I had the pleasure of joining my mom on her high school reunion May 21st through May 26th. She went to an American boarding school in Kenya, Africa, so many of the students have dispersed around the world. It was really nice to be able to put a face with some of the names she’s been talking about for years now.
We flew to a city called San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. One of my mom’s classmates, Eucled, lives there with his wife and two boys. The city was amazing! I absolutely fell in love with everything about it. The buildings, the streets, the shops, the culture, the people. I will be there again, and hopefully for a longer stay.
This is the Bed & Breakfast we stayed at called Casa Angelitos. It was so much nicer than I had imagined!
Friday night, we all met at Eucled & Laura’s house for a homemade Indian dinner.
These are the lovely people that attended the reunion.
Lastly, the doors and windows. There’s so much left to the imagination when walking down the cobblestone streets of San Miguel.
Saturday, I met up with the Capristo family at Old Borges Ranch in Walnut Creek for a family/maternity session. It was SO hot out, but we managed to have a successful shoot anyhow :) I had a great time with this little family of 3 (soon to be 4!)
I managed to get mommy and daddy alone for a few shots. What a beautiful couple!
Matt Morris is the MATT from MMC (The Mickey Mouse Club) circa 1992?!!
I can not even begin to describe the obsession I had with this individual starting at the age of 8! In fact, there was a specific performance that I had recorded onto vhs and I would watch over and over, like it was my favorite movie. I’m going to head over to YouTube and grab the video and put it right here on this very blog post so you can all appreciate what I once considered perfection. You see, my sister (god bless her), was the whole reason I started watching the beloved show. She was totally in love with Tony Luca and greatly disliked Kerri Russell for the longest time because of it. Haha. This is great. I keep laughing at the thought of what I would have done had I known I’d someday meet him in person by random coincidence. I also keep wondering if I’d have been too nervous to talk to him had I known who he was before walking up to him two days ago, getting him to sign his cd that I had just purchased, telling him he did an amazing job during his performance and that I follow him on twitter. I ALSO keep wondering if I would’ve had such a huge obsession back in the day had I known he’d end up marrying a man? Haha. Adorable. He is absolutely adorable.
After publishing the previous post (Indigo Girls in Berkeley), I decided to read up a bit on what Matt has done to land him on stage, opening for the Indigo Girls. I was on imdb and read that he was a cast member on MMC and for some reason it STILL didn’t click that it was him. Then, later that evening (last night), I was telling my sister-in-law about the concert and I said something like, “…and I guess he was on MMC. I used to watched that show and was totally obsessed with this kid named Ma……………… OMG.” That is when it all clicked! I pulled out my iphone and googled Matt Morris MMC and on the first page was THE video on YouTube that I used to watch over and over! I immediately called my sister in England to tell her the awesome news. I figured she’s the only one that would truly understand just how excited I was. And she did. (Thank you, Tiana. Sorry I woke you up so early.)
Turns out he’s signed to Justin Timberlake’s record label, Tennman Records. JT was one of his fellow cast members on MMC, along with Ryan Gosling, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Kerri Russell, Tony Luca, and JC Chasez, just to name a few.
Ok, you can watch the video now. Yes, he’s wearing jean overalls.
An Indigo Girls set is like a Radiohead set (except, obviously, totally different). I mean, it’s not like I can be like “gosh! they played such a good set last night!” as if it’s possible for them to not play a good set? It’s a given that I’m going to walk away having known and sang along to 97% of the lyrics and feel completely satisfied with the performance. The Indigo Girls, of course, lived up to this last night (Wednesday, May 13, 2009) when performing at the Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, CA. They truly are amazing women and extremely talented artists. This is my 4th time seeing them live and definitely not the last.
I took my friend with me to the show who hadn’t heard much of their music and I’m pretty sure he’s convinced of their greatness now (finally!). In fact, his facebook status this morning was “Jon is down with lesbians.”
Me too, Jon. Me too.
Matt Morris was the opener. I have high hopes that he’ll make it really far in his career. He has an amazing voice, a funny sense of humor and a great stage presence. Check him out here: www.mattmorris.net. As usual, the Girls had him come out on a couple of the songs at the end of their set. It was obvious he was loving the experience.
I was disappointed that they were sold out of the Indigo Girls t-shirt I wanted, but I did purchase the latest album, Poseidon and the Bitter Bug, on vinyl and also bought Matt Morris’s EP, Backstage at Bonnaroo and other Acoustic Performances. He was hanging out by his merch booth, so I had him sign it for me and let him know I enjoyed the show. He was really nice.
The Girls are going to be playing close to home again at The Mountain Winery on July 18, 2009. I think I might take Katie to see them. It’s never too early to introduce children to great musicians, right?
