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We are lucky and our business is close to an awesome music venue and sometimes the bands stop through and visit our location. We just had a music festival here so we met some awesome band members traveling through town. I’m old so half the time, I have no clue to who any of these kids are lol
BUT… the other night some of the band members from Red Jumpsuit Aparatus stopped in and of course… I fucking wasn’t there 🙄 🤦♀️. I’m not familiar with their whole catalog but I do like some of their songs. I was so bummed.
I was working at our other location and totally missed it! But they were so nice to stop in, tour our places make a video and post about us, and bought our merch to wear on tour! That’s fucking wild! 🤣
Again… I will say it a million times. I love being downtown! You never know who you’re gonna meet. As I turn another year older tomorrow (holy fuck) I’m so grateful on where I am, what I’ve accomplished, what I’ve survived, and the journey I went on to get me where I am today. I’m very grateful.
Here’s some pictures that. they took while I wasn’t there 😂
The Grammy’s the coveted award that the majority of musicians, songwriters, producers, and artists strive to achieve. As 2026 is on the last turn to finish out the year, I’d like to make a prediction that I. myself am surprised to say. Olive Rodrigo will most likely sweep the Grammy’s or at least win “Album Of The Year”
If you would have asked me two years ago if Olivia would be in a Grammy position, I would have said no. Not because she isn’t talented… she is extremely talented but it was her team. Bad decisions left and right. Just let the girl write her own shit. I gotta be honest, I was tired of her music sounding like so many other artists songs. From Taylor Swift, Paramore, Elvis Costello, David Byrne, The Breeders… and so on. There was just a mess that her team was leading her in to with the last two albums. It was frustrating to watch. The money this girl lost on her first album because of copyrights is kinda wild. Her team let her down and I was losing hope that it would stunt her growth as an artist.
Then Rodrigo’s third album “You Seem Pretty Sad For A Girl So In Love” hits the scene. I was hesitant…I’m so glad I gave it a whirl. This album is fantastic. Her writing contributions make it a solid album. Orchestrations… perfect. This is an album loaded with hits and I believe it will get its flowers at the Grammy’s in 2027. This year, so far, Rodrigo has a clear path to take it … unless someone surprise releases something by the end of the year. Even if Taylor Swift releases “Debut (Taylor’s Version)” … which is rumored to happen by the end of the year… I don’t think she’s gonna come close to Rodrigo’s “YSPSFAGSIL”
Some of my favorites from this album: Drop Dead, Stupid Song, Honeybee, The Cure, Expectations, What’s Wrong With Me Cigarette Smoke, Less, and Begged. Keep in mind.. this is almost the whole album and the ones I didn’t list aren’t bad either. They are pretty damn good. The Stand Out songs for me are: Stupid Song, Honeybee, and Expectations. These songs are a combo of great song writing, great arrangements, great producing, and great performance from Rodrigo in her range, talent, and emotion.
The chorus in “Stupid Song” is absolute perfection and I am obsessed with it actually. It doesn’t leave my brain and every time I hear it I cry, I sing out, and it also makes me feel like an electric charge just zaps my system. Brilliant arrangement on this one too.
“Expectations”. I loved this song my first listen. Then as of last night, she dropped a remix with Chappell Roan and I didn’t know that I needed a remix of this song. Chappell”s voice and spunk gives it an extra twist and kick that wasn’t needed… but damn it’s much appreciated. Normally, I’m never a fan of a remix collab. “Bad Guy” with Billie Eilish & Justin Bieber… that mix almost ruined the original for me. Two talented people but a remix that didn’t need to happen. Rodrigo & Roan (which sounds like a 70’s Cop Show) hit this remix hard and bring a lot of fun to the track. The video is pretty great too!
“Honey Bee”. This fucking song. I can’t even listen to it without becoming a puddle on the floor. From the first note… it launches you into memories and a time when you first fell in love and then it drags your heart across the asphalt with the chorus to rub it in on how much true love can hurt yet reminds you how beautiful that feeling is or was. By the last time the chorus comes around, I am fucking done. Just when you think … nah that doesn’t hurt anymore, I’m good now… this song gives you a karate chop to the heart and a swift kick in the ass that will Hotwire your memories and take them for a joy ride… which leads you back to “Stupid Song”.
