCA!! BOCA!!

but what i’m getting at is: if you've ever known love
and wish to experience it in a completely new and different way,

head on over to Encuentro.
202 2nd street. oakland, ca 94607.

so, i was looking to romance myself after feeling a little inspired on the guitar

having hashed out a few lost chords; finishing touches on the holiday drum & bass EP
(craziness, totally.)

when i said, “freak-it. i’m bouncing over there. cash budget and all.”

oh baby. the bruchetta. black sea salt, pepper jam, avocado, persimmon, chevre,
olive (oil) supreme....
a superb red wine,

a teeny bottomless glass of water...

heaven.

and the crowd looks good.
like you’d expect of angels.
tended to by lordy lordy sidekicks with disarming sweetness.

just go.

bring someone you’ve been dying to talk to for awhile.
or just show up with the latest GQ like I did and giggle to yourself on snarky lines interspersed amongst bird-eyed fashion-istos.

topping off a hard-won week of teaching and witnessing my 5th graders knock learning targets out the box.

way out.

me smiling at Netflix & a demitasse of ice cream.

(oh and about that podcast thing: catch it this Sunday evening 12/4/11....sorry we’re running late!)