Friday 09/01/2023
Gave the plants a good watering, tidied up, and at 8:45 met Jan (pronounced yon, he was born in the Netherlands) as he rolled his Prius Prime into the parking lot. Off we went to pick up his good buddy Paul from his home in Menlo Park, and then off across the bay to Sacramento.
Got to our hotel just before noon. We were able to check in then, fortunately, so left our bags in our rooms and back into the car for the half-mile drive to the Double Tree where the Hot Jazz Jubilee was being held. We saw three sets of very entertaining and well-made music. Then, not pleased with the Doubletree’s limited restaurant, drove a quarter mile to get across busy Arden Way to a shopping center and had supper in a brew pub. Back to the Doubletree for two more sets. At 9:15 we drove back under the freeway to the Hilton. These places would be in easy walking distance, but if you actually tried to walk through this maze of on- and off-ramps and merge and turn lanes, with no sidewalks, you’d not survive.
Anyway a day of very nice music and some pleasant conversation. More of the same tomorrow, is the plan.
Codgerville 