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It’s going to be a good day!!!
Mary stayed in bed for a while after I got up at 6:00 am. I fixed coffee and worked on my website for a while before offering to fix her breakfast, steak, and eggs!
My website is getting a facelift in some places, like my memory book. I had a picture of Culver City Main Street circa 1952, and I asked AI to fix it up. The Desilu Studios are at the end of the street.
Here’s some trivia about Culver City, California:
• The Heart of Screenland: Culver City has long been associated with movie and TV production, earning this nickname.
• MGM history: The old MGM Studios lot was in Culver City. Many classics were filmed there, including parts of The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind.
Main Street in Culver City was only two blocks long, and it was closed for some shopping days!
The use of AI is quite amazing! Can you spot the error it made? I didn’t, but Dr. Mary spotted it immediately!
W. T. Grant, the American variety-store chain, went out of business in 1976.
While wandering the internet unsupervised, I discovered multiple ways to add cream to eggs — and this morning, in a bold act of breakfast rebellion, I even invited mushrooms to the party.
Yummy!
The table is set, and food will arrive in 10 seconds or less.
The table was initially set inside, but then we moved to the patio!
We needed fluids, and what better to have than champagne? Champagne doesn’t ask silly questions. Champagne understands.
Mr. Champagne went along with us.
After breakfast, I was asked to “deadhead” the roses, so I galloped out to the backyard dressed in my gardening outfit and, using the pruners, I lopped off the heads of the wilted roses.
The neighbor looked over the fence and asked me, ” Why doesn’t Mary ever iron your gardening outfit?” I, for the first time in a long time, was at a loss for words! After seeing the picture, the outfit does need some serious ironing!! I quickly hid behind some roses when I saw Mary with the camera!
I was sent to the flowers again as Mary was not up to trimming them today! She caught me!
After a short nap, we got ready to go to Jojo’s Hideaway in Tustin to meet Vicky and Jim and see a show featuring Johnny Cash and Elvis Presley! Jojo’s is in the back of the 17th Street Grille.
We were greeted with southern hospitality! Snappy the Alligator got the first victim!
A hungry alligator greeted us.
Vicky, being the always helpful person, helped feed the Alligator!
Vicky was NOT afraid.
Again, attempting to be helpful, Vicky checked his teeth for decay, hoping the Alligator would NOT snap!
The Alligator was scared to death.
We were seated right in front of the band and immediately assumed we’d need sign language by dessert. Vicky marched over to the manager, who assured us we had PRIME SEATS because the speakers were on the ceiling, aimed back at the audience and away from us.
And amazingly, he was right—the sound level was perfect. So instead of losing our hearing, we just sat there feeling smug and acoustically superior.
Mary was feeling better.
We had dinner before things got underway, and I was very pleasantly surprised. My shrimp pasta was absolutely amazing. Mary marveled at the salmon. Jim and Vicky also enjoyed their food. Mary and I killed off a bottle of their finest Chardonnay, which significantly improved our singing skills!
Johnny came out first, bringing along Sue and Sue. We all knew his songs and enjoyed every word. His band consisted of three guitars, a drummer, and a piano man! The entire performance was just fantastic!
Johnny came first!
At the break, we managed to eat a few scoops of ice cream before Elvis entered the building
Elvis joined the fun!
Elvis moved through the audience with ease, stopped at our table, looked at the ladies, and whipped out two scarves, which they put on instantly.
We were all bee-bopping to the music.
Having good friends makes all the little bumps along life’s road tolerable! I have known these two ladies for almost seventy years!
Sometimes we sang along.
Someone is never going to take this scarf off. I volunteered to make it into a swimsuit, but my idea was turned down!
Elvis came by and flirted with Mary, giving her a scarf!
The entire building was shaking as people sang along and waved their hands. I took off my shirt and threw it onto the stage, but management returned it almost immediately.
I knew he was flirting!!
We all had a wonderful time bringing back memories of when music was music!
The gang of four!
The clock was about to strike 10:00 pm when we departed, but alas, NO GIRLS. Silly me! Vicky is here, meaning she is accompanying the performers to a photoshoot and is with Mary.
Oh dear!
After half an hour, Vicky let go of Elvis, and they came outside to join us for the trip home. Both Vicky and Mary had stars in their eyes, and they were clutching their scarves.
We departed just before 10:00 pm and headed home which was an eight minute trip!
