Harp

In my building, on the same floor live a young(ish) lady and her husband and their dogs. The lady is a professional harp player, she also plays four or five other instruments. Doesn't belong to any orchestra, she is freelance. Well known in some circles as I understand. Because of her dogs and our Robin, we are pretty friendly.

Thursday night she had a concert in Manhattan and my wife, and I decided to go and see. This was our first outing in a very long time, and at the end I was glad we did it. The show was in a small nightclub like setting, we had a good table for the two of us, ordered two drinks and sat back and enjoyed the show. 

There is a British songstress by the name of Kate Bush and this program was about her songs. We never heard of her, have no clue about her but I guess a lot of people did know her because there was a full house. The presentation was fairly elaborate, sometimes ten people on the stage. The songs were not the type one hums after leaving but still pleasant. Our friend played on her harp throughout, and she was very impressive with it.

The show lasted a little more than an hour. It was in Downtown Manhattan and getting there took almost two hours because of traffic. Because I did get a handicapped parking permit from NYC, parking was not a problem except to decide to park right front of the building or a half a block away.

Being in Manhattan like this is an event and after the show we went out to dinner to a wellknown restaurant we visited before. Couple of Moscow mule drinks (yes, they still serve it) then my wife had the roasted salmon and I a bowl of mussels. Both of us enjoyed it. After dinner, home by 10:45.

My comment: people cry about prices, the high price of gasoline etc. If the gas is so expensive why are there so many cars on the road? If people claim life is so expensive and people have no money, why is it so difficult to get a table in an upscale restaurant in the middle of the week? This restaurant and most in the area were filled to the brim. It is because people like to whine and complain!

I forgot to mention, Abigail and Robin stayed home this time. Maybe that was why we enjoyed ourselves so much.