Well – Jeeze.  I don’t even know where to start this week.  Many thanks to Michael Guerra for bringing a big group over from Zach Scott this week.  Apparently they are all working on a new 400+ capacity theater for Zach.  Anyway – Tuesday night was very well attended this week.   So well attended that I forgot to email everyone and tell you the menu on Wednesday.  Wednesday was not quite as well attended – but that’s alright – we’re here to stay PEOPLE.

One thing I wanted to be sure and mention is that Judy has been back in the house baking this week.  To date she’s made a shaker lemon tart (it has whole lemon slices in it – so you better like it tart – kind of like her salad dressing).   I also saw her at work on several pear crumble pies/tarts, and she’s revised the dough for our rustic apple tart.  Should be yum for sure.

Kara Bliss will be back in the house on Saturday December 5th and on New Years Eve – so plan ahead.  If you haven’t seen her sing – you’re missing it.  Her set list from her most recent engagement with us included songs by Tom Waits and Ricky Lee Jones, as well as Cole Porter, Kurt Weill, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin to name just few.  Pretty good stuff, sung by our favorite singer.  I’ll get you more info on the upcoming shows as things develop.

Booking Kara has made me think more about our over all mission and where we want to head next.  We definitely want to create a home base where more different kinds of communities and cross pollinate one another.  We always felt like we should have something going here several nights a week – maybe music one night, some kind of salon discussion next, and then perhaps art or theater on another.  The trick is – how to do it well, how to pay for it, and how to package it in a form that people can wrap their heads around.  More soon…

Hope to see you all in this weekend – best,

Murph