So Much Going On

So last week closed out with a bang. Got a new client at work and have been busy bopping around town. Michele and I received a dose of cultural literacy by attending the National Symphony Orchestra's performance of a piano concerto by Liszt and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. One of my fav pieces of classical music is The Great Gate at Kiev, which is the last part of PAAE.

Then, after the end of a hard week, I headed out of town to Philly. I have been spending quite a bit of time in the nation's birthplace and have come to appreciate it over the last 10 months. Not that the town is anything particularly special, but more the people in it ;-) More to come on that.

Below is a video of the Great Gate of Kiev for your listening pleasure. It gives me goose bumps.

I've also posted a few pics from Michele's bday party. King Snake was on fire that night!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlFnahc_OVs

Birthday and Football

Michele (in red) and friends

This weekend we celebrated my friend, Michele's, birthday at one of my favorite spots on U Street - Jojo's. Jojo's is a quaint little restaurant/jazz bar that I discovered right after moving back to DC from Texas. Our favorite night to go is Friday - the "Just Us" band with King Snake is the reason we keep going back.

Happy Birthday, Michele! I'll have to post some pics from the bday revelry.

Some friends and I also braved the cold and went to my favorite neighborhood wine bar - Vinoteca. Jeff, the manager, took very good care of us and I am hoping to establish roots at the bar. Always good to have connections, aye?

Sunday we spent freezing our *&%(# off watching football. Great games!

Now it's back to work.

A New Year, A New Day and A New Start

It's 2008 and I'm just now starting a blog. Some people will be very surprised it has taken me this long. But after seeing people begin blogs for their newborns and me thinking, "I wish that technology would have existed when I was growing up", I figure I better get started before I say that again at 60.

For a philosophical rant - basically I think it would be nice to have something to reflect on and remember your life because it is over too quickly and we remember so little of the daily occurances.

I won't try and put down the first 33 years of Ms. Deatherage's days, but I hope to start chronicling the next thirty years . . . . enter country song.

This is me. Welcome to the life of a Deatherage