Well played Olivia. Well played.
I’m so impressed with this album. I’m proud of Rodrigo and her growth as an artist. I’m proud of how she takes her popularity and platform and does good hearted things with it. The artistry in the writing, the direction of her music videos, the thought that has gone into her stage show…. She is impressive.
A 2027 Grammy (or a collection of them) will be well deserved.
So.. my little business just received some surprising news and a fun interaction on top of it. Bear with me, I am excited. It’s been a bit of a shit week and I just wanted to pause on this moment and share.
First off… somehow… someway … we are featured in an inflight magazine coming out of Mesa Gateway Airport on Allegiance Airlines flights. I don’t even know how that happened?? We had two ladies visit us today saying they saw us while they were on their flight. We were so confused. Then they showed us screen shots of the magazine! We were floored. That is such a cool moment.
Second part of this story, I went to wait for the internet to be installed today in our new location and he gets there and says… “Hey I know You!” I figured maybe he’s been in our shop but he just followed us on TikTok last month. That was pretty fun! He stayed for an hour talking shop and asking questions. It was kinda funny.
These were all so surprising and much needed good interactions. It did put a little boost to my mood. I’m happy to see people happy they found our little business. Especially on days when life is just kicking our asses.
I have a different blog coming out soon but just wanted to pause and share this fun little moment. I’m cleaning our new location and setting up our security cameras this evenings so I better get my ass moving. 😂
Thinking on this past week…. Things are hard when you feel buried and things are going bad but there ARE good things that happen and those good things should be celebrated as little wins. We all need little wins in life from time to time. 😊
I know that I sure needed one.
I’m truly grateful for the reminder that good things do happen if you keep working hard and don’t give up. ❤️
We had two great days at our business and then Sunday hit and things went south. Normally, our patrons are so fun and nice. Sunday we got pummeled by rude & disrespectful people. At one point I literally went in the bathroom and cried because I couldn’t believe how rude people were being.
We are TRYING to open our second location and the place is a mess. It wasn’t taken care of and things are giving us problems. Also, trespassers are coming on to the property and some people have been damaging things. The former owner was a drug addict that would let people do whatever the fuck they wanted and now these people are mad that the former owner isn’t there and doing stupid shit. It’s frustrating. We want to put up a fence around most of the place because of all the shenanigans.
We received one month free of rent so we could possibly make money and get a head start but with all these issues, we haven’t been able to open and the end of the month is near. I’m really getting worried. It’s quite possible this place is going to drown us. I’m pissed off every time I step in there because it’s such a cluster fuck.
We had a meeting at city hall today to discuss the property and it’s just such a mess. I am really bummed out but trying to stay positive about it.
I’m pretty overwhelmed , I’m frustrated with people, I’m tired, and I’m not feeling great. Just worn down. Today was supposed to be to be a day off but spent it doing shit. Many years have been shed in the past 24 hrs out of sheer exhaustion & frustration.
As we approach the end of the month, our days are significantly longer. There are a lot of events, tours, classes, and we are trying to jump start the new place AND not lose our minds running around.
My spirits are a bit dimmed but I’m gonna keep trying.
Ok opened my windows , my fan is on highest it can go, and I think I’m going to go to bed way early. I have to sit around and wait for the internet guy tomorrow at our new location…. I have so much to do and I’m stuck there waiting.
With Tropical Storm Rachel making her way into our neck of the woods, the skies are grey, the wind is blowing, and the rain is starting to fall. I WISH it was just about 10 degrees cooler because I was soooo ready to break out my sweatshirts & boots. Sadly, I live in AZ so all we are getting is a little break and a lot of humidity.
Driving to work the wind was blowing every which way. I can’t tell you how many little birdies were just flying in circles and even swooping down towards moving vehicles! Poor little birdies! I felt so bad for them… they looked utterly panicked and confused. I even saw a bat near the natural history museum. No telling where he was resting but he obviously was disturbed and was just flying around frantically.
