I'm back from the CD release party, and a swell time it was. My talented friend Matthew Brookshire is a wonderful song writer, a bit of bluegrass, a bit of gospel, a bit of Rufus Wainright. and absolutely wonderful. I saw a lot of friends: Curtis, Tom (several of Matthew's collaborators on the wonderful musical-comedy-in-progress FOR THE LOVE OF TIFFANY), Tom's boyfriend Travis, Matthew's violinist Erika, who's a delightful performer. I thought I was coming to a release party for this CD: