Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

We saw this Peregrine Falcon in a dead pine tree that overlooks China Cove at Point Lobos, CA. The thing is that we saw a Peregrine Falcon in that same tree two years ago. I don’t know if it is the same falcon both times, but I’d like to think so. It’s a big tree, with no foliage, on top of a hill overlooking the cliffs of China Cove. It makes for an excellent vantage point. Just the kind of perch that a Peregrine Falcon would love to swoop down from.

We saw Jenny Zigrino perform at the Galleria‘s Helium Club, last Saturday. She headlined the show and her standup act was very funny. Jenny is Dan’s friend. We met her two years ago, when we went out to brunch with her and Dan. We didn’t see her this last trip, because she was on the road. Such is the price of success. In addition to standup she is also acting. She’s in “Bad Santa II” with Billy Bob Thornton that’s due out this Christmas. I’m glad for her success, because Dan’s “got friends with benefits, who can benefit their friends by being friends.”

After her show, Jenny did a meet and greet and we got to speak with her. She was a little concerned that her act might have been too blue, but we assured her that it was not. Later, we heard back through Dan that we were “cute”. This was the second time that one of Dan’s friends labeled us cute. I’m getting a complex.

Jenny Zigrino

Jenny and Her Entourage

Jenny and Her Entourage

Jenny Zigrino appeared on Conan O’Brian’s TV show last night. She is pictured above right, with her posse, on the show’s set. Dan sent me the photo along with a heads-up of the show’s airing. Although, the show aired on Thursday, she was recorded Wednesday and in the end, Anne and I watched it Friday morning. This is how I usually watch SNL now, no longer being able to stay up late enough to watch late-night TV. Anne and I once attended a Johnny Carson show live, back in the day, which was recorded in the afternoon and aired later that evening. Maybe waiting a day is now cheaper? Here is a link to the standup routine that Jenny performed. I’m not sure how long this link will last, but it should be good for at least a few days. Conan’s show is on cable (TBS), where the adult nature of her act plays better than it would have on broadcast TV. You have been warned, but her routine is really very funny.

We met Jenny last October, when we were visiting LA. She and Dan picked us up from in front of the iconic LA city hall, think Dragnet and then we all went out to lunch together. We ate at Square One Dining in East Hollywood, near the big blue Scientology building. I asked if that was where Tom Terrific, et al. attended, but Jenny said that he and all of the other Hollywood A-list personalities went to a tonier mission across town. During lunch, Dan took to teasing her with a wee bit of one-upmanship. Dan had his new leg tattoo that was going viral on social media at that time, while Jenny had just gotten back from making an appearance at a convention in Texas. This game play alternated with another one that involved identifying the other almost famous celebrities at the restaurant. In person, Jenny is a very nice young woman to meet.