Looking Back on My Trip to Santa Cruz
Greetings, all! I hope this post finds you well and loving life. First, I have to apologize for the lack of blog posts last week. I didn’t realize I hadn’t brought what I needed to post, and our Web Wizard was out of the office last week. (He’s off getting married and honeymooning and such.) So, my bad.
Last Tuesday was my first day in the factory in Santa Cruz. I flew out Monday; Barry picked me up late that night. Barry and I spent the rest of the week in planning and strategy sessions, preparing for Fall. I also had plenty of time with Rick, as well as the shop team – Chris, Jake and Andre. I had shipped my entire Smoke Glass collection (see video) to arrive mid-week. Andre took care of some set-up work on all three, and installed the coil tap in my RS-6 Deuce. They should all be back home tomorrow, as we got them back out the door before I left.
This time around, I arrived bearing gifts for Rick and Barry. I know they are both into hot/spicy food as much as I am, so I gave them each jars of home made salsa, hot sauces and stir-fry oil. Barry told me the hottest sauce was right up his alley. His wife said the salsa was REALLY HOT!! And that was the mildest thing I brought!
Speaking of food, one thing I really love about traveling is the opportunities to try good local restaurants. Santa Crux has enough great places to eat that I’ll get to try new things for a long, long time. This time, we were in the mood for Mexican (I’m from Texas; I’m always in the mood for Mexican!) so we went to Tortilla Flats. WOW! If you’re ever in town, check them out. Their enchiladas are amazing, as is their tamale. In fact, their tamale is the best, creamiest tamale I’ve ever tasted. Seriously. And the Mexican chocolate cheesecake made me shiver, it was so good.
So, anyhoo… Barry and I were up in the middle of the night so he could get me to the airport in time for my very early flight. I got home in time to rest up for the Danville Foodstock Sunday Dinner the next day. By the time that was over, I was wiped out, and spent the afternoon and evening napping to rest up so I could get some sleep!
Tomorrow I leave for a quick run to Nashville, where I’ll be stopping in to see Artisan Guitars to say hello, as well as meeting with several friends who are interested in various Renaissance models.
In between trips, I’m catching up on messages and basically beating the pile on my desk down as far as possible. I also put together some short videos from the trip, and have already uploaded them to YouTube. You can check them out on the Video page of the site. I’ll post direct links later today when I do the What’s New post for today.
That’s about it for this time around. I’ll see you again next week. Until then, remember,
Every day you play your guitar is a good day!
Lane
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