Tony Bennett

Queenee and I saw Tony Bennett last night at the South Shore Music Circus. His daughter sang a few songs to open the show… alas, she was slightly off-key most of the time. Tony came out to a big ovation and a photo session. You aren't supposed to take photos, but he had the house lights brought up and let people snap away, so people took photos throughout the show, me included. Without flash, none are any good, but they are very impressionistic, right?

Anyway, at 82 years old, he is in great shape and still has that wonderful voice. He forgets an occasional lyric, but he fluffs it like the pro he is and who cares anyway. He's Tony Bennett, he's a legend. He didn't sing my favorite song, I Wanna Be Around, or Queenee's favorite, Cold, Cold Heart, but we enjoyed every minute.



Then came the long escape from the parking lot. I don't understand why people are in such a panic to leave, you never get out of that parking lot in less than half an hour. We had a decent spot near the front, so Queenee didn't have a whole lot of walking to do.

Speaking of walking, she has an appointment with an ankle specialist on September 3. I'm still trying to get her in somewhere sooner, but there aren't many ankle specialists and nobody is booking appointments before late October. She got the 9/3 appointment because the surgeon who did the emergency surgery pulled some strings. She might have gotten in sooner had the insurance company not dicked us around for a week. Now we have to wait because the ankle doc is going on a lecture tour and won't even be in town. I have one more doctor to try, but at least she has a definite appointment.