I am paranoid about eating at restaurants now...

Anyway, last night was an amazing experience as Gor, Aaron, and I went to oud legend John Berberian's house for dinner and a musical jam session. We stayed until at least 1:30am on a weeknight and played a bunch of songs from John and Gor's repertoire. From a personal perspective, it was nice to see an Armenian American icon such as John playing with a young Hayastansi in the likes of Gor and seeing how their musical tastes are similar. Aaron and I just followed along the best we could on the banjo/guitar/oud respectively.

On another note, it's amazing to see Arsineh Khachikian starting to set up her own design company. Only 25 years old, she has the talent and drive to be one of the best in this business. She's had to put up for working for free for many people and organizations over the last few years. Being a true Armenian and very dedicated to her community, she never said no to a job that was asked of her. But, when people started expecting her to do work for free, well, that changes things. Now that she's won an award and has been contacted by other organizations such as Farm Aid to do work for them, I see great things happening to her career. Anyway, it's cool to see someone starting a business who is so damn talented! Look for Reinas Design in the near future...