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Today is first day below freezing in almost a week. Tomorrow will be above 0 again. Went to the Grenville Canal yesterday for a walk and walked to the lighthouse instead as the canal path was messy ice and slush from the freezing rain and snow last week. Sun is shining brightly for the first time in close to a week.
 
Just a random thought here....Who on earth can afford to go to the Super Bowl????? I guess there are quite a few, but it would bankrupt me!
 
Nancy said:
Just a random thought here....Who on earth can afford to go to the Super Bowl????? I guess there are quite a few, but it would bankrupt me!
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I find public events in general have gotten expensive. Concerts by major acts are sometimes starting around $100 for even the cheap, bad seats now. I was looking at concerts that a couple metal bands I like are doing in TO and Ottawa and they weren't too bad, but those are club gigs, not major venues.

The thing with football in the USA is that it is a bit of an obsession with the serious fans. On board the ship, they were showing the wild card and playoff games on a huge screen aft of deck 12 and even on the really wavy, windy days, there were some stalwarts up there watching the games. Some football fans would do almost whatever it took (there would be some limits) to afford the tickets and trip.
 
First day wit enough snow to go snowshoeing. I go on the golf course nearby and it was beautiful. I am a bit out of shape, so only did 35 minutes. Hopefully it will stick around for a while.
 
Nancy said:
Just a random thought here....Who on earth can afford to go to the Super Bowl????? I guess there are quite a few, but it would bankrupt me!
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And as the big guy pointed out today, why? Thousands of dollars to be crammed in with a bunch of drunks in a small expensive space. We are having a super bowl gathering at our/his house - game on a big screen tv, wings, chili, nachos, beer AND LARGE COMFY SEATS - for free.

The only thing I can imagine spending serious money on entertainment anymore is my bucket list thing - an opera live at the Met. I love the live in HD productions, and often "go to" an opera or two in the winter, usually solo, at a very affordable $25 or so a ticket. But I really want to visit NYC for the first time, stay in a nice hotel, and get dressed up to attend an opera, even if I have to do it solo. I am one of about three people in my entire life who truly love opera. I have listened to Saturday Afternoon at the Opera almost every Saturday of my life, at least a bit of it.

Almost no snow here, bay and larger lake are largely grey dangerous slush. Went into Value Village today for a brief look around for sensible warm comfortable boots, and came out with soft brown Italian leather sorta boots, but not warm, nor really comfortable, and a bonus pair of nice trousers that will necessitate the purchase of a couple of sweaters to match, as I don't wear a lot of brown. I should not be allowed in there, especially unsupervised. I was with the boys (my guy, his best friend, an elderly roommate of the guy's), and they went, sensibly, to No Frills, instead. I did talk myself out of the red wool London Fog dress winter coat, which I do need, in some fashion, upon discovering it had a belt, which never makes a tiny short person look anything but shorter.
 
We got to see an opera at the Met when we were in NYC. We had dinner nearby with friends first. I'm not a huge opera fan. I am though, a live music fan. It was awesome.
 
If I lived in NYC, I'd just constantly be saving up for Met tickets...

I suspect, from dates and timelines, that I might have seen Jessye Norman in Turandot in the 70s.
 
When I was a kid, they had a program through the schools for cheap tickets for theatre and concerts ( classical), it wasn’t the best seats, but you could go to the opera for $10. Not sure if they still have something like that. Also, my parents had a subscription- similar thing, but more expensive, with gave you a certain amount of tickets per year for a reduced price. So I had a good share of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra when I was young. They now do online subscriptions as I saw.
 
Good morning! Happy Wednesday! Temperatures above and below freezing, Super Bowl attendance, Opera and live music, trips to No Frills and Value Village, and all the other things and thoughts that come to the surface... the Coffee Cart and the Room provide space to discuss all of it. All is ready, come in and join in!

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Operas have something of a nuance about them ... then if researched on finds that NU was related to Daeva ... in a profound subtle manner ... an essence of phantom? May contain some stinking thoughts ... as those devoid hate intruding thoughts ... they halt wishes and wishing ... causing arrest in consideration!

The ghostly image declared ... "stop it!" From there the plug was in and the character of Bung ... is there more(s) to what goes on under cover?

