K&W in Laguna Beach -- Saturday, 04Jan2014

When we got there, there was already a kid playing his own songs, acoustic and inaudible, but pretty nice stuff. Warren went over and played a little harmonica with him, but fortunately he was about done and ready to relinquish the corner to us.

But it was a not-surprisingly mostly-empty evening. So, as usual, I took the opportunity to play some songs we don't do very often, including a whole set of songs in Drop-D tuning that I seldom do because it's a bit of a hassle to down-tune and then re-tune while people are watching.

Old friend "Don't-call-me-Nonie" and her husband came by and listened for a few songs. An hour later, her sister and her husband came by. They both live down there so it isn't all that surprising to see either one of them, but it was amusing to see them both in one evening.

The actual surprise was my brother and his wife stopping by. They come to see me at Spectrum a lot, but this was the first time they've come by the corner. But they couldn't stay long, as they had reservations for dinner somewhere.

And local artist John Chaney came by and talked to us for a while. He's 60-something now, but grew up in Laguna, so he's a great fount of historical knowledge -- if his sometimes-fanciful stories can be believed.

But he does some pretty cool paintings, and gave me a 5x7 greeting card photo version of one of them. I suppose it was meant as a tip.

I did sell two CDs and also quite a few people took business cards. They never actually call, but it's flattering that they think they might someday.