Happenings this weekend

This weekend has moved somewhat at a slow pace for me. We went to Monet's Table Saturday morning. It was as nice as it always is. They have great coffee! We came home to find that the clothes I ordered had come, and just in time for our trip to NYC. We are going to see a friend who will be there on Friday, Sept. 26th. We are having dinner at this great place on 44th street called db Bistro Moderne.

She leave the next morning, which gives Kent and me the entire day on Saturday to run around NYC!! We aren't sure quite yet what we will be doing during the day, but it will take in some museums and exhibits for sure. I'd also like to go to the World Trade Center and pay my respects.

Saturday evening, we are going to see the Blue Man Group. That was an idea from a co-worker. It sounded interesting to us, because it's not something that we would have chosen on our own.

We are also looking at buying the season series of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. I've known about them for years but recently on my way home from work, I heard them on the radio performing the Water Music of Handel. Ordinarily, I don't get too excited over Handel. He's not one of my favorite composers. I should qualify that. I hardly ever hear anyone do justice to his compositions. I suppose partly because people don't really understand how to perform them, and they are just very difficult to do well. I remember performing the Water Music in a small chamber orchestra when I was playing. The music made me uneasy because it is so exposed. Everything has to be perfectly placed. The Orpheus does an absolutely magnificent job of this work. In fact, when I got home, I immediately got online and ordered it! That's the biggest complement I can pay. That and the fact that I now want to go to their series at Carnegie Hall.

The Connecticut PRIDE festival on Sunday was somewhat of a disappointment for me. I expected a larger turnout. It was held in Riverfront Plaza in Hartford. I parked in East Hartford and took the comfortable walk across the Founder's Bridge crossing the Connecticut River. The plaza was a nice place to hold the festival, but with the rain, only about 300-350 people attended. I stayed for about an hour, and left. I'm sure the weather played a large part of the poor attendance. It was misting off and on and threatening to let loose at any moment.

This morning we went to a diner for breakfast. Afterwards we decided to stop by Best Buy to take a look at the notebook computers. I've been thinking of getting one for awhile now. You know, it's just hell having to sit at my desk writing all this stuff, when I could be in front of my TV writing about it, while relaxing in my big poofy blue chair.

After looking at the options, I decided that I liked the Sony Vaio (picture at left). After looking at them, I thought that it sure would be nice to be able to write and surf while I'm in NYC. After not-so-much deliberation, we decided to buy it. My exact model is here. It's simply amazing what one can talk oneself into. It's suppose to arrive Thursday.