For Easter this year I headed out back west. I had booked the flight back in December of last year when my son and I couldn't get affordable tickets to Los Angeles. It pays to book early, so we decided to come out for the Spring. In addition to seeing my family, I also got to see my girl, the lovely Wendy. She is moving out to join me in Indianapolis in a few months but we've been doing the long-distance-relationship thing... and it's going great. I think it mostly has to do with being friends for a long time before we ever entertained the idea of getting closer: she and I have known each other for over 25 years. Another person I've known for quite some time-- although not as long --is Coolhouse  vocalist Dolly Ramirez. Our bond is closer to 14 years, but in that time I've seen her go through a few marriages and many different bands. Now, she has joined up with a longtime friend of hers, the other half of Coolhouse: JJ Schoch, a multi-instrumentalist