Munichmaedchen

The Big Stink

The garlic scent hanging over Gilroy in July won't let anybody forget the upcoming event, The Garlic Festival. Stinkers from near and far will gather to taste the craziest garlic compositions at the Christmas Park. I will definitely check out the Gourmet Alley during the cook-offs and will stay away from the Highway. A hopelessly jammed 101 is the annual impact of the festival weekend. If you plan to come down south from San Jose, you better take public transit such as CalTrain or the 64 bus from downtown San Jose to Gilroy.

Now That I Ruined My Musical Reputation...

... with the Hasselhoff blog entry, I might as well show you the reason why all the Germans know Mendocino and want to go there...

Happy Birthday to the Hoff

Congrats David Hasselhoff, celebrate your birthday today. What the f... might some of you say, who cares about this guy? You weren't there, 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell. He was, and I was, and the Scorpions, Marius Mueller Westernhagen and a whole lotta reunited Germans partying for three days and nights. David Hasselhoff looking for freedom in his blinking jacket belongs to the fall of the Berlin Wall like the Brandenburger Tor.

Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed

Five days of relaxing in 104 degree natural mineral springs, hiking in the Ansel Adam Wilderness and snuggling by the campfire in the High Sierras are behind us. Mono Hot Springs is definitely a place to recommend - no matter if you rather go camping or book a cabin like we did. I admit we were happy to have a roof over our head on Saturday evening when a hail storm just hit us after we had returned from a hike to beautiful Doris Lake. I wish I could have bottled up the clean invigorating air after the storm was over and bring it home.

Pictures will get posted as soon as I had time to load them up.

Happy Birthday!

...or as we say in Germany: Viel Glueck zum Geburtstag, Elke!

Words

Without having to concentrate on script writing class work during summer, I have reading time at the end of the day and just love it.

Angela Huth's Wives of the Fishermen is the first novel I have picked for my season of leisure. I found it on the sales table in our college bookstore offered for $ 2 and wouldn't have guessed that the author of Merriam Webster's Secretarial Guide could attract me to read a work from her. I am dried out already from my classes.

Scriptwriting somehow is a more direct if not plain way to tell a story. You show rather than describe your locations and characters. Maybe that's why Huth's flowery descriptions immediately trapped me.

Like a sponge I currently soak in the beautiful language she uses. "The velutinous black on the horizon where the sea merges with the sky" or the ''plushy warm air of a late summer evening.'' Doesn't this sound wonderful? For writing features this would be an absolute no no. I miss my novel language when I write a script. Both writing styles have their place in my heart though and in my creativity.

Green Country Fair

I guess we will have to go to San Rafael these days to check out the alternative fuel vehicles. Clay and his work buddy are developing an engine-revamp-kit which will enable consumers to turn their vehicles into water fueled cars. Yes, no gas at all, that's the goal and those engines are not new. The prototype exists since the late 1930-ies but never entered the market. Now, with oil becoming scarce, the alternative fuel is back in the spot light. I heard that at the Marin County Fair they have a water fueled vehicle displayed. We probably go Saturday although I would love to hear Joan Jett performing today evening at the fair. Oh well! Maybe Tommy Castro on Friday or Elvin Bishop on Sunday are in the cards.

Btw. I will NOT volunteer my Beetle as guinea pig for the revamp as requested by certain individuals although I like the thought of filling the tank with a bottle of Fidji water.

Bill Gates' Last Day At Work

aka the Darth Vader of the computer industry retires. Check out the funny video - hey, yes, I did mention the words fun and Bill Gates in one paragraph!!! Happy years to come, Bill, you deserve it.

Sonny or The Scorpions

The Shoreline or Santa Cruz, that will be the question on August 2nd when the Scorpions and Sammy Hagar will play at the Bone Bash while Sonny Landreth is going to slide his guitar at Moe's Alley. Not sure how to go from here - both venues have some of my favorite musicians performing. Not fair! Well, sooner or later I will have to take a decision. Read my blog and stay tuned and let me know what you're doing on August 2nd.

I stood up Mr. Lobo

Caught flirting with Mr. Lobo
Originally uploaded by Munichmaedchen.

Oh no, I indeed had to cancel my Psychotronics visit last Saturday. We had a thunderstorm, yup with flash of lightning and thunder and some rain, in Gilroy. Our dogs went haywire. We therefore decided to watch the unusual weather event on our protected patio with some BBQ, some more Margaritas and no fuel to waste on driving. It was just a nice quiet evening.
Sorry Mr. Lobo, I did not miss you at all. I did miss seeing some of my friends whom I never see otherwise. However,there is always a next time for the Psychotronix the Sequel.