Possibilities

So this weekend started off a little rough as the head cold I've been getting seemed to fully settle in Friday morning, but it cleared up enough to not damper any of the awesome activities that Friday and Saturday held.  Friday afternoon was lifted with a delightful little experience at the City Market Coffeehouse.  I went in for my vanilla latte and in the process talked to the barista guy, also an artist, about some art stores and shows and how I do fiber art.  He told me about a great arts and crafts supply store that actually has some fiber art stuff: screen- printing ink, fabric, etc.  I will definitely be checking it out this week.  He also told me about a group show that will be happening next Saturday, and  when he wrote down the show info also gave me his number so I can give him some pictures of my work to possibly get into on of the shows sometime. I just thought it was so cool how open and supportive he was about passing along shop info, getting a card if I had one, and opening up a possibility to show my work here in KC.  I guess I should really start making some new stuff now. :)

Friday night only increased the awesomeness when Mike, Abby, Jason, Sarah and I went downtown to The Majestic for some live jazz.  The Majestic is a pretty nice restaurant, and downstairs is the underground jazz club.  You can still get dinner down there, but there is also a separate bar and little cocktail tables for those just there for the music.  It was pretty full when we got there, so we ended up crammed together directly in front of the stage.  Though it was tight, I enjoyed being so close to the musicians.  They were pretty good, and all had funny little quirks.  The piano player kind of curled  up his lip when he played, especially on solos, and the bass player made a lot of little faces and made the sounds with his mouth that he was playing.  It was like when jack black does air guitar only he was actually playing the bass too.  The trumpet player was the most reactive to the crowd, and stared down anyone who was talking too loudly while he played...Sarah at one point.  It was a pretty lovely evening, and I definitely plan to go back.