I’m a huge weather nerd and LOVE to watch storm chasers. Have you ever seen a hurricane on radar and it shows you light green, dark green, orange and red… all indicating sever weather fluctuations with rain and wind speed. There is a color on the radar during a hurricane (sometimes it’s yellow, purple, I’ve even seen pink ) these colors show the debris in the middle of the hurricane but do you know most of it is birds! These poor birds are just flying in circles because they are trapped in the hurricane. That is so sad to me. Their poor little wings just flapping away until they tire out. It’s so sad.
Our tour is canceled for the evening but we still have an event late night tonight. So.. it’s me people watching as they scurry through the rain AND taking a breather. This time of year is crazy for our little business and this year has been more busy than ever. Last night, we almost needed two security people. Now I’m scrambling to find some extra help on Halloween night because of how busy we were last night. I wish people could just behave and be decent but we had a lady (from a Mountain View 1986 class reunion) come in and sit her dumb ass on a wheel chair from the 1800’s. I mean… what the fuck lady. It says DO NOT TOUCH. As a Red Mountain -Mountain Lion I can safely say… “fuck that Mountain View Toro”. Her name was Pam. Now we’ll call any annoying woman that enters our store that acts a fool: CODE PAM
I’m running on not much sleep, lots of caffeine, and a wing and a prayer. So much to do… not enough time to accomplish everything. I feel much like those birds flying around on radar….. just flapping my wings aimlessly and hoping to get to my next destination.
Well… it’s not that often (especially in Arizona) that we can say that we are keeping a close eye on the weather as Tropical Storm Rachel and Hurricane Simon are moving towards us. Normally, I would welcome the cooler temps, light rain, and thunderstorms. Any crazy weather California and Mexico receive always makes it beautiful in our neck of the woods… or should I say desert? Unfortunately, especially during this time of year, this weather is wreaking havoc on our work. Over $1500 from guests have already been moved to different dates because they are worried about rain ruining their plans. Some guests are just hanging in there in hopes that our ever-changing weather will cooperate. I’ve seen all late morning and early afternoon rescheduling clients or talking to them over the phone.
This hurricane season is chaos. When have you ever seen so many hurricanes or tropical storms hanging out in the Pacific Ocean?? So wild. It’s crazy when all 3 weather apps give you complete opposite information on the weather. I’ve said it before…Why the hell to do we have weather people if they can only tell us when it’s raining as it’s raining?? It’s like… Thanks Captain Obvious for the heads up! Looking at the weather today on all three apps, it goes from a “light rain” to ” hurricane winds and flooding”. I’m traumatized by these forecasts. It’s like being in some sort of twisted love triangle with someone that says they love you and then repeatedly treats you like you are disposable garbage. Make up your fucking mind weather person… am I gonna need to sandbag locations and work through heavy winds or is the clouds going to spit on me a bit? What are we doing here… throw me a bone why don’t you. Better yet, can all of you weather apps get on the same page for crying out loud? It’s like one of you gave your forecast and the others are just saying the opposite just so they can have a 50-50 chance of being correct. That is wild.
Also, random side note, I saw a ghost last night while cleaning our new location. Yes. We knew it was haunted BUT have I ever saw something with my own eyes there… nope … not in the 2 years I’ve been going in and out of that place at all times of the day. I was washing my hands at the sink, looked up in the mirror (and just like a fucking horror film ) this woman was behind me. Needless to say… I was a bit startled. I tried every which way to debunk what I saw but I couldn’t. I saw a young woman in a white dress, with a belt around her waist, and long auburn hair. You bet I’m going to look through records and photos of everyone that has lived at that location to see if I see this woman. I definitely was not surprised to see her but I also was surprised. I dunno…. I have mixed feelings about it I guess. Tonight we will be going back with some staff to see if we run into her again. Crazy weather partnered with the veil thinning this time of year… sounds like a fun Friday night to me!
