Weekend Round up.

The weekend flew by it seems.  Friday I went to see Giselle done by students of the school I teach at.  The guest principals Mara Vinson, Le Yin, and Oleg Gorboulev were fantstic. The students were lovely.  Followed by a wine reception we were able to chat with  few friends, and admire the dancers once again.

It has been storming all weekend out here.  Yesterday was one of those stay at home and stay warm days.  I found a new british show I enjoy called Babylon Hotel.  It takes place in a London hotel and is built around the major staff of the hotel.  I've only seen two episodes, but it was amusing.  

I hate daylight savings time.  I wish truly that they would just dump it.  It throws everything off, and makes it so hard to keep track of other time zones, since not all-the states use it.   So after waking and running around to change the clocks, we cleaned the house, as someone wanted to come look at it.  Awful weather to be going in and out of houses.  Its so nasty out, and you can't enjoy the views, or be comfortable walking around out side. But I'm not going to say "NO" especially now with looming tuition and travels for England.

We then went over to Seattle where we watched Gordon's dad play with the Seattle Festival Orchestra and then he conducted a Tribute to big band excerpt that was delightful.  They also played "Moldau" by Smetana a lovely piece, "SlavonicDance OP 46 #1 by Dvorak, Violin concerto in A minor by Vivaldi, and the Sound of Music (then entire thing), and lastly a piece composed by one of the members called Romance for violin and orchestra .  We always enjoy the concerts put on by this group.  Afterwards we met Dad over at the Wedgewood Broiler for dinner. It's not fancy and I don't think we had been there since Gordon's mom passed away 2 years ago, but its a nice neighborhood joint.   Prime rib was the special, so we all had it.  It was delicious! 

Getting home was not too bad despite the constant rain and wind.  PBS has the Les Misrables 25th anniversary special going so catching up with that. 

Hope you had great weekend.