Another gem from Shaun Usher

How do you spend your days??

This is the precursor, sans fancy graphs, to Chris's insights of the other week!

I like "trying not to fall asleep in chairs" and "collecting scattered thoughts":-)


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We followed up on the Beethoven with an ACO concert at Angel Place on Tuesday night. The program was Chopin and Mendelssohn... The Mendelsssohn was my favourite of the night.. so melodic, so exuberant and energetic..


This is what we heard!




The car park beside Angel Pl, has the levels coloured, numbered and instrumented. We were on harp level, red B3 ..no chance we could lose our car - not like that hopeless Chatswood place with it's grey level!

A Dinner Conversation - Why I Like Munich

So this is part of the conversation at dinner on Saturday night..


Me..(banging on about being Bavarian in another life)
Mark: "you know everyone laughs at the Bavarians"

Me: "No,why?"
Louise: "well, everyone likes them, but you can't take them seriously, everyone laughs at them"

Me: "but why?"
Mark: "Well, they're yokels"
ME: "Yokels?? like westies? Like Dale Kerrigan (the Castle)?"


Mark: "No Like Queenslanders..that's what they are..Queenslanders
Me: "O no wonder I feel so at home there!"

Everyone laughs!!!!!!!!

The Weekend 10/2

The weekend got off to a great start with a concert on Friday Night @ the Opera House - Vladimir Aszkanezy and the SSO- Beethoven's 9th. We had the dodgy seats behind the stage -turned out to be perfect -so interesting to actually be able to see the conductor from the front and the workings of the orchestra. I love watching the musicians. We were directly over the choir stalls - fabulous inspiring soaring sound.. Here is a totally naughty pic.. They announce ad nauseum "No photography in the auditorium", but flashes were going off everywhere in the interval!


and because you can never have too much Harbour Bridge!!...


Saturday, I spent a slothful day reading this:
It's a heartstoppingly beautiful book - set in wartime German-



Sunday Dad went to work in town for a few hours. I went with him and occupied my time enjoying Hyde Park..can never have too much St Mary's either:-)


(protect your Queen !!)

then browsed around Kinokuniya for a while and bought a $10 edition of Grimms' Complete Fairy Tales ( They're the chappies who wrote Hansel and Gretel). I would have thought I was familiar with a fair whack of the works of the Brothers'Grimm, but on reading the index, I discover there are no less than 279 fairy tales, of which I knew about 20:-(.. Now I am on a mission to read them all..

Sunday night we had dinner @ juju's(King's Cross) with Louise and Mark ..great bentos! Was so full afterwards though, Louise and I walked back to Louise's. Rushcutters was beautiful as always.

Happy Birthday Gerhard!:-)

Lieber Gerhard.. Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! Best wishes on your 80th birthday. We enjoyed your exhibition very very much.!



Danke schön, und Genieß den Tag:-)

So This is What It's Like to have Cousins

Clinton has a transfer to Sydney Head Office. He and Berri came to dinner while they were down here househunting. We had a fun night and Megs declared .."o so this is what it's like to have cousins".. Extended family is good!

Open Air Cinema -2012

It's become an institution and tradition for us to attend Open Air Cinema @ Lady Macquarie's Chair. The views are unparalleled in the world ( Yes I know it's a big call and very biased!), and it's an exciting summer activity. We have dinner and and a bottle of wine while we look at the view, then settle in our chairs with our white billowy ponchos to watch the movie. Tickets have become so popular unless you can get on in the first half hour of sales, then you will be left with the dregs.



This year we were left with a charming little French number - "Goodbye First Love". Was very pleasant and wonderful to see Paris and the gorgeous French countryside, but plot-wise not a lot happened except a lot of walking about soulfully and looking at stuff from the gorgeous young protagonist. The soundtrack was cute though - i enjoyed it..so all in all a pleasant little film - 3/5:-) (Must have a look and see if M&D have reviewed it.