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Some Halloween stuff I saw today.

PianoDisc recently had a big fire at their warehouse. Here Jerry Reiersen, one of their technicians, pretends to tune a burned-up piano.

My customer's daughter did this lovely wall in his otherwise conservative house. I don't know how old she is. 

This is from the wall of the Russian church where I tuned today. I assume it is Matthew 13:39— The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. 

Ready for move-in

And you can decorate the whole thing from IKEA for $175. 

Pirate picture in customer's house

Great new kind of Halloween candy

 

The proverbial brain in a jar.

My customer's daughter has this wonderful poster on the door to her room. 

Two palm trees used to stand at the entrance to the Palms Playhouse in Davis (now in Winters). Developers forced them out; when the new streets and homes came, they moved the trees to stand on opposite street corners. Today I noticed that one of the trees had died. 

I was alone in this school gym with the scoreboard controls so I could have scored an entire fantasy game.

Funny poster on this bus. I also saw a vanity plate today that said YRUA H8R. Ironic, because he had just cut me off.

Halloween carousel

What is it good for? 

Zach's Halloween costume is a "Jack in the box." 

It's a tradition at Espresso Metro to fill up the tip jar with water on Sundays. 

The keyboard 1 book for Sweet Charity. The show opens here on November 1. 

The new owners of Espresso Metro's building are doing a lot of remodeling, including these new tiles on the pillars. They are controversial. I think it's a huge improvement, but many of the regulars don't like it, and others are afraid that all this work means that the coffeehouse is on the way out. 

Tacuba

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Last night the Peace Corps group ate a new Salvadorean/Mexican restaurant, Tacuba, at 5452 Auburn. It's a foodie's dream: a hole-in-the-wall with great food.

A collection of trinkets in a customer's glass-topped coffee table. 

Draftsman's studio

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My customer today does renderings for developers and architects. I love the way his studio is organized. Click on the image to see all the photos.
He also leads groups that go into Communist countries and distribute Bibles. One of the photos in the web album shows a table covered with memorabilia from his trips to Vietnam and Cuba.

Dan Dannenfelser, a fellow technician (in fact, president of our local chapter), declared that I have the most organized toolbox in town. 

I tuned the piano of the fine composer and reed player Grant Reeves today. He also is quite design-y... he makes all his own posters and CD packages, which are quite nice. His whole house looks like a Sunset magazine spread and look how he drapes scarves over his saxaphones, "to keep the dust off." 

A fun animation

Jenniferface

Which means... what?

 

Some impressive marquetry on the floor of a customer's house. 

The Oak Park Library on the McGeorge campus, just over the bridge from Curtis Park. 

Italianate villa

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I tuned in an incredibly lavish, yet tasteful house today.

Did you know that you could get M & M's with custom messages on them? Of course you didn't. 

Elaine and Donna play Oktoberfest

Polka the eye with a sharp schtick.

Oktoberfest at Little Prague

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I went to Little Prague in Davis to see Donna Pool (tuba) and Elaine Lord (accordion) play. There was a $15 charge for the (truly awful) buffet, with the (excellent) beer extra. I had never really heard Elaine play accordion before, and she did it masterfully. The drummer looked as if he'd rather be anywhere else.
Now I've seen Oktoberfest, so I never have to again.
When someone asked what time it was, I realized that I didn't have my cell phone, and that I had dropped it on the walk over to the restaurant. I thought I'd lost it forever; but today a nice person called to say that she'd found it, and I drove over there to retrieve it. There are still so many good people in the world.

An amazing video from the New York Times

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