I'M BACK IN THE BAY AREA...

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Originally uploaded by KEITHBOADWEE.

AND I'M EXHAUSTED. HAD A NIGHT OUT WITH KIM LIGHT AND NICKY MCCARTHY. WE WENT TO LUCY'S IN HOLLYWOOD (YES AGAIN) AND THEN WE WENT TO SEE KIM'S NEW GALLERY SPACE WHICH IS WHERE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN. AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO A BAR IN SOUTH CENTRAL (I THINK, MAYBE IT WAS CLOSER TO CULVER CITY, I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION) CALLED CARMEN'S AND NICKY LEFT HIS CREDIT CARD THERE. I KEPT TELLING HIM THAT WHEN HE GOT IT BACK HE WAS GOING TO HAVE A CHARGE FOR 100 BOTTLES OF REMY MARTIN AND 10 HAIR WEAVES! NEXT STOP WAS THE "NEW" HOTEL ROOSEVELT. HMMMM, NOT SURE ABOUT THAT PLACE, NOT NEARLY AS CHARMING AS IT USED TO BE AND THE ONLY SPACE THAT HAS RETAINED ANY OF THE OLD FLAVOUR IS THE LOBBY. THERE WAS A KICK OFF PARTY FOR HUGH HEFNER'S NEW REALITY SHOW AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD LAUGH TO GO BUT IT WAS SADLY LIMPING TO AN END SO WE DECIDED TO RECONVENE AT THE "POWERHOUSE". YES, IT'S THE SAME ONE ON HIGHLAND JUST ABOVE HOLLYOOD BLVD. AND I CAN REPORT HERE THAT IT IS AS SEEDY AS EVER AND HASN'T LOST ONE OUNCE OF ITS "URBAN" APPEAL. AFTER WE CLOSED THE POWERHOUSE DOWN, IT WAS BACK TO NICKY'S ROOM AND THE MINI BAR FOR A SPLIT OF CHAMPERS (BOTTLED WATER FOR MS. LIGHT). KIM ASKED NICK TO PLAY HIS GUITAR FOR US AND HE OBLIGED WITH A COUPLE OF LOVELY ACOUSTICY/BALLADY THINGS WHICH WERE VERY TOUCHING. FORGOT TO MAKE NICK PLAY ANY OF THE NEW FF SONGS SO I CAN'T TELL YOU A THING ABOUT THEM THOUGH HE SAYS THAT HE'S VERY PLEASED WITH THE RECORD AND THAT IT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST ONE. KIM DECIDED TO TAKE OFF (IT WAS ABOUT 3:30 AM) AT THIS POINT AND NICKY AND I WERE GOING TO HAVE A FEW ROUNDS MORE.UNFORTUNATELY, NICKY P A S S E D O U T ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER AND I FOLLOWED SUIT PROMPTLY!!! HA HA HA HA! WE BOTH WOKE UP FEELING ROUGH AT THE CRACK OF DAWN PRACTICALLY BECAUSE NICK HAD TO WORK DOING PROMOTIONAL CHORES ALL DAY. A QUICK BREAKFAST ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, A COUPLE OF GOOD BYE HUGS AND I WAS ON THE BUS BACK TO VENICE (THANKS NICK, HA HA HA). I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU NICK, I DIDN'T CRY ONCE, HA HA HA! I HOPE NICK MADE IT THROUGH THE DAY ALRIGHT, IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN FUN. KIM SORTED HIM OUT ON HIS CREDIT CARD YESTERDAY WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE NOW HE CAN BUY ME A POSH MEAL NEXT TIME AROUND - ARE YOU LISTENING NICKY? HA HA HA! KIM AND NICK GOT ON REALLY WELL WHICH PLEASES ME NO END. I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE I LOVE LIKE EACH OTHER. I'LL BE SEEING THEM BOTH A LOT OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS I PLAN ON SPENDING MORE TIME IN L.A. AND NOW THAT NICK'S FLOGGING RECORDS AGAIN HE'LL BE AROUND REGULARLY FOR A WHILE. KIM'S BACK TO HER BUSINESS/GALLERY ROUTINE AND I'M TRYING TO GET SORTED AROUND HERE BEFORE HELPING MERRY SCULLY MOVE TO PORTLAND ON FRIDAY. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE DURING MY BRIEF HOLIDAY. I'LL TRY TO GET UP TO SPEED HERE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. XO BOADWEE