Siri and Steve at OM

After sketching at Prima, a few of us headed to Ott and Murphy for live music and a glass of wine. OM has expanded which means more room for sketch supplies! And elbows. For musicians too. This evening we were entertained by Siri Bardarson on electric cello and Steve Trembly on guitar. What a delight! I'm not sure how to describe their music. Eclectic? With comedy mixed in. Feel good music without the musak. Lively and beautiful. Regardless, if you have a chance to catch them, you're in for a treat.

Here's my sketches...

A patron enjoying the show

A Langley Kinda Day

Starting out at Callahan's Firehouse Gallery, then to Prima Bistro for Happy Hour, and on to Ott & Murphy for some great music and a glass of yummy Mutiny Bay Red, sketching all the way. A perfect sketchers' day! I did many, many bad sketches during the 7 hour sketching marathon. I  ran every pen I had dry and had to borrow one from Kris. Kris reminded me it's about the process, not the results. Here are some of the ones I liked well enough to post. (P.S. Huge thumbs up on Prima's carmelized Brussels sprouts and the chickpea fries.)

Glass Flower Bouquet at Callahan's. Wow.

Mary with Glassy Babies in background at Prima

Announcement after the show at O&M

The guy in the front row at O&M

Audience milling about after the show at O&M

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Ott & Murphy

Langley offers so many delightful music venues ... I noticed on Drewslist that Levi Burkle, on guitar, and Karla Crouch, vocalist, would be at the Ott and Murphy (aka "OM") wine bar.  Sue Van Etten, Sherryl Goldfinger and I arrived to a sardine-packed audience.  Summer, the lovely wine stewart of the evening, pulled stools out of who knows where to give us something to sit on.  Levi and Karla performed number after number, warming up into great show tunes off Broadway.  They were delightful ... Levi also performs on a "mouth trumpet" which is a stitch.  The energy was fantastic.  Summer was so excited ... she said she felt like she was in Paris, with music, wine, and art flowing freely.  Initially, I was afraid we'd be a huge inconvenience, carrying our stuff and taking up space in the intimate tightly packed place.  But ... the fellow patrons were excited about our sketching, calling for us to "SHARE!" during the break.