Me with Kendra
Jim and Kendra
Albany, NY
The lovely dining room
We got into Albany and parked for the night. What a gorgeous place to wake up too!!
One of my dearest friends, Kendra Dew, (http://kendradew.com/main.html)originally from Michigan, was driving there to meet us. She actually got married two years ago and had moved to Vermont, so we haven't seen each other in almost three years. Also, we had not had the pleasure of meeting her new husband.
They arrived about 2PM and it was wonderful!! We talked, laughed, ate, had a photo shoot with Haylie and the babies... I forgot to mention that Kendra is an unbelievable photographer, who was instrumental in Haylie and Ashley's early days of acting and modeling. Her new husband Jim is also a very talented photographer, I will try and find his website to add later.
The old theater in Albany was just beautiful and restored to perfection. Again the place was sold out and there was so much excitement from the waiting crowds of fans.
We had dinner in the basement of the old theater, and it was there that certainly couldn't hid the many years that it had been standing. It seems funny to me that that millions of dollars are spent on restoration of places like this, yet the entire artist area is old, with frayed wires taped in all directions and just a mess. Still it was so exciting to be there.
I took Kendra and Jim to the side of the stage to watch the opening of the show. Eric Gales opened with Purple Haze and the crowd went wild. As fun as it was to watch within 20' of the performers from the sidelines, I think you lose so much of the sound and not being part of the synergy when sitting in the audience.
Later we returned to see Jonny, but this time we watched from the balcony. We had no seats, but again in this venue they allowed us to stand about anywhere we desired.
The day and evening were so wonderful, but the goodbyes were so hard!!!
Bye Kendra and Jim and thanks so much for driving such a distance to see us!!
Back on the road heading for Providence, RI.
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