Westover miniature train

Double click on the video to go to youtube and enlarge the picture and read more about the trains.

Woody Guthrie Once Stayed in Arlington, Virginia With Alan Lomax And Pete Seeger In March,April, And May Of 1940

Alan Lomax is shown in the picture above.
Many thanks to the person below who tells the story of Alan Lomax,Woody,Nick Ray, and Pete Seeger in Arlington, Virginia in 1940 at 1811 N. Oak Street. I have been looking for this address for a long time and this is the first time I ever found it. Woody Guthrie stayed with Alan Lomax in March, April, and May of 1940 at 1811 N. Oak Street, Arlington, Virginia.  The house is long gone and replaced long ago by office buildings.
http://ourredneckpast.blogspot.com/2010/10/arlingtons-critical-role-in-american.html

Bayou Bakery Has Their Website Up Now! You Can Get Real Beignets At Bayou Bakery And Lots More Authenic New Orleans Food And Coffee

Click on the link below to see their new website.
http://www.bayoubakeryva.com/
Click on the label Bayou Bakery below to see my other posts about this fine new restaurant in Arlington, Virginia. I tried the pralines recently and they are as good as any I ever had in New Orleans.
Down South we say praw-leens. Up North they say pray-leens.  Either way they are good. These are made with plenty of good spiced pecans. Another word that has two pronunciations. Down South we say pe-cahns.
Up North they say pe-cans.

Brother Shamus at Westover Market Beer Garden on Sat. May 15th in Arlington, Virginia

Rachel made the above video. See more on Brother Shamus in my post below.Scroll down 2 posts to find out where they got their name. In the video above only 2 members of Brother Shamus are playing. The others had the night off.
Nice crowd yesterday. Good weather brought out many people to the Beer Garden. Mostly young couples and small children and babies.
Below is a link to their website.
http://www.brothershamusmusic.com/fr_intropage.cfm

Brother Shamus A Really Good Band From Arlington,Virginia

Now Brother Shamus has an interesting name. It took me some time to figure it out. Well I knew that a shamus is a private detective. But why brother? Well after watching The Big Lebowski several times it finally hit me. First off The Big Lebowski is a take off on the old Bogart movie The Big Sleep in which Bogart is called a shamus.
In the Big Lebowski at some point someone is following The Dude and he gets out to ask the person who he is.
Here is the actual quote:
Da Fino, Private Snoop: I'm a brother shamus!
The Dude: Brother Seamus? Like an Irish monk?
Da Fino, Private Snoop: What the fuck are you talking about?


Brother Shamus the band plays in and around Washington, D.C.