Exciting month with a few things to tell you. I am currently sitting in Denver, CO awaiting yet another flight in a few hours. I performed this weekend at the Shrine Auditorium in Denver with around 200 people in attendance. The performance went great and I enjoyed the audience's response to my act.

On Saturday, I went to Buffalo Bill's Museum and gravesite in Golden, CO high atop Lookout Mountain. To get there you have to wind you (and your car) around one of the highest mountains in Colorado. Bill Cody requested that when he died he would be buried on top of this particular mountain as he enjoyed the view og Denver and the other hills surrounding it. I tried my first buffalo burger at the museum's cafe as well. I also went to the Coors Brewery for a tour of the factory. Interesting but not my cup of tea (or beer).

The highlight of the trip was a concert I attended at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre just outside of the city. The venue sits along the hillside of one of the highest mountains around and has two huge rocks surrounding the seating area. Your view of the stage is from above it and you can see the lights of the city as the night takes place over the hills. Simply amazing and reminded me of the Hollywood Bowl in LA that I have attended four concerts at in past years.

The performer for the concert was Roy Rivers. Roy is a John Denver tribute artist and puts on an incredible show. It was the 20th anniversary since John Denver played at the venue for his 17th and final time. John's brother and mother also made an appearance prior to the show and received a huge standing ovation from the crowd. Denver's real name was Deutchendorf which most of the crowd didn't know. Being the holder of much useless information...I had knowledge of that and was amused that I was probably one of a handful amongest the 10,000 in attendance that did. Of course, the fact the concert was in John Denver's home state, the crowd was frenzied at times and lots of fun.

The downtown area has a unique shopping area called the 16th street mall. I ate Friday at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company and I ate a few hours ago at the Paramount Cafe...which is adjacent to the historic Paramount Theatre in town. Going back home to keep doing spruce-ups to the house along with chores and getting ready for our week of camp which is next week starting on the 5th.

Earlier in the month I enjoyed five great days in Ocean City with Jon and his mother Margie. She celebrated her 91st birthday with us for the second year in a row. Got to ride the boogie board on Friday of the week as the winds were very cold and didn't lend itself to going in the waters too much. Camp's family camp weekend was also enjoyable last weekend but there were few in attendance due to the weathermans gloomy forecast.

So as you can tell, I am enjoying my Rocky Mountain High from my first visit to the Mile High City.

Well, once again it has been over two weeks going on three since I have chronicled what has been going on in my life. It has not been for lack of life...just the lack of someone reporting it so hee we go with a Cliff's Notes version.

I made a whirlwind 48-hour tour of the Tonight Show last week for the last two "Tonight Show's" hosted by Jay Leno and the last ones to be filmed at the historic NBC Studios in greater downtown Burbank. Thursday's show was highlighted by Billy Crystal and his farewell serenade to Jay. Prince was the musical guest for the evening.

Friday's final show had heir-apparent Conan O'Brien as guest with James Taylor featured as the last musical guest in the 17 year run of the show. I wasn't expecting to get into either show when I left PA but the staff took care of me and I was an audience member for both. I was originally going to watch the show from a big screen that was set on the back lot of NBC. So glad I went and had a chance to be a part of the historic occasion.

I had a nice lunch with some industry friends at Bob's Big Boy. The Burbank location is the oldest one of the restaurants in the country. As a matter of fact, they still feature car-hop service on Friday and Saturday nights. The classic cars of LA are usually part of these evenings. Heath Hyche and Justin Worsham are comedian friends of mine and Bill Glass was one of the actors in the Troy Polamalu Super Bowl commercial from this past year. Just the "guys" having burgers and fres and talking shop.

The moment I will never forget about this trip, however, was when I was standing on the NBC lot on Friday the 29th. I received a call at 8 a.m. from my aunt telling me tha my cousin had taken his life in his home in NC. Nothing else can be said, I guess. I was standing on the studio lot for a couple of hours helping with funeral plans. Talk about a surreal moment......

It has been a week since I got the news and the funeral was yesterday. Mixed emotions. Sad at the loss of a family member but upset that he would do it when his mother was visiting his house in NC. As always in these situations, you are left to wonder why?

I am leaving in a few hours for Elizabethtown, PA for a performance at an independent living community. This will be my 20th summer performing for the residents and they are always an encouraging audience. Staying with my friends Dwayne and Sue Magee overnight. We rarely see each other so it will be nice to catch up for a few hours.

Monday through Saturday morning I will be in Ocean City, MD for a week of boogie-boarding, good food, bicycling, and sun (hopefully). Many...and I mean many things to get busy on when I return from vacation. I hope all of you have some great weather and will enjoy summer....when it finally gets here!

Well, it's been two weeks since my last entry which means I have been either very boring or too busy to post anything. At times, it's been a little of each.

