Stan lives on

For Spamalot, Dennis Castellano has allowed one of my Stan masks to live on the conductor's stand. Everyone who looks in a monitor to watch Dennis will see Stan too.

Amazing view of the American River...

...from my customer's house. This is on a cliff about fifty feet above the river.

African bellows

Elk Antlers

These antlers are backstage at the Elks Lodge No. 6. I played at what turned out to be the very last performance of the George Bruno big band. He deserves a rest; he's 86! Happy retirement!

We watched the US play Ghana at Giovanni's Pizza...

Ghana won because of their juju.

Prop piano for SPAMALOT

Piano bench with back that flips up

Publish Post

The inflatable furniture has cup holders

Bizarre colored soap at the car wash

But it did get my car clean.

Inflatable furniture in the Music Circus production office

Beautiful, ornate dispenser for...?

Chinese zither

The Zen of a chocolate egg

Disturbing face in the window

This one is an inny

If you're ever trapped in a room full of accordions...

...don't try to be a hero. Do whatever they tell you to do and wait for the SWAT team to rescue you.

Alice in Wonderland chess set

This customer, who lives in one of Woodland's many fine old Victorians, has a large collection of Alice in Wonderland objects. It turns out she was also in Ashland at the same time as we were!

Food to watch soccer by

Fish, chips, and peas.

Jennifer inside the phone booth at the pub

U! S! A! U! S! A!

Just after we checked out of our hotel we went over to the only English pub in Ashland to watch the U.S.-England match. I just intended to stay for 30 minutes, but I couldn't tear myself away! Soccer is so emotional. And it's so exciting to realize that the entire world is watching. It was one of my greatest sporting experiences ever. (Even though England was clearly better, the U.S. eked out a 1-1 draw.)