Kooooozaaaaaaaa!

Couple days off the job in Red Stick Louisiana.

Flew to LA to join family

In celebration of daughter Samantha Marie's

Twenty-first B-Day.

First night son Tyler's bands

Arden Park RoOts and

The Livin's Easy

Had a show at Cafe Boogaloo

In Hermosa Beach.

We purchased the services of a designated driver

For the evening

A fine oriental fellow, "Chris"

With a 2009 Lincoln Town Car

The Friday show at the Beach was great

The crowd was fine

We made it back to the hotel

In Century City safe and sound

Saturday we had breakfast in Venice, CA

At the pier... In perfect weather

Then in the afternoon

We hit "Kooza" on the beach

At the pier in Santa Monica

Its a Cirque de' Soleil show in all its glory

In a tent - actually several tents

right on the beach...

We had amazing tickets

Fourth row, dead center, VIP extras

Before the show, outside

We spotted Gary Busey chatting up an attendant

He was wearing a grey sweatsuit

And sporting a prominent pot belly

And looked much the worse for the wear

We think the lady with him was embarrassed

In the VIP tent

Much going on

A great South African wine

A cabernet pinotage

Was being served

Along with many other complementary drinks

Julie, Samantha and I worked the appetizers

And a little of the booze

Sam proud of her now legal ID

Ten minutes til showtime

An announcement

We file to our seats

The numbers don't match

But there seems to be room

So we sit.

Samantha points out the guy and his family

Who are sitting in two of our three

seats

From Nip-Tuck, Juliean McMahon

Immediately in front of us, Barbara Streisand

And close friends or family we couldn't tell.

The show begins stunning

A human Jack in the box blows out and lands

On the stage

We have three hours of serious

Mouth agape fun

Including schmoozing with Barbara... sort of

During intermission

Beautiful weather, beautiful city

A weekend too short

I love LA

Especially since daughter Sam is a Bruin!

K0000zaaaaaaaa!!!!