K&W in Laguna Beach -- Saturday, 22Apr2017

Finally, nice weather and lots of people out. Spring has sprung.

But not at first. I got there early again, and for the first couple of hours it was mostly grumpy old foreigners on the bench. Am I disturbing your grump-fest with my happy songs?

But after it got dark, it weirdly swung all the way the other way. Lots of people came by, and stayed for lots of songs, and attracted more people to stop -- it felt like the old days. And just in time, too -- with as good as Dana Point has been, and with the uncertainty of even getting The Corner to play, bums, cops' curfew, and general passer-by indifference, I was beginning to wonder if Laguna was even worth the trouble.

But it certainly was this time. I had several kids' parties with "Let It Go" singalong, and there was no wind at all so I was able to fire up the bubble machine without making too big a mess.

Inexplicably (and happily), no bums -- except Willy who was sober and on his best behavior. Warren had some friends over so he got there very late (~8:30?) which conspired with the big friendly crowds to encourage me to break the curfew, so we played until 10:00. And got away with it. Warren's theory is that, since universally-despised Sanchez and his too-loud droning guitar has given up entirely, the cops are backing off on enforcing the curfew. Hope so!