Fresh Breeze

Though I will always love the winter season, I am glad to be in the middle of spring right now. Some mental house cleaning was/is in order. And I am more than glad March is behind us. April was OK but a bit on the damp side. Anyway, E and I didn’t let the post-winter malaise slow us down. We got back out to what we love to do and that included the live music scene, and rolling the paths on bicycles.

We've posted before on a place we like to hit up for the live music experience, the Acton Jazz Café. We’re promoting it again here because we’d like everyone to support this little venue. Saw a rockin’ blues group there a week ago: The Chris Fitz Band. Live blues are our cup of tea for getting loose. I chatted up the proprietor of the café, Gwen Vivian, who is a professional vocalist.


She has managed to keep the place open for 14 years…behind a bank of all places, and in doing so has not only enriched the community, but also provided a forum for other musicians to share their creative works. If you get a chance to catch a show there say hello to her, Gwen is very accessible and friendly. What a nice cozy feel the place has. Gwen has a website for the AJC so you can see what the upcoming line up looks like. You can find it at http://www.actonjazzcafe.com/. The mission statement she has put up on the website for the AJC says it all. Come on, what are you waiting for?

On a lesser note, I have to admit that, somehow, every time I drive there I manage to overlook the building and have to bang a gangster style turn on two wheels just to make the parking lot. Folded the tires over trying to make the drive way last time. Missed. But I got across the front walk way and lawn alright. E hates my driving. I say she is a nervous nelly. It was night time. And the lot was dark..

E and I have been talking about writing a little bit more about our enjoyment with the various forms of art that not only include music, but the visual arts, and dance, and things one can also experience through the tactile senses like jewelry and other hand crafts. I guess it’s really about creativity. Come to think of it, E does interior design and decorating, so I think it will be cool to cover some of the styles of homes she has done in the area.

I envy those who have the talent to create something beautiful. So maybe we have a chance to write something interesting about those who create, and their works, over the next several posts. For our own part, we can share what we experience. We are definitely going to fire the Latin dancing back up. There is an old post from a blog E and I used to write to, but discontinued. At that time we were active with Latin dancing and had a short story to tell of one night on the practice floor. We'll put that one up next time.

For this post we’d like to share a little bit of what we took away from last Saturday evening. We can’t offer much about the artist, Chris Fitz, because we didn’t get a chance to talk with him. But he’s a Boston local who has been plying and refining his craft for a while now. He and his band definitely have the chops. Enjoy.