Big music weekend. What was cool was that the music we saw was from opposite ends of the spectrum.
Friday night:
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| "Put it in the Dumpsta!" |
All of the friends (BFF(A) & husband, BFF(J) & husband, myself & Xing Fu), went down to the 8X10 to listen to a New Orleans Funk band with a bunch of the Neville Brothers playing: Dumpstaphunk. We also caught the tail-end of another great band from L.A. called Orgone. Great horns. We enjoyed the groove, danced a bunch, and then remembered that it was almost the beginning of Mardi Gras--(March 8th is Fat Tuesday)--even better. It was a great time with the besties, even if we had to hike to BFF(J)'s hubby's car about 3 miles away...& me without my jacket.
Saturday Night:
We went to see a "semi-staged" production of The Magic Flute at the BSO.
Xing Fu had never been to the opera & I thought that this might be a good intro as he loves Mozart (as do I) and that it was a bit condensed (narrator for the in-between bits) as opposed to the entire performance. The leads wore costumes & it was actually quite humorous as they interacted with the narrator & at one point Papageno flirted with the conductor. The Queen of the Night's second aria was just amazing--the skill needed for that particular piece-- After it was over, Xing Fu accused me of taking him to a chick flick---hardly--women are considered secondary supports & evil (Queen of the Night)--hardly a chick flick theme...ah well. Regardless of his erroneous conclusions, we had a good time & met one of his friends from work afterward for dessert--finally had the flan & creme brulee we've been after.
I think Xing Fu said it best in the following email I received this morning: "Good friends, good music, good food, good times together." Yup--my response was that we've enjoyed many such weekends & will have many more.
