Reason #40586 why I love my life -

Woody Allen is in town filming a new movie about a tourist (Scarlett Johansson) in Barcelona, also starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. We've tried to hunt them down and have only managed to see their film crews a few times around the city. Anyways, Lee and I got wind of a concert by Woody Allen's Jazz Orchestra earlier last week. I guess Woody can't be away from his bandmates for more than a couple months. He flew them over, and they're living here performing a few concerts a week for the duration of the filming. We managed to finagle a couple free tickets hoping for some star sightings. Sadly Woody, Scar Jo, P Cruz, et al were not in attendance, but we had a wonderful night sipping champagne in the lobby of a beautiful hotel and listening to some jazz. But in chatting with the hotel manager and the guys in the band after the concert, we got an inside scoop about their Sunday afternoon practice sessions with Woody.

So yesterday we sat around for a three hour jam session listening to Woody wail on the jazz clarinet with a couple other band members. It was incredible. Us and only a handful of other people that happened upon it. Quite a way to spend a Sunday afternoon. I think we'll be back next week!

This was the best stealth shot I could get while trying to maintain my "i'm so cool. i'm just here for the jazz" profile.