Nicole Atkins made her San Francisco debut earlier this year at Popscene when she opened for the Long Blondes. For the most part, the crowd was mulling about and the buzz of conversation would’ve made it extremely difficult to command a stage. No one even noticed the small frame emerge onto the stage… and those that did, didn’t expect that little Jersey girl was going to be able to drown out the rowdy audience.

The moment Nicole Atkins opened her mouth to sing her first note, there was a resounding thud of jaws dropping onto the floor of the 330 Ritch nightclub in San Francisco. I was frozen in place and a bomb could have gone off in the neighboring parking lot, but there was no way I was going to take my eyes off what I was witnessing. What ensued was song after song of soulful crooning that invoked an image of Sinatra’s pipes with Joplin’s spirit.

Yesterday, she released her first full length album called Neptune City… I rocked out to it during the 5.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked the Bay Area and then I watched her perform on David Letterman. Anyway, the album is quickly becoming a desert island album for me so do yourself a favor and buy it. It’s a keeper. And look out for her in a city near you. Also, if you see her, tell her that I want to make babies with her.

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And can’t wait!

I get to hang with some of the best gals I know and a few good guys too lol Gloria and I will be funky in Shreveport for Halloween and then to the Bossier City, San Antonio and Houston shows for RA then I head to New Orleans for fun with the Fiesty Five lol I’ll be worn out, my new puppy will be calling “Aunt” Gina by Mommy probably when I get back but it will be worth it for some out of the office/house work and play time the next few days

If you need me call me on my cell or text me….. I’m….on the road again, just can’t wait to get on the road again……

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Not the most exciting of days. I seem to be developing a small cold, I have been coughing a bunch in the mornings…
Started off with a weigh-in again. I had read somewhere on the internet that you should weigh yourself every day….the idea being that your have a constant feedback loop. This kinda makes sense with the atkins diet since if I was to have a bad day and eat too much chocolate or something else full of sugar, I would rapidly retain the necessary water to store the glucose. So cheating should be rapidly reflected in the scale.

Any way, despite my meat buffet yesterday, I was down another pound this morning. 258. I had my usual vitamins this morning, but I was in a rush so I did not have anything else. The lunch was another egg/bacon/cheese omelet (or is it omelette?), and for dinner was a chipole rubbed pork loin. I don’t think I had a single carb today. I did a quick Keto stick test this afternoon and it was showing moderate ketosis. This is to be expected, and is actually the goal of the atkins diet. To get your metabolism to start converting fat into ketones that can be used for energy. more about it can be found here

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