
Baby Steps
It’s summertime! Yay! I’m reminded of vacations and fun road trips. Are you old enough to remember the AAA Trip Tik? I loved those things. Rather than pull out a giant map of your destination, that you had to pull off the road to even read, they made a small ‘flip chart’ you could hold in one hand. One page displayed just one little leg of your journey. It showed you the exits, turns and even the roadblocks. And you got to flip a page every time you reached that segment desti


"Still Crazy? Paul Simon at the Bowl"
Paul is probably my favorite pop songwriter of all time. The first time I saw him perform was in Central Park in 1979 with Art Garfunkel. My second Paul Simon concert was his Graceland tour with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. This past Memorial Day, I saw Paul at the Hollywood Bowl for his “Homeward Bound—the Farewell Tour.” And it was by far one of the best concerts I’ve ever seen. Is Paul Simon still crazy after all these years? How does he keep it all going? Well, it turns out t