To celebrate the day being Friday, Linh and I headed off for a short walk at a local park. It just goes to show you that Arizona parks are… well… still pretty deserty. But wait…. is that a tree?

Well, the fun quickly ended there so we went to Nicantonis, a cool little pizza place we enjoy going to when we can’t decide where else to go (which is often). Linh always gets the antipasto salad (with the meat on the side). I usually eat the pickled cauliflower and carrots. Mmm mmm! Sour! We were kinda there for a late lunch so we just got a couple slices of pizza, too (usually, I get a cheese calzone). I hate to pull a John Mackey, but here it is: pictures of FOOD!After we ate, Linh had to go into work for a couple of hours and Gomez wanted me to pick up a few recordings to post on the Dobson website for his students to listen to. While I’m there, I get a phone call from Bob Margolis, director of Manhattan Beach Music. First thing I know, I’m talking to him in G’s backyard, the next thing I know, I’m at Postinos in Scottsdale, my phone dies, and Dan and Gomez are just finishing their dinner. Funny this is, Jon made me steal their wine menu because he thinks each of them would make a great title to a new piece. The vanilla creme brule was just about as sweet as the news Bob gave me. I won’t mention many of the details but it looks like Frank Ticheli himself might be conducting Shadow Rituals with the Rutger’s Wind Ensemble sometime! I hope I heard him correctly. My cell phone was cutting in and out a little. Just when you think things couldn’t get cooler…