A group of us at work had been using some extra space to play music during lunches and breaks. Turns out they asked us to play for the company meeting. I think this is the biggest venue I’ve played at to date. There were roughly 800 people in attendance.
It was a nice stage complete with big screen, TV cameras and a sound crew. Pretty neat to play bass and have it completely thump via a massive PA. The kick drum sounded badass too.
Backstage, but no groupies?
Work has built this nice grass amphitheater. I think that when we eventually move to PR I will try to build our own so that when we throw massive parties we can have live salsa (and other) bands show up and play!
We played
– Come Togehter (Beatles)
– Cold Shot (Stevie Ray)
– Rock and Roll (Led Zepplin)
And for what its worth…we ROCKED. It sounded really good.
We MAY be going forward a little with the deal in PR. I searched for the Dept of Natural Resources on the Internet and found their main site, but I could not find a way to locate anyone (the ‘contact us’ form has a broken link), so I searched a little more and found a blog by a man who actually works there! I left him a comment on his blog that we were in need of help and a signature to get going on the process and he set about helping us! That is a start!
Apparently we need to send a letter to the San Juan office with the details and copies of deed, survey, blue prints, etc. All of which…we have none of. So I emailed the request to Carlos, the lawyer, and then called Awilda, the current owner, to let her know the plan. She said she would call Carlos, and Britton will as well.
Awilda also said she talked with another lawyer and that lawyer will try and contact the Dept as well to see what is going on. I don’t even know what type of document it is that we are waiting on. Awilda seems to think the delay has to do with this being an election year, and therefore there is anxiety in who will be the new leader (governor, I assume?) Things work so differently there. Hopefully this is a little nudge forward. We’ll see.
The party was great last night. We had a fun time early on with the kids chasing chickens around the yard, we had lots of food and music, and a couple of games. Midway through the night, we gave out the raffle prizes: 2 bouquets of flowers from our yard in mason jars, a mojito pack that included cane sugar, club soda, fresh mint from our yard, a lime and shooter of bacardi, a salsa pack with some ingredients also from our garden: tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeno and garlic. Britton’s deviled eggs from our chickens’ eggs and cucumber California rolls with cucumbers from my mom’s garden were gone within 2 hours after making them.
We launched potatoes into the empty field behind our house while it was still light, and again later, had an interesting garlic eating contest, and in general had a great time. We drank cherry wine and dark chocolate and everyone enjoyed the cheese and olive tray downstairs. The food and drinks that everyone brought and made were excellent!! Thanks everyone for coming out and for all you brought to the party (in both senses of the word)!
Here are a few memorable moments:
After the kids chased the chickens till they were breathless, I picked up “Pepa” so they could touch her
Then I did the “trick” and put the chicken to sleep. All you have to do is gently stick the head under her wing and rock up and down. She woke up about 10 seconds later.
A lot of people wanted to see and hold Josh, the parrot
We used a whole bag of potatoes and a few other items throughout the night
Hanging out in the basement (Jody, Melissa and Lorena)
Cassie and Erin Ready with Garlic and the Bait (quarters)
Setting up the bet
Shortly after this video, one of the kiddos also ate a whole clove of garlic and ended up throwing up. But he was a champ!
The Morning After
If you came to the party, we would love for you to let us know how you liked it (click on add comments below this post). If you didn’t come, you missed out, and we missed you!
– Make sushi rolls
– Make fruit salad
– Make deviled eggs
– Tomato and Cucumber Salad
– Make gift raffle pack (mohito, salsa, flower boquet, fruit basket, beer or wine pack)– Buy food
– Buy ammo (potatos for launching)
– Buy glow in the dark paint (for potato launching at night) *None Available at Lowes*
– 6 feet of sub
– go to whole foods for chocolate, olives and cheeses and boulder chips
– new belgium brewery for ‘giddy up’ and ‘old cherry ale’ *COULDN’T COMPLETE DUE TO TOUR DE FAT*
– make sun tea
– pick up tiki torches from craigslist contact *DID NOT COMPLETE*
– pick up chairs and missing piece for potato launcher from Lowes*LOWES DOESN’T HAVE ANY CHAIRS!!*
– mow lawn
– put down red mulch
– clean Josh’s cage and room (Parrot)– vacuum whole house
– Get Keg/beer and drinks
A group of us at work had been using some extra space to play music during lunches and breaks. Turns out they asked us to play for the company meeting. I think this is the biggest venue I’ve played at to date. There were roughly 800 people in attendance.
