It's been a great weekend, but a really long one. My agenda:
I'm worn out but pretty happy with the way I spent my time. I had a great variety of activities and really enjoyed hanging out with a lot of different people.
The show last night at McGuffy's went really well. The only bad thing that happened was that I broke a string halfway through the set. It really kind of threw me off. My Samick - an old Tele copy - wasn't cooperating and shorted out. I borrowed Bobby's Fender Strat for the last part of the show, but it always sucks when you've got gear failure. It's just one of those things where you have a familiarity. When's that's removed, it takes you out of your comfort zone. I know my guitar. I've been playing it for about 10 years now. When you've got a different guitar, it's like driving somebody else's car. You know how to operate it, but it's a little uncomfortable.
Overall though, it was pretty good show. There was a decent size crowd who were into at and everyone seemed to have fun.
So... at the start of this weekend, I was not an amateur caterer. After this weekend, I am. I've got a couple of friends getting married soon and they were having problems with their caterer (some shady things happened...). So at a party on Friday, while hanging out with the groom I made a comment about me doing the food. I thought about it and realize that if I could get my friends Josh and Chris in on it, it could actually be feasible.
So, I made a couple of phone calls the next day, and everyone was in. So, I get to barbecue for a few hundred people. We've largely worked out the details and I feel suprisingly good about it. It's going to be a big challenge, but it's going to be great. It's definitely going to be the most people I've ever cooked for, but it's going to work. I'm happy that I'm going to be able to help out with my friends wedding, but also to do something that I really enjoy on a larger scale.