Travels With My Daughter

My daughter and I are great travel buddies.  We enjoy the same schedule.  Wake up whenever.  Get dressed and find coffee and something wonderful to eat.  Wander around.  See some sights.  Stop for a quick bite.  Wander some more.  Stop for wine and yet another little bite.  Wander some more until mid-night.  Go back to the hotel. 

Sleep.

Wake up and do the same thing all over again the next day.

We have a sort of schedule.   Over morning coffee we decide what we must/should/maybe do.  If we're feeling lazy, planning may be as far as we get.  If we're energized - and European coffee can energize us pretty quickly - then off we go. 

This time around we're heading to Venice and Siena.  Venice because we have a wonderful place to stay, and an overnight in Siena because that's where my grandfather was born. 

My daughter turns 25 next week.  I'm so lucky that she likes to travel with her Ma.

Durso Workshop Taubman Technique

http://vimeo.com/19603053

Attended the Durso Piano Workshop yesterday at Frederick Community College in Frederick, MD.  Bob Durso is a certified Taubman Method teacher.  He gave a lecture outlining the Taubman piano method, followed by a Technique Class with a Master Class in the afternoon.  Amazing musical results in a very short period of time. 

Bob Durso

Ruby -throated Hummingbird Migration!

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are NOT supposed to move so far North this early in the season.

http://www.hummingbirds.net/map.html

Open Rehearsal Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Such a treat to attend a rehearsal of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Amazing group of professional musicians.

http://www.bsomusic.org/

Piano Groups

I attended a new piano group (for me) in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. Everyone was an amazing amateur performer. It is so delightful to slip back a century and enjoy a music salon in someone's beautiful home on a Sunday afternoon.

Hey Hon! It's an "R" Month!

Fried Oysters. Um, um, um.

Raw Oysters Baltimore Style

I'm a B'more girl. I'm a Chesapeake Bay girl. I'm a seafood girl. And raw oysters are in season. Just had a dozen for lunch with a mess of hush puppies on the side.

Yum, yum, yum.