Today after my workout I headed north yet again. Stopped in Fredericksberg to see Patti and her son Ryan for lunch. Ryan is Casey's age and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Music at University of Texas. He's already a legendary high school band director, and his star just continues to rise. Loved chatting with him about his music history final. It's fun to talk music!
I decided that I should venture even further into the realm of new technology and got acquainted with Pandora this week. I know everyone else already knows about this (especially Ryan who was all ready to tell me the next newest thing. . . . one new thing at a time, please). Anyway, you write in a band or composer or genre of music and Pandora creates a "radio station" that features music like what you entered. At first I thought it would play only the music of the band or artist I wrote. So I was surprised when I hooked up Lady Antebellum Radio that I was hearing all kinds of country music. And I really liked it! And I found that at least 75% of country lyrics are freakishly personal to me. The happy ones and the sad ones seem to all know just what is going on in my life. I also have YoYo Ma radio, and Coldplay radio and on and on. There is unlimited free listening out there. Who knew. Let the downloading from ITunes cease and desist!
Met Dave at the Rivers restaurant at the Watergate for a grown-up dinner out. A wonderful by-product of our Kennedy Center theater subscription is the opportunity to do a nice dinner. Tonight was weird in that Choral Arts was performing in the Concert Hall at the same time we were in the Opera House. I guess if I'm going to stop being in the group at the end of this season, I have to begin my withdrawal at some point. It's hard learning to live without something that means a lot to you. A big help with that was seeing the show Billy Elliot. There aren't words to describe how I feel watching brilliantly talented young kids on the stage in professional level theater. Who needs Broadway when you have the Kennedy Center so close? Of course, I'd be willing to go to Broadway as well. I'm such a theater junkie.
Back home tomorrow for 24 hours before returning up here to meet Casey to drive to Maryland for Christmas. I wonder if my bathtub has arrived yet?????
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