I LOVE San Francisco!

Can you say "overdressed"?

I awakened in the lovely apt. of my dear friend, Marcus. A comfy, clean home with a bed that forms to my body.,..sweet sleep after such a hell day yesterday.

It was cool in the apt, and at 8:30am i saw the temp was just around 13C so i hit the shower and dressed for 13C.

In the hour and a half it took to groom and catch up on mail and publish yesterday's drama-blogs, the temp rose to 17C. Unaware of the change in temperature, I don jeans and a t-shirt, black leather vest and a cream, wool jacket (Louie Louie for Roxy).

I leave the apt, stepping out into the shady side of the street. I can feel the warmth, as i tuck my red gloves into my laptop bag, smiling like a tourist who has just arrived from -28C before the wind chill... oh wait! I AM a tourist who just....

When i hit the sunshine it was like being home again. You know that feeling of comfort one gets when home is the best place they know. Well my home is Vancouver, BC. And when the sun is shining it is, to me, the BEST place i've ever been. Every time I cross the Lion's gate bridge, on my bike, in the sunshine, i think to myself, "I live in Heaven".

Here in San Francisco, at Maxfield's cafe, drinking an organic Americano in the bright sunshine, i am warmed to my core, knowing that my friend Marcus, too, lives in Heaven.

I LOVE San Francisco!

This week I am meeting with some women from the film and t.v. industry to discuss the social initiative i have created, Create-a-Career. I am thrilled to have been invited to present my ideas to this very talented group of professional, philanthropic women in this industry. As i just said to Marcus over lunch at Maxfield's, sometimes in my business, the Me Me Me factor of selling one's self and product, gets to be far too much for me.

I love playing and writing music, and live performance is what it is ALL about for me, but the constant self-promo-thing is where i find my humility. I SUCK at it. Don't get me wrong, I am one of the finest promoters of live music in my community and beyond, my own included.

BUT I HATE IT!!!!

No-one has ever offered to take the job from me though... well, no-one that offered to do more for me than i was doing for myself. Should the day come, i will give it up so quickly you will think Flash Gordon was my Pa.

Back to Create-a-Career - It is a joy to take moments away from my own projects in music to create and pitch this project to other women in the industry that i love. I am a huge fan of film making. I have been podcasting since before most in my community knew what a podcast was. Though i am just getting the hang of film quality and production techniques (no teacher so self exploration, though fun, is a much longer process), I am jumping straight in head first. Developing this project helps me help others while exploring my new love.

I am excited about 2009.

I hope you all have found something that brings you joy. Dive in to your hobby with a conscious intention attached and watch it gleefully consume you.

Happy days all!

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