My dog just started doing this really funny thing with her food. Since you all know her, I figured I’d share it with you! Watch Scout pick up her “carry out”…

We put a fun little tour video, just to show you what we’ve been up to on the road! Check it out!

On tour with J.D. Souther…Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson caught my set and they bought BOTH CDs! It was unreal…They are both lovely people and Rita Wilson smells wonderful!!! And she’s soooooo pretty in person! Tom is super cool and quite handsome too. What a pair of genuinely amazing people!

On our way out of Texas, we decided to check out the famous “Cadillac Ranch”. It’s an art installation on route 40 West in Amarillo, Texas. We stayed with my good friend Mike and his wife Anne and son Max in Dallas and had the best time!
They all suggested that we stop there to break up the 11 hour drive to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We drove through some really desolate areas…some were even little ghost towns, complete with tumbleweeds (tumbleweeds be up in my grill!).
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Michelle, my fellow road warrior, and I decided to stop in New Orleans on the way to Houston on Monday. We drove straight there from New Jersey and got in on Tuesday evening. We were totally exhausted and needing showers, not to mention STARVING for some Louisiana cooking. Luckily, our friends Rob and Katie had room for us. They also have 2 Pugs, Bugsy and Maizey, who gave me some much needed dog love to start things out right.

Then were took a short walk around the neighborhood before dinner at Jacques-Imo’s Cafe. While walking on South Carrollton, we met this Painter named Thomas. He had 20 or so paintings for sale on the sidewalk next to Mona’s. His art is undeniably the best I’ve seen in years! I loved it so much that I bought 3 pieces from him. Who knows…maybe he’ll do my next album cover. His full name is Thomas D. Ward III and he could be my favorite artist ever. Check out one of the pieces I bought:

After a hearty southern meal at Jacques-Imo’s (where we happened to be dining next to memebers of the Phoenix Suns) we returned to Rob and Katie’s for some pug-spit kisses. Reluctantly, we headed out to  Houston the next day. Next time I go back to New Orleans, I’ll need a good week to see everything and maybe meet some vampires too.