Here they are with the Oregon Symphony after Lauderdale had completed his performance of Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor. A great evening that ended with a performance of Marquez' Danzon No. 2.
Like my Antartica brethern whose common name is Blue-Eyed Shag, I have blue eyes, sometimes they may look green, it just depends upon who is looking!!!!
A great place to view Portland is from the OHSU campus on Marqum Hill. Travel up by walking, driving a car, riding the bus or taking the tram. Whatever method you use, go to the ninth floor of the Physician's Pavillion and you'll see views like these...
DB Cooper, the mini that is, was so dirty we ran him through KISS car wash on Burnside and NW 19th today. All of the world is beautiful, even a car wash!!!
When you're on the third floor of the Portland Art Museum's CMCA you'll notice that the face from Rainer Fetting's painting is staring at you through the window of Edward and Nancy Keinholz' Western Motel.
Tonight was opera night. Portland Opera's Turandot played out with a modern set and staging... austere, leaving your eyes to wander over the starkness and enjoy the nuance of texture and light. All the more time for your brain to focus on the singing. Well done, we especially loved the tenor ...
and since there's no recording of tonight's performance available, I chose Franco Corelli's Nessun Dorma...
Another toy horse sighting on NW 23rd. The small black chihuahua demanded to have his photo taken with this beauty on the Overton corner. That was in front of Starbucks and certainly did stop traffic.
Tonight was the third night of Yuja Wang performing with the Oregon Symphony this month. She had two encores after her Rachmaninoff Concerto 3. She was amazingly wonderful.
One fun part of walking down NW 23rd is to look in the shop windows. Three Monkeys is especially fun. And today was no different. Sock Monkeys reigned supreme...
Officer Wollstein had just walked his horse from the corner of NW 9th and Front to the Encore. As he walked along this ledge, he spoke with his horse in the most gentle voice.
Hot Lips is a great place to have lunch, dinner or an in between meal snack. Today the light from the sun at around 4:00 was perfect! We chose to be indoors but some people were outside as if it were spring!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Bread is one of the cornerstones of our morning meals, actually most meals. Lovejoy Bakers is one of our favorite places to buy bread...