Brewers Home Opener today!!

So, The first weekend of the 2011 MLB Season is in the books! How about a Mulligan on the Brewers 0-3 season?!!  I am not gonna go into panic mode yet.  This is a good karma post for a first win!!!

The Brewers are playing their 11th Home Opener today at Miller Park today, making it a 10 year Anniversary!  Congratulations to Bud Selig!  The first time I went to Miller Park it was tough for me because it replaced the best stadium of all time, Milwaukee County Stadium!  As you can see in the above photo, Miller Park was built adjacent to Milwaukee Stadium.  I loved Milwaukee County Stadium cause it was where I saw the Brewer greats like Robin Yount and Paul Molitor play.

In Milwaukee County Stadium whenever a Brewer hit a home run, the team mascot, Bernie Brewer would slide into a giant fake mug of beer!  At Miller Park the Beer Mug was replaced with a huge Home Plate with a more elaborate slide.

Still cool, but I miss that Huge Beer Mug!!  Here's your good karma for the day guys, I know you can get on the board with a win today!  Go Brewers!!!

Starting up a series of bad fake tourist photos.

Jamie and I enjoyed visiting The Griffith Park Space Center.

This picture I took of a friendly police officer was featured on LAist today.

 

LAPD's Union Endorses Prop 23

Levon Helm at The Greek!!!

It was a wonderful night! We were much closer than this iPhone picture suggests. Levon and the talented musicians in his band were amazing. So glad we went. www.levonhelm.com

Movie Review: Tender Mercies (1983)

Awaiting my full attention paitently on my DVR for a surprising four months, I am elated that TCMs showing of Tender Mercies survived my DVR delete button it must have been up against hundreds of times.  It was worth the wait. 

Winning an Oscar for his portrayal of a once famous and successful Country Mega-Star Mac Sledge, Robert Duvall plays a man who has lost everything in his life to his alcoholism.  Waking up in a motel in the middle of nowhere, he is given a chance to put his life together and build a new life.  When the past creeps back in he must find out if he is strong enough to deal with the past and be true to his new life.

It is a touching and emotionally open performance from Duvall that is not over the top or telegraphed.  You never for one moment not believe him as his character.  When he sings and plays the guitar his wonderful voice and gentle sensibility opens up in a beautiful way that you dont see too often on the screen. 

I wish they would make more films like this.  Horton Foote won an Oscar for the Screenplay. Directed by Bruce Beresford.