Food, music, and the end of the world!
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Went out with my Mom tonight to the symphony. We went out to dinner with her friends first. Must say I'm thankful my Mom warned me before we went that the prices were a bit high. She failed to mention there were no prices on the menu.
The mind boggles. I barely withheld a face at that. I also resisted shaking the menu to see if the prices would magically appear.
Awesome food though. I had pasta primavera thinking it'd be less harsh on my stomach. Shared a creme brulee with my Mom (again trying to avoid the temptation of chocolate mouse served in a chocolate cup because of said stomach issues). No tummy aches, and came home with Mom's leftovers which I fully plan on stealing.
Music
Awesome concert tonight by the Boise Philharmonic. Super long too OMG. We saw Chee-Yun play her violin through several songs. My god but can that girl play. She played the entire time without sheet music, and she was so fast I swear smoke came out of her fingers. O.O
The last song they did was an interesting one. They had a local judge narrate the piece. Apparently it's an opera without words. When it's performed they will usually publish programs to go with it that the original composer wrote up to explain his whacked out ideas. LOL The director thought it'd be more interesting (and far more cost effective too I'm sure) to just have a narrator read it aloud instead.
It was an autobiographical piece about the composers obsessive stint as a stalker trying to woo an opera singer. It didn't work out so well for him, and he kept at it for three years. Three opium filled years. *snerk* Very interesting music. If only I could remember the name of the piece...
End of the World
Yeah, not so much. But I did have a killer weather/cold induced migraine and felt like I might die. And my feet were pretty close to falling off after wearing high heels.
Does that count?
:D Am off to bed to sleep off my cold and try to get rid of this damn migraine. Hope y'all had a good apocalyptic night!
Went out with my Mom tonight to the symphony. We went out to dinner with her friends first. Must say I'm thankful my Mom warned me before we went that the prices were a bit high. She failed to mention there were no prices on the menu.
The mind boggles. I barely withheld a face at that. I also resisted shaking the menu to see if the prices would magically appear.
Awesome food though. I had pasta primavera thinking it'd be less harsh on my stomach. Shared a creme brulee with my Mom (again trying to avoid the temptation of chocolate mouse served in a chocolate cup because of said stomach issues). No tummy aches, and came home with Mom's leftovers which I fully plan on stealing.
Music
Awesome concert tonight by the Boise Philharmonic. Super long too OMG. We saw Chee-Yun play her violin through several songs. My god but can that girl play. She played the entire time without sheet music, and she was so fast I swear smoke came out of her fingers. O.O
The last song they did was an interesting one. They had a local judge narrate the piece. Apparently it's an opera without words. When it's performed they will usually publish programs to go with it that the original composer wrote up to explain his whacked out ideas. LOL The director thought it'd be more interesting (and far more cost effective too I'm sure) to just have a narrator read it aloud instead.
It was an autobiographical piece about the composers obsessive stint as a stalker trying to woo an opera singer. It didn't work out so well for him, and he kept at it for three years. Three opium filled years. *snerk* Very interesting music. If only I could remember the name of the piece...
End of the World
Yeah, not so much. But I did have a killer weather/cold induced migraine and felt like I might die. And my feet were pretty close to falling off after wearing high heels.
Does that count?
:D Am off to bed to sleep off my cold and try to get rid of this damn migraine. Hope y'all had a good apocalyptic night!
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Date: 2011-05-22 02:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-05-22 05:04 pm (UTC)Only thing that truly bothered me enough to make a face was one of the other people at the table had anchovies on her salad. Bleagh.
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Date: 2011-05-22 03:39 pm (UTC)I have not gotten to see the Philharmonic yet, but I intend to do so someday.
Gabrielle
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Date: 2011-05-22 04:59 pm (UTC)I can't believe I'd never gone to see them play, but they're superb musicians.
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Date: 2011-05-22 05:55 pm (UTC)Now I really want to see them.
Gabrielle
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Date: 2011-05-23 04:46 am (UTC)And, oh, violin! <3 One of my dreams is seeing a violin concerto. Someone like Vanessa Mae or Sarah Chang.
If I ever get to hear the Devil Trill live I'll die happy.
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Date: 2011-05-29 01:25 am (UTC)I'd honestly never given seeing a violin concerto a thought, but I sure will now. They're absolutely brilliant! I would like to hear someone like that play Devil Trill though. I'm with you on that front.