T'was the Night Before Christmas...

Its Grammy weekend at long last. Big events planned left and right. We flew into rainy and cold Los Angeles on Friday. This is NOT typical LA weather. We did salvage the day though with some amazing mexican food at Friday in Beverly Hills. The rest of the day is not worth mentioning. Saturday started with shopping on Rodeo Drive. It was fun pretending to be rich, or even wealthy enough to be in those stores, but wow, reality quickly set in. Maybe one day. I've never seen so many Rolls Royce's and Bentleys in my life. I did buy an obnoxiously expensive tie from Versace for my Grammy suit. Very nice tie. Very. I did not buy the $625 white Versace shirt! The rest of the afternoon was spent driving thru Beverly Hills in our rented convertible with the top down dreaming of things to come. I'd like a home there, but i'm way too practical to do it, even if i could afford it. Its nice to dream though, it motivates me.

Saturday night we attended the Nominees Reception. Very well put together event. Ryan West and i hung out together most of the night. Ryan is an amazing engineer and musician who is also a Nominee. All Nominees (me and Ryan included) got this gold medallion from Tiffany's commemorating the Nomination. It resembles an Olympic medal and has the Grammy emblem, and all night people were looking to see who had them. I felt very special. I felt humbled when Ryan and I ran into Phil Galdston (previously nominated Grammy songwriter of the year and super nice guy to boot!), and Phil introduced us to Al Schmitt. Ryan and I both agree Al is one of the top ten engineers of all time, so to get to chat with him for ten minutes was humbling and rewarding to say the least. Al is a really great guy. If you don't know who he is, find out! I got to see several other friends as well. It was a very fun night. Time for bed, tomorrow is a very big day. Tonight feels like the night before Christmas.