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Dvořák’s Cello Concerto in B minor
I love this particular piece, but I find it interesting that I am always reminded of Hunger Games–particularly when Rue dies and Katniss covers her body with flowers to hide the violence of the Games. While I was reading the book this concerto was playing on my headphones and forever cemented these two together in… — read more
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Why am I here?
I was going through my emails and one of them reminded me of this long forgotten blog of mine. It was like opening the doors to a long forgotten room where you expect to find cobwebs and layers of dust everywhere. To my surprise, people have been here. Perhaps the “visitors” are bots combing the… — read more
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Nutritional Labyrinth
This is not my attempt at sorting the labyrinth. It’s merely an expression of my frustration at all the mixed signals we get from seemingly everywhere on what the foods are ideal and what foods will bring down all of humanity. There are those who preach that we should be eating a diet rich in… — read more
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Nostalgia
Not sure what brought me back here. Perhaps the seemingly endless typing I was doing earlier today for some work documents I’ve been trying to catch up on over the weekend. Perhaps it was the You’ve Got Mail movie I was watching yesterday that made me think back to those times when the internet was… — read more
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Love in the Concert Hall: Young Enthusiasm Meets Timeless Affection
As observed by your devoted chronicler of culture and society Dear audience, what a spectacle awaited your humble observer at last Thursday’s performance at the Walt Disney Concert Hall! While Maestro Järvi’s interpretation of Brahms, Ravel, & Bacewicz proved exquisite at the February 13th performance, it proved impossible not to get distracted by two seemingly… — read more
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What if we pay attention to the signs we see?
I stopped running about 7 years ago and haven’t found the motivation to run again since then. I keep saying I’m going to start and never make it past a run or two. One thing I’ve been researching for a long time now is running watches. I bought a Garmin Forerunner many years ago and… — read more
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LA Opera: La Traviata
Chat GPT says: “La Traviata,” an opera by Giuseppe Verdi, is a timeless tale of love, sacrifice, and societal expectations. Set in 19th-century Paris, it follows the tragic story of Violetta Valéry, a glamorous courtesan, and Alfredo Germont, a young bourgeois who falls deeply in love with her. Violetta, despite her glamorous facade, harbors a… — read more
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LA Phil: Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff
7th, 9th, and 10th of March, 2024 ProgramGUBAILDULINA | Poema-Skazka (“Fairy-Tale Poem”)RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 2PROKOFIEV | Symphony No. 5 Performed by Los Angeles PhilharmonicDomingo Hindoyan, conductorMao Fujita, piano Walt Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles GUBAILDULINA | Poema-Skazka (“Fairy-Tale Poem”) RACHMANINOFF | Piano Concerto No. 2 PROKOFIEV | Symphony No. 5 Sergei Prokofiev… — read more
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Piano
Perhaps it’s a part of growing older, but lately my focus has been on the nostalgic. Finding refuge in my adolescent companions: books and music. Particularly music. My time at the piano has for sometime been sporadic and only playing things I learned long ago. My repertoire is very Chopin heavy. I’ve been tumbling down… — read more
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“Italian” deli
Tried this place in Redlands yesterday called Saverino’s Italian Deli and Market. The food was good and I’d definitely go back, but it’s like every other Italian Deli where their Italian roots are far down branch of the tree from the motherland. They’re deli’s that evolved from descendants or Italian immigrants on the east coast.… — read more
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