#2754, Thursday, October 21, '21: A momentary return to pre-pandemic

Post 2754

- 11 years and 294 days since I started this blog -

September 25, 2021

Daily Comment

I am a fan of a few local musicians.

A few days ago I got a text message from one, telling me he was playing with his personnel-as-available jazz band, Taj, Thursday (tonight).

It didn't have the location, so I assumed (ahem!) that it was at his regular Thursday night gig, a jazz jam.

I admit to being wrong more often than right with my assumptions, and I was wrong.

I showed up at Penny Pub's Thursday jazz jam to find only the drummer setting up, with no clue about my friend's Taj gig. A quick Facebook check gave me the right location, a favorite place, the Green Gate Inn, slightly out of town. In fact, they call the Thursday night jazz dates. "Jazz in the Burbs."

The last time I'd been there was shortly before I left for Florida at the end of 2019. I'd gone to see Taj then, and the memory of it, with so many of my musician friends digging the music along with me, is a happy memory.

I first sat alone in the corner, at a table to one side of the stage, as indicated by the owner, who I greeted as soon as I arrived. Before I could finish my Jamerson's (neat), I spotted another friend, and relocated to the dining room, exactly opposite where I was sitting originally, amidst a dozen musician friends and their friends, from my Tuesday open mic (and lots of other places).

Taj did not disappoint. They were excellent, and it was wonderful seeing friends (half the band that I know) perform so well. Exciting music. 

The Green Gate has good food, too. It was more fun than I expected, and it was so nice seeing my friends and enjoying music together.

After the show, as I was leaving I spotted Frank and Debbie at the bar. They hadn't seen me (couldn't see that off-stage-right dining room from the bar) and I had the pleasure of getting them together with the friends I'd been hanging with.

Then it was back to the Penny Pub, where I got in a couple of jazz jams, ending a late night.

I'm grateful for my friends. And their music. All my friends, all their music.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                    202.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/20/21):        203.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I'm glad I lost more than the weight I gained yesterday. I'm hoping for a repeat today.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:30pm: Ultimate oatmeal (rolled oats, oat milk, cherries, strawberries, blueberries, chia and hemp seeds, kefir, Greek yogurt, walnuts, whey protein (21g protein), nutritional yeast, maple syrup).

Lunch
5:30pm: Chile-spiced pineapple and Quest high-protein tortilla chips. 

Dinner
8:40pm, at Green Gate Inn: Cobb salad.

Snack
12:30am: A Nellie's Bacon and Pepper Jack Egg Bite, chile-spiced pineapple (the rest of the bag) and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.; 

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