Music of the Night

I live off of Santa Monica Blvd, one of the busiest streets in Hollywood, and maybe also the US. Those of you who have talked to me before know that I struggle sometimes with the noise in trying to get to sleep at night, but for the most part I enjoy the proximity to being close to the "action."

Often there will be some events in our neighborhood that remind me of what a wonderful community I live in, and Sunday night was no exception. I had just gotten back from playing clarinet in the orchestra concert, and I was pretty tuckered out. Maybe it was the 1.5 hour rehearsal before the 2 hour actual concert, but I was exhausted...

I parked my car, only to be greeted with: Mariachi music! That's right, friends, there was a real live Mariachi band playing at the house kitty corner to me. I mean, it doesn't get any better than this! Costumes and all. I think that someone over there was celebrating their birthday, because they were playing this song called, "Las Mananitas" which I remember learning in Spanish I my sophomore year in high school. It's a traditional birthday song that people normally sing as the birthday boy/girl is waking up. Thank you Lord for the wonderful blessing of this neighborhood! When I start questioning why I am in Hollywood, may I look back and read this blog...