9.01.2005
behind
I'm very behind with posts, and it seems kind of trivial to be posting about what I *ate* a week ago. Suffice it to say that Restaurant Week went really really well. I ate a lot of sorbet, copious amounts of fish, more heirloom tomatoes than I could have imagined, and a ton of sweet corn.
For the weekend, I sang Beethoven 9 with the Boston Symphony and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. It was really amazing, and the clarity of the winds and the delicacy of the strings was highlighted by actual intensity in a brass section which, truth be told, does not like to work very hard. Among the favorite comments offered by Maestro Janowski during his rehearsal: "come on, Mr. Schlueter", referring to BSO principal trumpet Charles Schlueter, whose recent playing (at least, while I'm behind him), has the brilliance of unpolished silver. It used to sparkle, but it hasn't in a while. The Boston Globe's review can be found here.
Had a visit from my friend Victoria, with whom I shared a correspondence romance about 9 years ago. I went to her wedding in 2001, she and Carl are now divorced as of last November. She's lovely: both of us were at Tanglewood 9 years ago and enjoyed the summer a lot. It was wonderful to see her again: she's still extremely loopy and our meandering conversations generally kept us awake until about 2 am each night. I was also really touched that she drove up from Pennsylvania for the weekend. Very nice of her.
Last week in Massachusetts until December. I'm packing and studying and trying to spend time with family and with Diana. I am both excited and anxious about my UK return. I can't wait to see my friends and make new ones as the MCR rebuilds itself after the mass exodus of those doing only one year degrees. But I also don't want to think of Keble MCR as being different, I don't want to come back and not have my old friends there (Jess and Ted and Simon and Dan and Sundeep and Jennie come to mind), and I certainly could do with more time at home relaxing with my family.
I'll post more when I can. I just don't know *if* I can. Things are getting hectic to the point of frantic.
For the weekend, I sang Beethoven 9 with the Boston Symphony and the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. It was really amazing, and the clarity of the winds and the delicacy of the strings was highlighted by actual intensity in a brass section which, truth be told, does not like to work very hard. Among the favorite comments offered by Maestro Janowski during his rehearsal: "come on, Mr. Schlueter", referring to BSO principal trumpet Charles Schlueter, whose recent playing (at least, while I'm behind him), has the brilliance of unpolished silver. It used to sparkle, but it hasn't in a while. The Boston Globe's review can be found here.
Had a visit from my friend Victoria, with whom I shared a correspondence romance about 9 years ago. I went to her wedding in 2001, she and Carl are now divorced as of last November. She's lovely: both of us were at Tanglewood 9 years ago and enjoyed the summer a lot. It was wonderful to see her again: she's still extremely loopy and our meandering conversations generally kept us awake until about 2 am each night. I was also really touched that she drove up from Pennsylvania for the weekend. Very nice of her.
Last week in Massachusetts until December. I'm packing and studying and trying to spend time with family and with Diana. I am both excited and anxious about my UK return. I can't wait to see my friends and make new ones as the MCR rebuilds itself after the mass exodus of those doing only one year degrees. But I also don't want to think of Keble MCR as being different, I don't want to come back and not have my old friends there (Jess and Ted and Simon and Dan and Sundeep and Jennie come to mind), and I certainly could do with more time at home relaxing with my family.
I'll post more when I can. I just don't know *if* I can. Things are getting hectic to the point of frantic.
