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Early yesterday afternoon David’s sisters Lara and Eden rolled into town from their road trip from San Francisco, CA (where they ran the SF Marathon last Sunday and chilled with their brother Aram) and quickly settled in. We all managed to enjoy a lovely dinner last night to welcome them to town:

After dinner I met up with my friend Josh so that we could make our way downtown to the Mayan Theater to see Hope Sandoval (formerly of Mazzy Star) live in concert:

It turns out that Hope is NOTORIOUSLY camera shy so there was a strict No Pictures policy in effect last night. I did manage to get some atmosphere shots of the venue tho … The Mayan Theater is beautiful … altho, it does make you feel like you’re inside The Temple of Doom:

As for Hope Sandoval‘s performance … ye gods, it was beautiful. Her vocals are just spellbinding … and she makes it all sound so effortless. She just opens her mouth and you can’t help but get caught up in the emotion and splendor that comes tumbling out. She truly has the voice of an angel … and it sounds as beautiful today as it did all those years ago when she was in Mazzy Star. Some drunk fool yelled out for a Mazzy song and she just shook her head and carried on … she made sure that there was no spotlight on her at all so that even if you did manage to sneak a camera inside you couldn’t get a picture. Shyness aside, it was a fantastic concert … she performed selections from her solo albums Bavarian Fruit Bread and her latest release Through The Devil Softly. Her band The Warm Inventions were really great but it was all about Hope‘s voice … just stunning. If you have the chance to see her live I urge you to do so … it’s an experience you won’t soon forget.

Fun stuff planned for today … David and I are taking his sisters to Disneyland to enjoy the Hallowe’en Time fun there today! We’re meeting up with some friends so it’s gonna be a blast. I plan on taking a bunch of fun photos to share. It’s gonna be 90+ degrees today … the perfect way to celebrate Hallowe’en at Disneyland :)

Yesterday was a really fun day … David and I picked up our buddy Dino and we made the trek down to Redondo Beach, CA for an afternoon visit to Chick-Fil-A. We planned on bringing our pal Russ with us but the poor guy is under the weather so we had to go without him …

… needless to say, we ate like fiends and had a great time catching up with one another. Dino is one of our fave people ever and we haven’t been able to hang with him for months so it was great that we were able to pull it together.

This afternoon David’s sisters will be rolling into town to spend the weekend with us … it’ll be great to have them here. Tonight Josh and I are going to see Hope Sandoval (formerly of Mazzy Star) live in concert at The Mayan Theater:

I cannot even express how much I love Hope Sandoval‘s voice … I am BEYOND excited to see her live tonight. Wee!! I’ll do my best to snap some fun pics to share with all y’all tomorrow orrrr mebbe not … I guess Hope is psycho serious about not allowing photos during her shows (apparently she unleashes her security henchmen to devour the souls of anyone who tries to snap a photo) … so I’ll prolly just leave my camera at home. My mobile phone is another story ;)