In NB there is a conflict over public whistle blowing thus sign'sin the pining ... thus populace faces failure ... like a fracture in the paradigm ...

Just a heap of crap or a pile of word to a numbed Higgs Particle ... these are less than physical bits ... hypoxia? Proper balance needed for composting something of no adequate sentient vector ...
 
BetteTheRed said:
If I lived in NYC, I'd just constantly be saving up for Met tickets...

I suspect, from dates and timelines, that I might have seen Jessye Norman in Turandot in the 70s.
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Loved Turandot...but I am not a full fledged opera fan. I did grow up with a father that loved opera and had a beautiful voice...so he'd sing opera at the top of his lungs around the house, in the car and collected numerous old record albums with many, many operatic selections. Truthfully I didn't choose to play them for my own pleasure when I was young, but it was subliminally ingrained into my brain from his singing. Lol!
That "practice" served him well as a minister in the Anglican church leading the congregation in sung prayers.
 
BetteTheRed said:
What did you see? I get dizzy at the array of "what I need to see". I have been to quite a few performances by the COC at what was the O'Keefe Theatre, but it was decades ago.
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I can never remember. It was set of three by an Italian (?) composer. Placido Domingo was in the third opera and also received an award recognizing his time in the Met. The second of the three was a story of nuns in a convent who were talking about one in particular. It was all women and some of the choruses were amazing. When you're in NYC you also have to plan to see at least one Broadway musical.
 
My mother was the opera fan in our house. She was also a trained soprano and sang around the house. She often tortured us by singing high notes. When I saw Janis Ian at a music festival many years ago she slayed me with a song about wanting to hear my mother sing.
 
Northwind said:
I can never remember. It was set of three by an Italian (?) composer. Placido Domingo was in the third opera and also received an award recognizing his time in the Met. The second of the three was a story of nuns in a convent who were talking about one in particular. It was all women and some of the choruses were amazing. When you're in NYC you also have to plan to see at least one Broadway musical.
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Giacomo Puccini's Triptych? Which consists of Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, and Soeur Angelica (the one about the nuns). I have seen the latter two done by Opera Western (student from the university's voice program). Gianni Schicchi is probably the most famous since "O Mio Babbino Caro", one of Puccini's best-known arias, comes from it.


I saw Mozart's Don Giovanni at the Met when I went to NYC (1991 so no idea who was in the cast offhand). Didn't see a musical. Mrs. M isn't really a fan of them.

In terms of live opera, I have been to Opera Hamilton when I lived there and then Western's voice program's productions (which are actually pretty good shows). Unfortunately, we don't get much live opera in London outside the Western stuff. No suitable venue and there's no local organization to run it unless the orchestra takes it on.
 
Waterfall said:
Loved Turandot...but I am not a full fledged opera fan. I did grow up with a father that loved opera and had a beautiful voice...so he'd sing opera at the top of his lungs around the house, in the car and collected numerous old record albums with many, many operatic selections. Truthfully I didn't choose to play them for my own pleasure when I was young, but it was subliminally ingrained into my brain from his singing. Lol!
That "practice" served him well as a minister in the Anglican church leading the congregation in sung prayers.
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Before I even got to the end of this post, I was thinking what a great asset your dad's voice would have been to a church congregation
 
Has anyone ever made their own Kimchi before? I have to say, I've never tasted it before but I heard it's very healthy so I thought I'd give it a try on the weekend.
I wonder if I'll know if I made it right if I've never tasted it...lol
 
Waterfall said:
Has anyone ever made their own Kimchi before? I have to say, I've never tasted it before but I heard it's very healthy so I thought I'd give it a try on the weekend.
I wonder if I'll know if I made it right if I've never tasted it...lol
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I've only had store and restaurant kimchi. Want me to come over and taste test it for you? :giggle: (kidding)
 
Mendalla said:
Giacomo Puccini's Triptych? Which consists of Il Tabarro, Gianni Schicchi, and Soeur Angelica (the one about the nuns). I have seen the latter two done by Opera Western (student from the university's voice program). Gianni Schicchi is probably the most famous since "O Mio Babbino Caro", one of Puccini's best-known arias, comes from it.
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That was what we saw. I forgot that this aria was in it. It was a beautiful opera
 
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