More Fun than a Barrel of Monkeys . . .

Took these photos with my phone’s camera. The one above is of a delightful planting I passed on yesterday morning’s Seawall Run — the Parks Board gardens are always charming in the spring, but this…

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Opera: A Love Story

After the opera-blogging I did over the last two VOA seasons, I’ll admit it’s been a relief, this month and last, simply to settle in next to my husband and enjoy the opera. But even…

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Visible at the Opera

Besides being distracted from some family troubles by a park visit with a very active pre-schooler, Paul and I had the great pleasure of attending West Side Story, the first offering of Vancouver Opera’s 2011-12 season. We’ve…

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Opera, the morning after — more than the usual drama!

We didn’t stay for the backstage after-party last night although we could have bumped elbows with Jonathan Miller. But elbow bumping and a possible exchange of a few lame (on our part) words, along with…

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Backstage Tour

We’ve just come back from the backstage tour, and we’re realizing from some of the chat surrounding our blogging table that there are some conflicting feelings about being here tonight while the Canucks are playing…

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