First Day of 2011

January 1, 2011 in Santa Fe - Cold and snowy here, more snow on the mountains than I ever remember seeing. Green chile & chicken enchiladas are in the oven, litta bitta accordion music playing. I've been watching VCR tapes recorded by my dad many years ago. In A Fish Called Wanda, John Cleese's barrister dances the polka with Jamie Lee Curtis's character before he ravishes her. That's my kind of man. Sidebar: JLC came to look at photos at the Getty when I was there and she passed notes with the conservators, highly amusing. Speaking of California, I started writing my book about the magical, transformative power of polka music: How I Discovered the Underground Polka Scene in Los Angeles and Learned to Fly. Have a zesty new year!