Wednesday 3PM a friend called and asked if I could cancel my plans and be available to attend the All Star Hockey Game.  OMFG!  We sat 10 rows from the ice and it was amazing.  The passing…and talent…and OMFG.   I love hockey and this was hockey to the nth degree.  Of course I am more about the hitting and checking that the finesse game but there is something to be said for a perfectly timed five person pass that scores a goal!

Thanks Doug!

 

Before I found out about the All Star game, I decided to treat myself with a concert.  Bruce Hornsby was playing the Bass Hall in Fort Worth and I have always been a fan.  From the pop-chart topping days to the jazz improvisational days.  I am always a fan of real talent.  So I went and it was amazing.  All the favorites where played but they were more Jazz improvisational masterpieces.  Each 3-4 minute song grew into a 5-8 minute expansion of the original song’s idea.  It was astounding and I haven’t even mentioned the “Two-Hand-Independence” where his brain is improvising each hand as if it was a separate artist and blending both together on the fly.  Stunning.  With my ticket I also got a five-disk (4CD 1DVD) box set called intersections and covers most of his career.  It’s awesome in it’s own right but you all know me…The only way to make a 5 disk box set better:  Get the artist to autograph it!  I waited by the stage door and talked to Bruce and got my autograph.  He’s as classy and nice in person and you would expect.

 
Next week Jenara and I are seeing former President Bill Clinton at the Nokia and then in April we have tickets to Wicked!

 
More to come!