Well, I have a group of teens that just walked into our gift shop and a lot of these crazy kiddos have sticky fingers downtown …. not all .. but most. We always get stickers, pins, crystals, jewelry, randomly missing after they leave. hahaha! Crazy ass kids. On a brighter note, we always get the bands that come into town to play at the music venues. It’s always fun meeting them. One time, they brought us some toe tags and signed them. It was such a sweet gesture. I love when they come in and tour the place and buy our stickers to put on their tour bands and vans. So fun!
Ok.. babbled enough…
I hope you all are doing well and that you aren’t getting horrible weather with everything going on. Everyone stay safe, have fun, and have a great weekend!
We did it.. big plans, meant big decisions, which lead to big moves.. and BOOM!! We are opening a second location. You may ask yourself …. “why in the hell would you add a location in this economy??” Trust me, if we weren’t sought after with an amazing offer.. we wouldn’t have done it. It was too good to pass up and it’s a location filled with history that we want to preserve.
Since there was some unforeseen issues, the place isn’t having a cleaning team come in prior to us opening. Which means… Thursday is just me, a bunch of cleaning supplies, good tunes, and pray for me that they turned the electric on so I have air conditioning. It’s SUPPOSE to have happened but sometimes you just never know.
We try to keep it under wraps until everything was solidified but the city is already asking us questions, congratulating us and word is starting to spread around town. Big City… Small Downtown haha!
My anxiety has never been so high and I’m pretty freaked out. This lovely historic place is going to get a lot of TLC. From the fountains, to the pomegranate & pecan trees, to the old wood floors, and the spirits that reside in this location… I’m nervous, excited, scared, and to be honest exhausted.
They say “if your goals don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough”. Well.. I”m fucking scared.
Never in a million years would I have thought that we would be opening up a second location. That we would be joining forces to create bigger and cooler shit. What an incredible journey and learning experience this all has been. Life looks so different now and I’ve never been so laser focused on wants & needs. What was so important to me three years ago, is not even on my radar. Things that I thought I could never handle or navigate.. I’m learning each day and growing from it. To just sit and take a look at what our little small business has built is just absolutely wild… and there is so much more to come!.
My next big goal (this will take awhile) but is to live Downtown. Now keep in mind, I live there now. BUT…. I wanna be closer to the action. I wanna hear the music from the venues, hear the traffic on Main Street & the light rail fly by, see all the people coming and going… I want to be in the middle of it all. Words can’t express enough how much I adore my life. Sure … I’m stressed a bit. Yes… I’m fucking scared. No… I don’t have all the answers. But I am having the time of my life.
I hope your big hopes, dreams, wishes, goals, and aspirations find you and give you the biggest hug. Stay strong out there folks. Lean on your community. Do the things that make you happy but also scare the shit outta ya. Those feelings and thoughts are proof that you are growing and stepping out of your comfort zone. On the other side of fear is a lot of joy. Wishing you all the best!
I’m laying in bed, fan on, blue ocean lights waving across the ceiling, comfy blanket, and the windows are open… finally! Listening to the breeze outside and the faint smell of rain coming through the window… I am absolutely in love with this time of year.
Lately, life has been pretty heavy. I’ve cried myself to sleep, stayed up over thinking, bit my nails too short from stress, been so fucking angry I couldn’t see straight… it’s been a roller coaster of emotions for sure.
But tonight, the windows are open, the rain is here, I feel cozy, safe, and at peace. No.. I didn’t medicate too much. Yes. Medicated a little… but that’s beside the point. It’s the weather. This time of year is absolutely freeing. I have 1930-1940 music playing low and I’m enjoying the night breeze keeping my soul company tonight.
If only.. there was lightening and thunder.. it would be a fucking perfect night but this is as close as it can get.
I love fall.