The New England trip went great as my friend Nick went with me for his first trip to the area. We went to Fenway Park for a Red Sox game on Wednesday, did the Freedom Trail in Boston on Thursday, drove to Cooperstown NY for the Baseball Hall of Fame on Friday, and the Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

My performance went well on the Saturday evening at Ashlar Village in Wallingford, CT despite several technical issues that were hard to resolve prior and during the performance on their part. We went back to Boston for a few hours on Sunday for a final meal (or parts of several meals!) before the flight back to Pittsburgh.

Things start to get slow now with the traditional summer slowdown. I had been planning on doing my veterans tribute at Pearl Harbor on Memorial Day but the performance that was to be scheduled has been postponed till later this year. I have been given the option by Park Services (Pearl Harbor) to do the tribute at any Memorial Day or Pearl Harbor Day observance in the next couple of years. With that in mind I simply postponed to a later date although the publicity that goes with it is always welcome!

Spent some time on the phone last week and got back to the golf course where I have been doing extremely well lately. Always nice to take out your frustrations on the little white ball! I also have been quite dedicated to the gym the past couple of weeks as well. Also had the opportunity to catch game six of the Stanley Cup semi-finals in Pittsburgh. It was a brilliant game although the Penguins lost in overtime.

This week is busy with a lot of misc. things too numerous to mention but alot of it is keeping up the house and property and going out with a special friend this weekend.

Two days before I leave on my second trip to the Boston area. Wednesday morning, my friend Nick and I will be leaving for five days in the New England area. Spending Wednesday at Fenway Park and a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians. Thursday is planned for an all-day Boston visitation with me as tour guide with all my previous three days in Boston knowledge. Nick has never been there and I will try to take him on the Freedom Trail to see most of the sites that you can see in one day.

Traveling early on Friday to Coopertown, NY for a visit to the baseball hall of fame. It's been 10-12 years since I was there for my second visit and Nick's very first to a place that he always wanted to visit as a kid. Saturday night is the purpose of the trip and that is a performance in Wallingford, CT of the "Nostalgia" Show. It will also be my first performance in CT after 27 years in the business. Back to Boston on Sunday with dinner and the trip back to the 'Burgh.

It has been rather depressing the past few days as I lost a new friend who I was hoping to spend alot of time with in the future. I met Danny Gans at the TBS Comedy Festival this past November. Danny was an absolutely phenominal impressionist who had just moved to Steve Wynns Encore Hotel this past February. He had been in Vegas since 1995 starting at the Rio and then on to his last stint as the headliner of the Mirage Hotel for eight record breaking years.

Danny was found unconscious on Friday morning in his bedroom by his wife. The cause is unknown at this point. He was a great guy, a family man dedicated to his wife of 28 years, and a father of three young children....and a Christian man. I say that because there are few of them (or us) in Las Vegas. He was everyones friend and had just become mine when he invited me to worship with him at his Church when I was in town on a Sunday. Sadly, that day never happened. He was only 52. I was just in Vegas a week ago and remembered that I wished I could have stayed longer so that I could have went to that Church service.

Back to the homestead...the trim was completed by my neighbors last week on my newly plastered/drywalled home. Painting should take place a little at a time for the next few weeks and then curtains. CAN'T WAIT TO GET THIS DONE!!! That's all from the home front for now.............

It's the end of day four of an eight day trip to Des Moines Iowa, Peoria Illinois, and Las Vegas, NV. Des Moines was spent mostly visiting with my aunt and uncle as well as staying with my cousin from Runnells, Iowa. We had several nice dinners with the last one hosting 18 cousins from that side of my family. I was only in Des Moines 5 or 6 times in my life and now I have been there three years in a row since my Mom passed away with performance opportunities.

My performance was in Peoria this past Saturday and there were well over 300 people in attendance for a benefit. The performance was in the Scottish Rite Cathedral and was very well received and I was booked for another future Illinois performance from it.

Went to dinner with and am staying at my friends Phil & Janie's tonight. They are dear friends that I met at the Riviera Hotel in 1996 when the hotel hosted a very unique ministry inside a casino! Yes, I said...inside the casino. I once was involved with an "EXTRA" Tv magazine piece that they did on the ministry about ten years ago. I did about 30 seconds of material on the nationally syndicated show.

Phil officiates at weddings in Vegas and has become quite popular. He will be on his seventh reality TV show this spring from working the Vegas market. His web site is www.lvrev.com. His wife Janie teaches at one of the elementary schools in town. I had the opportunity to do a show for her fellow teachers this past February.

My Pastor from my home Church, Pastor Gary, is in town spending time with his mother on her vacation. We are eating at my favorite restaurant Carluccio's tomorrow evening. I have a small show on Wednesday and not much else planned. But when in Vegas, you WILL always find an activity or show to take in as I'm sure will be the case for me on Wednesday and Thursday before returning home Friday night. Sleeping will be my number one activity as it has been limited in past weeks and then the Riviera Hotel pool will come in a close second. That's life on the road at the moment......