Starting today, I'm officially on vacation, so between now and Thursday expect light flurries of blogging, followed by a long period of drought until I return from LA on January 2nd.

Things are shaping up nicely for our visit. I've told you about our trip to San Diego and plans for Christmas previously. In the interim, I've also made plans to meet up with my longtime friend, J. K. Cohen, as well as blogging buddies Lili Chin and Eddie Mort of fwak!

We'll meet up with the latter at the world-famous Bahooka Restaurant where I hope to sample some exotic Polynesian treats like coleslaw and fried zucchini. If we're lucky, we'll get Go-Go as our waitress, a woman who's renowned for her ability to set any part of your meal aflame...entree, appetizers, salad, even your glass of water!

I'm also looking forward to meeting Lili and Eddie's friends, Lisa and Manfred who're coming up from Atlanta to visit LA. Lisa works for Cartoon Network, and Manfred is better known as "The Professor", frontman for the Woggles, an excellent band whose music I first became acquainted with back in my Cool and Strange Music days.

Finally, I'm taking the whole family (including my mom) to see God Bless Americana on New Years Day. This show has gotten raves from the press, but I first heard about it at fwak! Looks like a lot of fun.

That's all for now. I've got errands to run, so hang cool this holiday season. All the best from me and mine.