I love just drifting off to sleep thinking nothing but good things even though the world is in chaos. I’m in a delusional state that things are gonna be ok. For now… I’m good with it. 😊
Sweet Dreams
(Here’s the link to my fave YouTube channel and the video I play at night)
I was deep in thought with my peach green tea today (while I was scrolling through The Weather Channel app) and I got so excited to see the cooler temps coming up with the potential of a few days of off and on rain. As I opened the radar to look at the weather at a wider glance, I soon realized that the cause for our soon-to-be beautiful weather is cause by other parts of the country having absolutely chaotic and destructive weather. When I was looking in my own bubble, all seemed well… but taking a wider look at things showed me the cause and effect that never crossed my mind at that moment. I was just excited to bring a sweater to work or to open my windows at night. Instant gratification blinds us sometimes. On your path, everything could. look amazing but looking down the path behind you.. could be a lot of destruction some that could possibly take years for that area to heal. It’s crazy that one persons pleasure could be the cause or effect of another’s pain. The ying & yang of life is truly wild. While you’re celebrating your promotion, someone else is going home to tell their spouse that they have to keep their day job. While you’re celebrating your big wedding day with family and friends, someone could be wandering around the mall heartbroken that they lost the love of their life. Damn… life is crazy. Don’t get me wrong, it’s totally cool to celebrate the wins in life. Hell … it’s rare we get them, right? I just can’t help to feel a LITTLE bit of guilt being happy about something knowing that it could be effecting someone else so differently. It kinda takes the wind out of my sails a bit. In my current situation, we have a chance to expand our business. It’s a good deal, they sought us out but the kicker is, this was a friend of ours location that they lost. So.. it’s hard to get excited knowing a friend of yours has lost a business that they loved and cared about for 14 years. They definitely lost it, they can’t take care of it, they sort of fled the location… but still my heart hurts for them. Good things are happening but they are also scary because of all responsibilities that could be coming our way. Are we able to handle of it? Can we handle running a historic location with a lot of landscaping duties… this is an area I know nothing about. I can’t tell you how many plants I’ve deceased. I once killed $130 of carpet roses (ones that are suppose to be indestructible). Totally killed them in 4 days. Also.. irrigation.. I don’t understand and can not comprehend how all that works. I feel incredibly overwhelmed with stress and I want to feel excited. I truly do. There are so many opportunities and my mind just wants to focus on the welfare of certain people in my life. I want them to be safe and happy and most importantly healthy. Life is coming at us so quickly… and its full ups and downs. I guess all we can do is hold on and hold on to each other as tight as we can through it all. I just want to see the one’s I love be happy and to feel loved as much as possible. We just gotta be here for each other through the pleasure and the pain.
It’s lightening out and I couldn’t be happier. I just arrived at my usual Trader Joe’s and before I go in to blow my money on the latest “fall finds”, I’m just taking in the lightening show. Will it be raining as I leave the store? Possibly. But.. there is just something about a good lightening show that makes me happy.
Today was heavy so I welcome this little blip of happiness. We are facing a cross road with our business. All though I wish it was a Brittany Spears kinda cross road, this one is a bit trickier. Options: sever ties with a company and take a gigantic leap of faiths, do all that and dive into two separate entities of business, the last one … stay on course while being manipulated by a corporation that has tried to intimidate and downplay our skills (because we are the only one there without a penis) The answer should be clear but there is a lot of fear. We’ll be losing a good chunk of money end gambling on a new adventure all while running our location… and this would take more man power which means we would need to have the means to support ourselves, our business, and hire on more people. It’s been a lot . I’ve been on conference calls all day from California to Florida talking to different business entities .
My brain hurts.
But on the bright side… our little business was just awarded The Best of Phoenix by Phoenix New Times. We’ve been on the list twice now and I can’t help but to feel a little sappy about that. I’m proud of what we have built and thankful to have a great support system. It’s very cool and we are very grateful. The city is coming in Thursday to interview us and that feels really good .
My anxiety is through the roof about making decisions . We have a morning meeting tomorrow and I feel like I have a billion ideas and a billion worries. I’m just not sure if we can manage all this. It will be a lot… and it’s not really been done before in our area.
I dunno.
Well it’s now officially raining and I’m still sitting in my car. I better shake a tail feather and get on there. Trader Joe’s is calling my name.
Hope you all had a great day and you have a great night too! 👋😊
