Vacation Plans Have Changed

Barry and Carly changed their vacation plans. Instead of going to Boston and Cape Cod. They were going to Texas Sunday September 17th Barry was doing a benefit concert for the Texans effected by hurricane Harvey. Barry had also found Waco Texas was about one hour and forty-five minutes south of Dallas. Barry wanted to surprise Carly with a little bed and breakfast time. Last year Barry  made reservations at the Magnolia House Bed and Breakfast which owned by Chip and Joanna Gains. Now Barry had seen a virtual tour of the Magnolia House and decided that was the perfect place for a little R&R. So while they were down there Barry would do his Hurricane Harvey Benefit concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Barry really wanted to see the Magnolia Market at the Silos and the bakery. Barry had been renovating his Brooklyn Heights townhome little by little. He was giving the interior a farmhouse feel. Which was a cozy and homey feel that Barry wanted. Unlike Brian  who only liked the modern style. Barry liked a more cozy homey style of furniture Barry also liked color. Where as Brian likes mostly black stuff. The only black Barry had was a tuxedo, one suite and some dress pants and jeans. Everything else jeans and pants wise was color. Brown, blue, olive green, kaki and tan. Barry had also heard that Brian Murphy had his right ear pierced. Of course piercing your right ear meant you were gay which Brian Murphy was. Other than a watch that Dick Clark gave him Barry only wore his wedding ring. When the woman's ring was on top of the man's ring you could see two inter twined hearts. Barry had each ring engraved. Hers had Barry on it. While his had Carly on it. The watch Dick Clark gave Barry had two faces.  Dick had one of those so he could have one set for east coast time and the other for west coast time. Barry still wore that watch however he changed the time on the one. He use to do New York and Palm Springs times. But since he no longer lived in Palm Springs he changed the Palm Springs one to London time. Barry recently did a phone interview for Parade Magazine. Parade Magazine came out on Sunday's in many local newspapers. The interview was for the "Sunday With" column for Sunday September 17, 2017. Parade Magazine had sent Barry twenty copies of the magazine with him in it. Barry had also made the cover of Parade Magazine. Tonight was Barry's concert to benefit Hurricane Harvey. Barry had invited his friends label mate saxophonist Kenny G. and singer Cyndi Lauper. Near the end of the concert The Living Sound Chorus from Dallas would  come out to sing Copacabana and Let Freedom Ring with Barry.  Barry had talked to their pastor Rickie Bush about them preforming with him when he played the benefit shows for Hurricane Irma. Pastor Rickie said yes to doing that. Prior to going down to Dallas Barry got a shave and trim. He finally shaved his sideburns off. Then got his hair trimmed a half an inch. That was to get rid of the split ends. Barry asked Carly of all the hair styles he had over the years which one was her favorite. Carly told Barry she loved the hair style he had during his 1991 to 1992 Showstoppers tour. I like your hair when it's more fuller and shaggy she said. When Barry got home from Cutler's salon Carly told him she talked to Rita who had gone to Brian Murphy's recent show at Nassau Coliseum. Rita had gone with Kathy, Janice and Holly. She said that it looked like Brian had gotten a perm. Remember his hair style from 1980 to 1984? Oh yeah I remember that style said Barry Brian had it permed back then.  Rita also said Kathy, Holly and Janice did their platinum packages. In the ladies room Holly told Rita Brian was acting a lot more Liberace like. The reason that  Rita went with Kathy, Holly and Janice is because they had an extra ticket. Rita also mentioned that Brian's show was the same old same old.. Garry said when he saw Brian at the Forum in LA he thought the show was getting very stale. Barry and Carly were back from their Texas vacation. They had a wonderful time down there. Barry's Hurricane Harvey benefit raised over six hundred thousand dollars. Barry had chipped in his own three thousand dollars. One thousand went to the Red Cross. Another thousand went to the  Gulf Coast Humane Society. The last thousand went to the Houston SPCA It was a good thing that Barry and Carly had an extra kitchen on the garden floor. Right now their main kitchen on the parlor floor was being remodeled. Barry had gotten new kitchen appliances when he moved into the house back in two thousand and four. The refrigerator, stove,  dishwasher and microwave were all thirteen years old. Barry wanted to change the kitchen from electric to gas. Barry hated the electric cook top and electric wall ovens. Barry wanted professional gas stove which would give him a little more cabinet space. The main kitchen was right next to the front entrance of the house. So there was really no way that the kitchen could be made open concept. Little by little Barry was taking each room and having them remodeled. New flooring, paint, furniture, appliances and ETC.