My weekend of Art and Music.

[dockam]

Hey gang, another edition of the "life's too short to stay home" episode. Packed quite a bit in. On Friday, I took off a 1/2 day and drove down to the OC.

Friday night - Cole Swindell, country singer, at the Pacific Amphitheater with Honey County on 1st. I've recently been into Country music :-). It was a rockin' great time esp with a Stella Artois beer

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I apologize for the shaky videos

Sat am, I went to see my 87 yr old Aunt down in Irvine. to check on her and see if she needed me to take her grocery shopping. We made a playdate for 09/02

Saturday afternoon I went to the Huntington Botanical Gardens and Art Gallery. I didn't realize that they had Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy" there!

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Later that day I drove to the Redondo pier initially to have crab/oysters, but the price was outrageous, and with dysgeusia from Chemo, it wasn't worth it. But wait there's more, there was a rock cover band on the Pier, so I stayed for that and had a Red Trolley Ale. They covered Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Hendrix, Free (Alright Now), Aretha, and the Stones

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Saw Top Gun Maverick in Long Beach, CA and afterwards did a Tour de LB with a 5k around the marina

Just such a Blast at those venues! Then Sunday night I saw "Hadestown" a musical take on the tragic love story between Orpheus/Eurydice and Hades/Persephone

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I have Cabazitaxel #14 this Friday and will fast from Weds on. Still awaiting darn Kaiser PSMA approval

Hangin' Loose in LB in front of the Queen Mary

Mahalo

Randy

[Yadifan]

You're an inspiration Randy! My old stomping grounds...high school prom on the Queen Mary.

Love your posts!

[dockam in reply to Yadifan]

Mahalo, I posted previously that I wanted to be a more positive esp after the trolls and attacks happened, with many Vets here on HU leaving :-(So, want y'all to live vicariously thru my adventures and not dwell on d*mn PCa. Click on the pic below to see the entire panorama

Panorama pic of the LB marina

[monte1111 in reply to dockam]

Wow. Will you adopt me? Please.

[dockam in reply to monte1111]

Lol, sorry don't have room for another body here :-). Maybe we can arrange a gathering of HU people somewhere!

[Scout4answers in reply to dockam]

GO Randy! Did not realize you are getting chemo now. Be Well.

Following your lead Coco and I went dancing Fri. nite at a new club , Sat. at an old favorite and Sunday to an outdoor concert in the park where a great cover band played the music of Frankie Valli.

[dockam in reply to Scout4answers]

Yea, when I switched MOs from Kaiser to AIS, the new one added 6 more Cabazitaxels to the 6 sch'd, and has added 6 more to hit 18 the week before Turkey Day. Glad you went out dancing! That's awesome about the Frankie Valli cover band.

A few years ago I took my daughter to see Jersey Boys in NYC

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Great pic

Fight On

[Scout4answers in reply to dockam]

The 4 C Notes are an awesome cover band 4 singers and a 4 piece band behind them they are from Chicagoland but travel the world on tour. The movie version of Jersey Boys is my favorite... love the closing scene when the whole cast is dancing in the street and singing the theme song.

[Scout4answers]

Dance like no one is watching...

[monte1111 in reply to Scout4answers]

The cats are getting pretty creeped out.

[dockam in reply to monte1111]

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[monte1111 in reply to dockam]

That is one crazy dude!

[dockam in reply to monte1111]

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[monte1111 in reply to dockam]

Is that allowed on this site? Is that allowed anywhere? Bet they weren't on the Ed Sullivan Show.

[dockam in reply to monte1111]

Yea, sorry bout that, the song popped in my head in reference to you saying "Dude"

[Walkingwell]

Sounds good! Enjoy every moment.

[dockam in reply to Walkingwell]

Yes Brother Carpe f'in Diem y'all💙

[allie2020]

Randy, you're my idol. I hope this one puts a smile on your face.youtube.com/watch?v=GP0X0CR...(Not working as expected?)

[dockam in reply to allie2020]

Lol, what's my pronoun?Girls will be boys and boys will be girls .... I'm in btwn, after 7 1/2 yrs on Lupron

😜

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Fight on

[Garbonzeaux]

Yup. 50 yrs ago when I lived in Pasadena, I'd bicycle down to the Huntington museum and gardens regularly. That and hiking up into the San Gabes were some of my favorite activities. As a young whippersnapper, I had never heard of Blue Boy, but it certainly caught my eye the first time I saw it. Lots of other interesting art there, too.

[Scout4answers]

Interesting how this conversation evolved and then circled back, I took my Granddaughter Lola to the Huntington Garden for the High Tea experience when she turned 10. It was such a lovely experience I made her promise to return with me on her Sweet 16th Birthday for another tea party. Knowing full well by then she would have guys closer to her age wanting to take her out for her Birthday. She will be 16 next year! my how time flies when you are having fun.

[dockam in reply to Scout4answers]

Oh how funny and awesome about that. That's so wonderful, and that's another great reason to post my adventures, to spark a conversation, and/or a memory.Also to show that life is out there, and we gotta "just do it" . Grab the brass ring, go for the gusto, stop and smell the roses, Carpe diem et al

💙

Mahalo

Kam

[Hailwood]

Great to see, what a fantastic time

[dockam in reply to Hailwood]

Yes! My whole purpose of my recent posts is to have HU members see that I'm not totally overwhelmed with the d*mn PCa. I'm just experiencing as much Life as I can now, before I'm not able in the future.

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Fight on

Randy

[anonymoose2]

Thanks for sharing 👍

[dockam in reply to anonymoose2]

A'ole Pilikia - No problem in Hawaiian :-). I'm so glad that HU members are vicariously enjoying my jaunts

Live Long and Prosper

Fight on

Randy

[CountryJoe]

What an amazing weekend, Dockam, and what initiative. You are doing it right. I also love country music. Had a band as a youth and my older brother spent most of his life in Nashville as a singer and recording engineer. Recently inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Stay strong.

[dockam in reply to CountryJoe]

Oh wow, that's so awesome!! Please message me your name to look you up. Or since your screen name is Country Joe, is this you? youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4(Not working as expected?)

[CountryJoe in reply to dockam]

Don't I wish 😄😄😄

[CountryJoe in reply to CountryJoe]

Look Up David McKinley Nashville recording

[dockam in reply to CountryJoe]

Oh wow Brother, that's so awesome. Congrats!!!

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[CountryJoe in reply to dockam]

Thank you my friend. That's very kind of you. Were you able to find the video of the award ceremony?

[dockam in reply to CountryJoe]

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[timotur]

"Tour de LB", ha, now that was funny. Glad you saw Huntington Gardens-- one of the best things in LA. Good tip on hitting Redondo B pier, thx!

[dockam in reply to timotur]

Mahalo for the Huntington tip, been in LA since 1975, and never had gone there before. I sometimes tell my new patients at their dental exam appt that I'm gonna do a "Tour de Teeth".That was such a serendipitous find, on my oyster/crab quest, to see that they had free Summer concerts on the Redondo Pier.

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'Well qualified to represent the LBC" by Sublime

And then there is this classic song:

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The pic is my Map my run screenshot of the 2 mile walking tour there

Fight on Brother

Randy

Map my run tracking of the Huntington Garden hike