Love Rocks!

We just got home from a lovely weekend away in Ben Lomond....yes, Ben Lomond. So, you ask,
where the heck is Ben Lomond? It's a tiny little town in the Santa Cruz mountains and I
think it's population is only about 4000 people. So, what do you do for 4 days in a town
that small? Well, the first night we went to a restaurant called Ciao Bella. It's Italian
food, but you have to see this place. It's decorated with all sorts of pieces of naughty Americana, and just wierd stuff. Posters, pictures, murals, manikins, things hanging from the ceiling,
halloween masks (Hillary Clinton's face on a stand greeted us at the door...that was
scary!), quotes. There was stuff everywhere. There were even manikins on the roof! And then there were the performers. First the staff did a great hip hop type dance, but they kept manhandling each other on stage :). Then there was the transvestite with thigh high boots and a boa dancing around the restaurant. Ah, do you get the picture? The atmosphere overwhelmed the senses, and so did the food. It was really yummy Italian food, and the service was fabulous. It was definitely an experience! Check out their web-site at http://www.ciaobellabenlomond.com/photos.html

The next day we strolled the local Art and Wine festival, and then went to a local beer
garden for MaiFest. It was a real beer garden!!!! Can you imagine? What the heck is a
beer garden doing in Ben Lomond of all places? But the place was packed. They had a live
band consiting of jolly old men all dressed up in their Liederhosen playing happy German
tunes. The waitresses wore the traditional german beer garden attire and served full Maases
of yummy German beer. And just like in Germany, they even had half Maases, for us
light-weights. It was a fun-filled evening of singing gaily with other drunks at long
tables lined with beer.

The last day, we spent the day reading on the deck of the B&B we stayed at and just taking
in the sun. It was blissful, and then in the evening, came the best part of the weekend.
I'm not sure what inspired this sudden artistry, but Dave declared he had written me a song,
and he wanted to perform it. We had just come home from an nice dinner at the Shadowbrook
so he was very nicely dressed. To achieve the perfect affect for his song however, he
needed to change into jeans, which he did. Then he stood before me, invisible electric guitar in
hand, and began to "play". You wanna see the song?

Ready or not, here it comes......

Singing in his hoarse rock-star voice....

My Sweetie Pie, she comes from Napa
When I met her, my heart got a zappa.
My knees grew week, I lost my running shoes
'Cause I knew right then "I love you"

Chorus:With her dazzling smile
she sends me up a mile.
When she does a belly dance
She puts me in a trance.
But above all else, one thing is true
Mon Petite Chou*....I love you! (Mon Petite chou is basically "my sweetheart" in French)

I gave her a kiss on a boulder
I gave her a kiss on the shoulder
I gave her a kiss to stop us getting older
And with each kiss I got a little bolder
'Cause let me tell you, she wasn't getting colder!

Chorus:With her dazzling smile
she sends me up a mile.
When she does a belly dance
She puts me in a trance.
But above all else, one thing is true
Mon Petite Chou....I love you!

Some say with marriage, the fun is dead,
but for us it just got started instead.
Play, play, play. It's all we seem to do.
Our parents shouted "What's wrong with you!!!!!!!!!"

Here he did a music solo. He made the guitar sing, or rather was singing for the guitar. And then when he came back to earth from his state of musical euphoria.....

What's the future hold, with life's cloudy weather?
Whatever it is, we'll face it together.
Your hand in mine, our hearts carefree,
It's the two of us...singularly.

Now was that art or what?!!!! I tell you man, it's totally true.....Love Rocks!