Archive for August 23rd, 2012
8-23-12 Word On Wine…Rules to Drink By!
We all expect a wine list at the restaurants we go to, but we rarely think about how it got there and who thought it up! In the September issue of Bon Appetit David Lynch of St. Vincent’s restaurant in San Francisco discusses some of his ideas he used in creating the wine list for […]
Ooh, shiny! (Not a post about old jewelry. Really.)
Yesterday, Berlin Iron, today, the Berlin Wall. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t only look at jewelry when I visit the Baltimore Summer Antiques Show. Anything that catches my eye is fair game, & a whole booth full of large, shiny, official-looking optical instruments is bound to do just that. Last year, while strolling the […]
Playlist: Aug/23/12
10:39 PM Edward MacDowell — Orchestral Suite No.1 Opus: 42Conductor: Takuo YuasaEnsemble: Ulster OrchestraNaxos, 559075 10:29 PM Friedrich von Flotow — Martha: Overture Conductor: Arthur FiedlerEnsemble: Boston Pops OrchestraRCA/BMG, 5479 9:56 PM Franz Schubert — Symphony No. 5 Key: B-Flat Conductor: Jonathan NottEnsemble: Bamberg SymphonyTudor, 7143 9:19 PM Johannes Brahms — Piano Quartet No. 3 […]