Last night I made the trip down to San Pedro to check out the poetry reading at the Sacred Grounds Coffeehouse. Boy, that was a mistake. I had been there several months ago when we were having all those big rains. And half the city was shutting down. Well, as you know, it doesn't take much to make a poet stay at home, so I ended up being the only one there. Which was a shame. It was such a great coffeehouse, a nice stage, the barista was friendly, and the Sacred Cow drink tasted great. All it needed was a poet or two to make it a perfect poetry night.
Well, last night I decided to give them another chance and went back to see what the place was like when it wasn't raining. And, of course, this being my life, I was the only one who showed up … again. This time it was the city's fault. The city was cracking down on the Sacred Grounds for not having a performance license or something like that (the barista told me that it should be fixed in the next couple of days). Taxing poetry readings? That's not right! Phbbt! On the San Pedro government.
I ordered another Sacred Cow (still great) and visited with the barista (still friendly). But what I really wanted was some poetry. So I hopped in my car and started off for Santa Ana to watch Penguins Hooked on Macaronics.
To my surprise, San Pedro and Santa Ana are not as close as their names would imply. So I drove, drove, drove down the 405 to the 5 heading down to San Diego. This, of course, being the wrong direction. I turned around in what must have been half the malls of Southern California and headed back up towards Santa Ana. By this time I realized that I would be there waaaaay too late to read, but having gone through such an ordeal I would demand some kind of retribution from Jaimes Palacio and his OC goons. Something! Anything!
But as I rolled into downtown Santa Ana, I noticed that something was amiss. There were no lights. Santa Ana was having a rolling blackout!!! Aaaauuuugh!!!!! Mondays at 8pm?
Sacred Grounds
399 W. 6th St.,
San Pedro
310-514-0800
Penguins Hooked on Macaronics
Mondays at 7:30pm
Gypsey Den
Grand Central
125 N. Broadway,
Santa Ana
714-374-1650
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