I went swimming in Lake Travis Sunday, then went to Berryhill’s, a restaurant on 360 very close to the Pennybacker Bridge that takes 360 over Lake Austin.
I was about to go biking and Fish Tacos sounded good, so Berryhill’s seemed like the way to go.
Ricky was the Bartender and we talked about Houston a bit. He had worked Berryhill’s in Houston and had moved fairly recently. I had noticed a Balalaika standing up next to the door. There were a couple of people at the end of the bar and they were complimenting the food as was I.
I noticed he had a Russian accent, so I figured he and she were probably the owners of the Balalaika and other instruments at the front door. This turned out to be the case. They were Zhenya and Leeann of Gypzee Heart.
They turned out to know Greg Harbar. Zhenya said he had had a heart operation lately but was doing fine. Greg is one of those people who will be young no matter how old he gets.
Anyhow, when they used to live in Houston, Zhenya played with him. I’ve played with him a couple of times around the holidays on tuba. We traded stories for a while and they invited me to Antoine’s tonight. They suggested if I can play Dark Eyes, I could sit in with them for a song.
So I took out the Tuba after work today and played a bit. This one was helpful, and I thought they’d probably play it in a style kind of like that. But they both play several instruments and sing.
I’ll catch them later. They play Sunday brunches there at Berryhill’s. That would be a fun time to sit in, since it’s not a schoolnight, etc. Well it actually is a schoolnight, but brunch won’t have me out too late.
Later I biked from Brodie Oaks shopping center to the 360 bridge and looked out over the city and terrain from the cliffs to the west of the bridge. It was windy and inspiring. clouds were blowing in from the south, but the sun was constantly poking through. The hills got kind of touch biking back.