A Christmas Song Dedicated to Shane and Me

Shane's step brother and his wife are a little bit insane in a fun way.  Trent is an amazing professional trumpet player and his wife, Laurie, also is very musical.  They collaborate on an album of holiday music each year, and this year they dedicated a song to Shane and me.  I had suggested they do a Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme duet, and they took that suggestion and ran with it.  They also redid the original album cover of the Steve and Eydie holiday album.  We almost wet ourselves with the result.  These guys are Hell airy ass!  It is so fun to listen to the other tracks with Laurie's attempts at playing trumpet and them cracking up.  Thanks Trent and Laurie!!!! Listen to their song dedicated to us below!  Also, download the whole album (this one is free) and other albums by Trent at http://trentaustin.bandcamp.com or click here.  Enjoy!

 

Christmas Tree at Rockefeller Center

This was as close as we could get. The crowd was crushing and starting
to get a little scary. I'm not claustrophobic, but it was very
crowded. Very.

The Evening Show & After

We liked Time Stands Still much better than Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Seeing Laura Linney live was amazing. The whole cast was awesome. The subject matter was a bit depressing, but it was a good play. It was much better than that Bloody Bloody silliness.

We went out to a piano bar at Don't Tell Mama, which we had gone to the last time we were in the city. Before, it was a sparse crowd of die-hard theater lovers listening to show tunes. Tonight, there was a big crowd of loud, obnoxious straights talking over the music. It was so good before and so not good tonight. We're back in the room after a wonderful day despite some disapointments.

Getting ready for bed and hearing lots of car horns outside our window. Yikes!