Phoenix Via Bedrock
Saturday, August 13th, 2011
Our time on the road was winding down as Bob and I departed the Grand Canyon National Park on the morning of Thursday, March 31, 2011. We had only one more major city to hit and this would be Phoenix, Arizona, which I would be seeing for the first time. We headed out that morning at around 9:30am, with only the minor distraction of seeing a Smokey the Bear statue delaying us initially. Then we came upon the small Arizona community of Valle, where we were sidetracked for over an hour. The reasons for this: Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble. Read the rest of this entry »
There were over 40 band members in the popular 1970’s group Sha Na Na, but easily the most recognizable of them was Jon “Bowzer” Bauman, whose giant mouth and gangly greaser persona became a rather iconic image of 50’s nostalgia in the 70’s. Today people might forget how big Sha Na Na actually was at one time. The played at Woodstock, headlined with Bruce Springsteen as a supporting act, and were invited to a charity concert by John Lennon. They even had their own syndicated variety show from 1977-1981, not to mention their starring role and soundtrack inclusion in the blockbuster movie version of Grease. 
As a long-time fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, I don’t generally pass up the chance to get autographs from or meet members of the shows’ casts. The Chiller Theatre Show in Parsippany, New Jersey, on April 30, 2011, brought along two such opportunities for these celebrity encounters. The first, and probably more impressive of the two, was getting to meet Mercedes McNab, who portrayed snotty-girl-turned-vampire Harmony Kendall in both series.