September 8, 2010

• Life on the 45

  Thanks to everyone who made my 45th birthday yesterday, so special.  The festivities actually started Thursday night when I had dinner with my family and then drove up to Oxnard to celebrate Claudio’s birthday.  This is our 20th year celebrating our birthdays together.  Last year I made him sit through the Rodger’s & Hammerstein retrospective at the Hollywood Bowl on my birthday.  This year, we celebrated in Santa Barbara on Friday and had a big Brazilian barbecue on Saturday.  The parties continued through yesterday, and I must say I am exhausted…and so is Chazz and his friend Blanca:

  

  Of all the many birthday greetings I received on facebook and on cards and emails, a few really stood out:

  

  

  

  This one referenced, one of my favorite songs, “Brimful of Asha” by Cornershop.

  

  There’s a good breakdown of the lyrics here and a short documentary here; but basically, “on the 45″ refers to old fashioned record albums that played records at 45 rpm instead of the standard 33 rpm (rotations per minute).  A life on the 45 may be faster paced and generally more exciting??  That’s what I’ll go with anyway!  I’ve always loved the song…and now I’m 45 years old.  So bring it on life!  Here are more photos from the weekend:

  
  Celebrating with Andy & Tommy!

  
  Beautiful Santa Barbara, CA

  
  The Santa Barbara Farmer’s Market

  
  The dogs had a blast!

  
  Ryan & Eva

  
  The Gang

  
  Claudio the grill master

  
  A Bavarian Bretzel with Nutella!  Nom nom!

  
  Dinner with Meghan, Roberto, their new baby Daniela, Eva, Bassam, & Ken

  
  Ryan framed some of my Chazz photos!

  Here are the best of the rest:

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