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I've been meaning to write about the lovely visit I had last weekend with one of my favorite humans in the world, Ashod. He came into town at the last moment, en route from Fresno to Portland (home to home), and we got to spend about 24 hours together.
After a late night discussing life, love, music and the future at The Homestead and El Farolito on Saturday night, we headed to Blue Bottle for coffee Sunday morning and then to The Ramp for brunch. Ashod agreed with me that the coffee at Blue Bottle is amazing, and The Ramp is more valued for its atmosphere than the actual food. After that we were off on a mission, per my request, to find a copy of his book Real Fun so I could buy it and have him sign it.
[ I have to take a moment and tell you how well the book turned out. It's a collection of the Polaroid photos he's taken during his years on the road as tour manager and/or musician, documenting the 'other 23 hours of the day' when bands aren't onstage performing. Ashod has a knack for capturing and appreciating tiny moments, and making them special with the attention he devotes to them. The book also has stories written by band members and a compilation CD in the back, so buy it for yourself or as a gift for the music lover who has everything.]
We called and visited several book stores, and were about to give up until I told him to call Amoeba - just in case - and they had it! He was too shy to tell anyone it was his book but I'm so proud of him that I had to take some photos. He kind of wanted to kill me for a second there. We capped off a wonderful day with salad and pizza at Little Star on
Valencia, and I was thrilled that they serve my very favorite beer.
