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Posted on 07/13/2004 9:49:23 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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Upon the hearth the fire is red, |
Still round the corner there may wait |
Home is behind, the world ahead, |
Well it's good that your feeling better. And you've been on the antibiotics long enough now not to be contagious.
Mrs. isn't feeling well. Sore throat, etc. I think after her trip and then getting Jr. ready, she's just exhausted.
She's playing for a wedding tomorrow. So I told her after the rehearsal we'd fix her some of WNs recipe...
Back later. I didn't pack a lunch. I need to go forage for some grub.
I hope those lie'bral idjit protesters ain't out today...
ROFLMAO!
What, you over your bag limit on liberal idjits this month already?
Yeah - we had a late night!
ecurbh is writing the full report on the concert and I am sipping coffee.... my horseshoer is coming in a bit....
I dunno.... did you laugh? Did you enjoy it? :~D
Yup. The coffee used for espresso is basically a powder.
mmmmmmmm........caffeine........
*snif* I see where I rank in your heart now.....
Thank God for His Mercy and Love endure forever!!
He really has a soft spot for us folks in the Hobbit Hole. Of that, I am convinced!
((((Hair))))
Mornin'!
I'm off to lunch for a bit. Be back later!
It's powerful stuff!
I've been using the coffee my brother and his fiance brought me from Seattle. Very, very good.
Excellent news, Corin! Thanks for the update!
Which kind did he bring?
Just Starbucks. :\. But I like it a lot! Kind of a dark blend...almost French roast-ish.
They got it from the original Starbucks shop, I guess. It had a special package.
We saw some people standing around Seattle with a big sign that said something about Lyndon LaRouche and and a solution to Dick Cheney's World War III. Their point was largely lost on me.
And we saw a bicycle where they guy had on his helmet NO ABORTION - NO WAR. At least he's a ~true~ pacifist. :~D
Well, I was gonna say.... Starbucks is still the best, but not so special to just the Northwest any more. We have a brand called "Seattle's Best Coffee", but it isn't!
They take a lot of flak for being everywhere now, and for being so pricey. But I do like their coffee!
This one's called Pike's...ummm...what's the name of the market? Pike's Pier Market? Anyway, that's the name of the blend. It's one one we can get here. Wish we could.
I'm now spoiled.
Pike ~Place~ market.... yeah.
I usually get their espresso roast.
We rode up with Scott and Mrs. Scott, met up with Penny and Ramius, and went to dinner at a very nice seafood restaurant right on the Seattle waterfront, out at the end of a pier. You can see a busy ferry landing in the background here.
Ramius played "name that beer" (got it on his second guess)
The view was lovely... we could see all the way to the Olympic Mts, and could watch huge container ships coming into port.
After dinner, we headed for the concert hall and found our seats way up in the nosebleed section. As someone who has been to symphony performances fairly often, I was struck by the different crowd there... this was ~not~ your usual "arts and croissant" symphony audience. There were lots of kids, and a few folks in strange outfits. And unusual hair...
The performance included a full chorus, boys chorus, huge orchestra, and soloists. The screen in the back displayed concept art and sketches by Alan Lee, and was much more subtle than I expected. It made a nice addition to the music, though. Howard Shore looks like he would be a hard conductor to follow, since he did not use a baton, but it seemed to work out fine.
Everyone performed wonderfully, the orchestra brass section especially shattering in sections like "The Bridge of Khazad-dum." Made me kind of wish I could be on stage playing it too. The vocal soloist, Sissel, had a lovely voice, and sang "Gollum's Song" and "Into the West," along with a few other sections such as "The End of All Things." The boy soloist on "The Breaking of the Fellowship" did quite well, I can't imagine having to face that kind of performance pressure at such a young age.
Only a couple minor quibbles on my part... There were a few minor sound system glitches, bumped microphones, feedback and such, which can probably be attributed to opening night jitters. There was a whistle soloist who did the hobbit theme, but when he played Pan Pipes on "The Steward of Gondor," it was a little hard to hear.
I noticed that "May It Be" was not included in the symphony. I wonder if it is due to Enya's co-writing credit, and it is considered more her song than Shore's.
It was a superb performance, and if any of you have the opportunity to see it, I would highly recommend it. Check out the schedule at HowardShore.com. Among the upcoming performances are Hartford, the National Arts Center, Dallas, Chicago, and Pittsburgh.
Wonder if the Super Wal-Mart would carry Starbucks beans, too? They do have it at the grocery, but only two or three kinds...the basic types. No espresso roast, I don't think.
Oh...and for those of us who like such things, there are Starbucks ice creams at the grocery, too. I really like coffee ice cream, and these are the best I've ever had, by far. Java Chip...STRONG coffee ice cream with HUGH chocolate chunks...*drooool*
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