there are moments
that i know i will long for
even as i live them.
judith katzir
in quotes
business
1. our performance schedule is changing!!!
we've decided to cut our run short a bit because (1) the school year is starting up (2) no one wants to burn out and (3 {which only applies to me, but i'm most excited for}) i get to spend more time in texas with my mom and dad before heading back to new york.
so here we go...the remaining shows:
August 27 Pioneer Park, 500 W Center Street, Provo, 7 pm
August 28 Memorial Park @ 800 E and Center Street, Provo 7 pm
August 30 Memorial Park @ 800 E and Center Street, Provo 7 pm
Sept 2 the Duck Pond @ 800 N, BYU 7 pm
Sept 3 the Duck Pond @ 800 N, BYU, 7 pm
Sept 4 Pioneer Park, 500 W Center Street, Provo 7 pm
Sept 6 Memorial Park @ 800 E and Center Street, Provo 7 pm
(also note that next saturday night {the 28} we were meant to perform in salt lake, but will do the show here in provo because of the expense and time involved in traveling. i do hope that if you were planning to attend you still might. we'll make it worth your while and i'd love to meet all you gorgeous people.)
i do hope if you're in the area (or nearby) you'll make a trip. last saturday night we had a great turnout and it was so much fun. and i loved getting to meet some of you! so please come and for the love of all that's good in this world say hello!! (i promise i don't bite and i won't think you're odd).
2. my contact info has changed. for questions and comments and such please email me at wilybrunette@yahoo.com. i have changed my email for several reasons. (1) i'm hoping it helps me organize my life a bit and aids in my ability to respond in a prompt and kind fashion. (2) it streamlines the blog--my twitter is under the same name. (3) because i'm realizing privacy might be something to hold fast to as much as possible in this internet era, and i'm not willing to give up the blog or my need for honesty
bubble, bubble (toil and trouble? nah).
i love champagne.
cava. prosecco.
this is not a secret.
i need no occasion. no excuse.
and i love the glasses in which to pour the bubbly.
in fact there is a cabinet waiting for me in new york.
it sits next to the couch in the living room.
it has dividers. probably meant for filing. but the sections are just wide enough--just tall enough for the long slender flutes and the shorter, vintage-inspired coupes.
yes, my roommates and i have a furniture piece dedicated solely to the housing of champagne glasses.
(is it any wonder we get along?).
i hadn't had anything to drink since arriving in utah at the end of june.
so on saturday night i made my way to the liquor store. picked out a bottle of pink bubbly and carefully unpopped the top (oh the sound of the cork coming undone!). i poured it into a fancy glass-cut goblet (the kind perfect for russian estates--perfect for checkhov plays) and sipped quietly as the conversation carried on around me.
i didn't need much. didn't need to drink quickly. hardly needed to go back for seconds.
and i though, there is something to be learned from this love affair with champagne.
you see i respect the champagne. i recognize its place--its purpose. and so i never overdo it.
now if i could apply this understanding to just a few other things (like ice cream and mexican food and cheese) it might change...oh you know, everything.
this is just to say.
i drink pellegrino. with lemon if i can.
and i don't eat meat. if i can help it. for environmental reasons.
i'm never gonna choose a sushi place for a night out.
and i prefer the expensive cheese.
i understand there are choices i have made that others consider odd. elitist even.
choices that make me seem like a snob.
but they are my choices.
because at the end of the day i say bless you when someone sneezes.
i say please, and thank you.
and i always introduce my plate to the dishwasher.
i believe in honesty. even if i'm not always good at it. even if it's not always easy.
i believe there are ten million ways to pray. ten million ways to honor God.
i believe that i was raised by two of the best, most honorable people in the world.
and i believe they have instilled within me the skills to be a good person--the need to be a good person.
so, perhaps our beliefs are different. and perhaps the manner in which we live our lives occasionally refuses to align. but i will not apologize for who i am or the choices i have made.
call me elitist, call me snobbish. i refuse to shrink myself to some smaller, more palatable version that sits quietly at the dinner table and poses politely for the family portrait.
tid-bits and business.
it is just past 11:30 here (mountain standard time).
i woke up but five minutes ago.
making my cumulative sleeping hours twelve (or thereabout).
it was heavenly. and needed (for so many reasons).
the show has been going swimmingly (mostly).
and i'd love for you all to come (and to say hello afterwards).
tonight we have a performance in salt lake 645 e 400 s at 6 pm. so come and bring food and start your weekend off on a romantic (or comic/tragic/life note).
as for the rest of the weekend:
we have two performances this saturday...
August 21 Provo Farmers Market, 500 W Center Street, Provo 12 noon
August 21 Pioneer Park, 500 W Center Street, Provo 7 pm
and then begin again next saturday.
if you have questions please email/leave a comment. my deep apologies for not being so good with either of these things, but i promise to be better this next week and to blog on a more regular basis.
my love and deep gratitude to you all for sharing in this journey with me.