Excelsior Proves to be Lovely Vacation Destination

I had such a great time Sunday night at my friend Matty's new wine bar/cafe in Excelsior--318 Cafe (318 Water Street, Excelsior). It was about a half-hour drive from home, but it was so worth the trip. It was such a relaxed, classy atmosphere and we had great wine and watched Joy Dragland sing. Joy is such a cool cat, we used to work together and keep in touch sporadically. She's super talented and is so fun to watch. She's living in NY right now, so if you're ever in NY, check out her web site and go watch her, I promise you'll have a great time. Also, if you ever are in Excelsior, check out Matty's restaurant. He has live music 5 nights a week (Tues-Sat) and I think Wednesday nights are jazz nights.

I'd also like to give some props to Dictionary.com--their words of the day have been pretty lame lately, so I was very pleased to see this one come up:

triskaidekaphobia \tris-ky-dek-uh-FOH-bee-uh\, noun:
A morbid fear of the number 13 or the date Friday the 13th.

Be sure to use it in a sentence three times today to make sure it becomes a part of your vocabulary, M-kay?