April 28th. Manray, Boston, MA. Camera's were not allowed in Manray. We can tell you that we had a great time. The sound system was excellent, and the people running sound were totally professional and a joy to work with. 

April 27 NYC -GW Bridge. We drove from NJ to Boston today. The weather was terrible. It got worse when the windshield wipers for HL's truck blew somewhere around Stamford! 

April 25th Danville PA. This was was friendliest place we've stayed. The pic is of our new friend and tourmate Oliver Mackley. Here, oliver is enjoying the sunset with the ubiquitous McDonalds sign... 

April 24 - Pittsburgh, PA. Hungry Lucy @ Garfield Artworks. The audience was great, and very friendly! Jordan Decay and Alexx Reed also played some wonderful sets. 

Now this is a welcome sight! Chloe taking a nap on the couch. I-Li took this pic, as I was passed out in a chair nearby... 

April 22, welcome to Ohio... 

April 22 - Welcome to West Virginia... 

We would like to thank DJ Joey at Raleigh Underground/Legends for hosting our first live performance! He took such great care of us. We really appreciated all of the messages from our friends and family wishing us luck on our first show. Special thanks to Sensei John Burns at Rohai Dojo for spreading the word about our first show. I was surprised and happy to meet Elizabeth and Erin from Wolfpak Dojo. I felt the Cuong Nhu Spirit! Shawn and I had such a great time that we forgot to be nervous.

It was great to see Hungry Lucy play live again. It had been a couple of years since we saw them play live the last time in Portland, OR. They were awesome as usual. War-N's feverish bongo playing was quite mesmerizing! Christa's beautiful voice captured everyone in the audience including me. I couldn't stop dancing! I'll remember to bring my digital camera next time to take some shots of them.

Talk to you soon,

~ili

Raleigh, NC; April 21st

April 17th, Chandler, AZ
Our first stop was to catch up with I-Li's sister in Chandler, AZ. We spent some time joking around with their beautiful kids Jonathan and Loren.