My new guitar case. I love it! Handcrafted by HumiCase. January 8, 2007 10:53am

It's 2:36am on Wednesday as I type these words. My original plan was to publish this blog entry yesterday (Tuesday) but you know me--something came up and I had to postpone writing this until now. So pictured above is my new guitar case. Actually my guitarist friend José Oretea has the exact same model and after seeing his a few days ago, I wanted to get one myself. It's lightweight, water-resistant and is shiny and black and just simply looks cool.

It comes with built-in humidifier (one over the soundhole and the other by the tuning machines) with two bottles of activation solution (containing propylene glycol). It comes in several colors including black, white, silver, burgundy and blue. The Guitar Salon website has a pic of the burgundy model. This color is very cool, but a little too flamboyant for my personal taste.

Can you imagine yours truly walking down the street with a flashy metallic red case? Um...I don't think so! Price paid at Guitar Center including tax: US$157.50

On Monday morning I met up with Michael to see him off at the airport. It had been almost two weeks of hanging out playing guitar all afternoon oftentimes at My Bakery Cafe in Georgetown, not to mention going to nearly all of my weekly flamenco gigs and paryting late at Las Tapas several nights in a row. Just like old times. But like most of us, he had a day job beckoning him to return. It was fun while it lasted (probably the most fun I've had in a while), but it was time for Michael to go back home. Here are a few pics of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport I took on the day of his return flight...