In 1985, While in High School, our band director was contacted to see if he wanted to bring Maynard Ferguson to the school as a fundraiser, and when he asked the students, it was an instant yes! I had discovered Maynard’s music earlier in the year when the guys in the trumpet section introduced me… Read More Soundtracks of my past: Maynard Ferguson
On April 29, 1992, the riots erupted in Los Angeles, and I was working at the Disneyland Hotel in the Monorail Cafe. I remember hearing about what was happening and watching it in the cast member lunch room. Like everyone around me, I was glued to the TV all day and all night. As the… Read More Rick and the LA Riots
Last week, I saw that Barry Manilow was heading to Spokane for a one-night concert, his last in Spokane. I called Deb and asked if she wanted to get tickets for the three of us to see him as a Mother’s Day gift for Mom; she was all in. The last time we saw him… Read More Looks like we made it
Over the past two weeks, we had the opportunity to sell merchandise for the touring production of Hamilton, and we both loved it. It all started when I received an email asking if we wanted to help with the show heading to Spokane. My first thought was how they even knew who I was. And… Read More And me? I’m the damn fool who shot him
In the early 90s, while living in Santa Ana, I traveled by train twice, once to see Mom and another time to visit Grandma Bob’s brother in New York. The trip to visit Uncle Joe in New York was exciting. It would take three days to get there, and I could relax, listen to music,… Read More All aboard
It was May 25, 2002, and I was not feeling all that well. I thought I was getting sick. I worked at Nordstrom’s and worked a shift on Saturday, but I was exhausted, sweaty, and had stomach pain. On Sunday, I went to work, but I could hardly move my stomach pain way too much,… Read More You need to go to the ER, now
In September of 1991, I was lead at the Monorail Cafe at the Disneyland Hotel, and I read in the cast newspaper that they were closing the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island to refurbish it for a new show. That winter, I thought it would be fun to see what the Rivers of… Read More I met a Disney Legend
While living in Los Angeles, I was lucky enough to work as an audience member for many TV shows and award shows. It all started while working at the Disneyland Hotel. A group of friends wanted to see a TV show taping, so I drove up to Hollywood from Anaheim to get the free tickets.… Read More Rick’s years as an audience page
Saturday, March 7, 1992 As part of the Disney Management Program, you shadow various departments around the Park. This Saturday, I was to spend five hours with Parks Security. When I arrived for my shift in the late afternoon, as soon as they gave me my radio, there was a call, “Horse down on Main… Read More Rick’s day with Disneyland Security
I was in fifth grade, and my elementary school planned an overnight school trip onboard the CA Thayer, a wooden-hulled, three-masted schooner designed for carrying lumber and built-in 1895 in Northern California. The original hull was made of dense, old-growth Douglas fir, which had been carefully chosen for shipbuilding. She sailed with a small crew consisting… Read More I was a pirate (well kind of)
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