Something a little different...

Tonight I made a very rare trip up to Hollywood. One of the bands we work with called The Mystery Jets where playing, and because none of our normal vendors where available, I went up to sell the merchandise.

The Mystery Jets have a pretty typical story.  The band has become quite popular at home in the UK, but this is their first time they've come to the US.  So the "tour" consists of a club show in New York and another in LA

The show was at the Troubadour, which is a very iconic venue that's been around since the 50's.  This room has seen it all:  From Elton John to Guns n Roses to Coldplay, the Troubadour is many bands first stop in LA.  The band was actually quite good.

I probably haven't vended a show in 10 years.  As such it seems I've lost my mojo - Not that this is an impressive skill by any means, but I used to be able to count a 6 dozen case of t-shirts in 3 minutes.  Tonight it was more like 10 minutes.  And I can't count cash as fast as I used to either.

But the club is pretty small and so you don't really do too much business.  So I managed to keep up in the end.  And it was definitely fun to interact with customers at this level again.   I went back to my roots, if just for an evening....

This must have been a slow period.  Self portrait, bad light...

Tomorrow I switch gears back to triathlon and get ready for the Long Beach Triathlon on Sunday.