Saturday night Sweetie and I left SuperPizzaBoy in the care of sitter Erica and ventured downtown to see the matinee of “The Rat Pack Live at the Sands.” at the PAC.

The show is a recreation of the shows that Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis, junior gave at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas during the early 1960s. Obviously not knowing much of anything about the original shows but having seen Frank, Dean, and Sammy plenty on tv during my childhood, I loved the show. The guys, Setphen Triffitt, David Hayes, and Phil Barley as Frank, Sammy, and Dean respectively could really sing.

My favorite was David Hayes. He sang a unique version of “Mr. Bojangles” that made it actually sound like a song. I hate sloppy songs and Mr. Bojangles is the worst ever but I liked Mr. Hayes version tremendously.

The little one liners they tossed out and zingers from Frank and Dean toward Sammy were entertaining also although the audience missed the some of the jokes.

Guys, the ladies playing the Burelli Sisters did a very nice job also.

It was a very satisfying show and I recommend it highly.

Afterward, Sweetie and I had dinner in Brookside at Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar. We were looking for something a little unique and decided on this. It is a nice little restaurant with a huge wine list many of them by the glass and a small but interesting menu. They told us that they use local and organic ingredients so they are very politically correct. But hey, is the food good, heck yeah, the food is great. I had chicken and avocado sandwich with a cup of tomato bisque , Sweetie had a cobb salad.

I splurged and spent more on the glass of wine that I had than on my meal. Something about good wine just makes it taste a lot better than the rotgut I get.

Dinner was great. I would go back.

Time to get back to reality. SuperPizzaBoy had his friend “N” over for a sleepover Saturday night.