oud-a-palooza in the bay area

well, there were only four of us, myself, Fernand Raynaud, John Ehrlich and Michael, but it was fun. Lots of good food, and abundance of different rishas to try out, and a chance to smell the famous oud adani, which has an nice coffee aroma these days. Here's my bad phone picture of all our ouds relaxing on the couch.
tom

Great to meet you Tom! Hey .......... mine's bigger than yours

Cheers

Hey Guys,

Nice to hang out with you! What a dinner feast!

Thanks for posting the photo, Tom! Note that the ouds outnumbered oudist 2 to 1.

Next time, let's really "mobilize the troops," so that I can shake my oud inferiority complex with respect to Southern California!

All the best,
John

Happy to meet the "tip of the oudberg".
As to the ouds, on the photo

Top row
A - The infamous Adani رائحة نتنة
B - Sukar Model 212
C - Maybe Khalifah
D - Tom's temperamental
Bottom row
E - Egyptian Anon (w/ M. Gawaret's personal bCard inside)
F - Sukar Model 14
G - Maurice Shehata
H - Sukar Model 1

Quote: Originally posted by esteso

Yes, very nice to meet you all. Also note that we didn't feel compelled to take pictures of the actual people at the gathering. When I thought about it, I decided that was pretty strange. Next time don't forget to brush your hair and wear something nice! Cheers

Quote: Originally posted by paulO

So now you go and mention food. You woke this Hye up....uh...was there a posting about this before the event ?? How did I miss such a thing ?? Oh well...maybe next time. Cheers...PaulO