Twenty Six Planes, Nine Different Cities and a whole lot of frequent flier miles, my marathon that is September is finally over! Football Season is well under way, all my stadiums are up and running and I will now be turning my attention to Basketball Season.
Welcome to the Zou!
Cities visited:
1. Ann Arbor, Michigan
2. Allen, Texas
3. Memphis, Tennessee
4. Salt lake City Utah
5. Natchitoches, Louisiana
6. Santa Barbara, California
7. Columbia, Missouri
8. San Antonio, Texas
9. New York City
The sign before Skin
My major Football Installation the year was Tiger Stadium in Columbia MO. This is a MAJOR sound system! A 3/4 of a Million Dollar Sound system. Capable of ripping your head off! Our young engineer, David, did a great job of installing it, the consulting firm that did the design Specification was very happy, and most importantly, the clients are very happy!
One of my September events is the long running Tequila Derby/Santa Barbara City Race. Kalin and I have been organizing the race and dock part in Santa Barbara for the last four years. Its at a real bad time for me, but its a real fun event.
SBYC - Santa Barbara Yacht Club
This event is held in Santa Barbara in the Harbor and the Santa Barbara Yacht Club, a beautiful place!
One tradition for kalin and me is to have breakfast Sunday Morning at Sambos. This place makes the BEST breakfast by the harbor.
This place has quite the history. It was started in 1957 by two friends, Sam Battistone and Newell Bohnett. Even though the name was taken from portions of thier names, the chain was soon associated with the THE STORY OF THE LITTLE BLACK SAMBO. They took advantage of the association and grew the chain to 1200 resturants. As you can imagine, in the late 70′s the name grew controversial, and by 1981 the company went bankrupt. Only this original restaurant remains.
Puff On is our friends boat. I wonder if they was the name of the boat they were parked next to?
One of the very cool traditions in Santa Barbara is the art walk on the beach. This art sale has been going on here for as long as I have been living here. If you ever get to Santa Barbara, plan on a Sunday morning on the beach. You wont regret it!
On the job front, my Allen Event center is slightly delayed, but will get completed on schedule. I went out to the site and commsioned the practice ice system, but the main arena wont be ready until the end of October. I have started a new job in Chicago, this is a new Mall called Block 37. This will be a cool job. I am implementing a new system that will move sound up and down the mall to coincide with the video images on four stories of screens. Watch for future blogs to see the results.
On the personal side, our good friends Bill and Tina got married! It was a traditional sailors wedding. On the boat and in the yacht club. I was one of the bar tenders (my usal job at the yacht club).
A Beautiful Wedding Congratulations Bill and Tina!
We celebrated their wedding until all hours of the night. It was a great time!
Dragging beer cans to the reception
Last but not least, was this last weekend. I took Kalin to NYC for the weekend. We had a great time! We staid at the Intercontinental Barclay on Park Ave. We were all over that city! We had a great time!
I heard about it from Dennis Millers Radio Show.
Il Mulino
He described it as the BEST Italian restaurant in the US. It took a while to find but was well worth it. I looked this place up and found it was much wiser to come at lunch. It is very low key from the out side and only has about 12 tables. From the moment we sat down until the time we left, we were bombarded with flavors! It was Fantastic! Be prepared, it was a $200.00 lunch, but worth every penny for us.
All in all it was a lot of travel and a lot of fun. After 25 years on the road, I sill enjoy all the different places and people out in the world. But theirs no place like HOME!
Tags: Allen Field House, AYC, Block 37, Football, Missouri, SBYC, Zou
