Surprise Orchestra Concert

I was all set to see Sara Gruen at the library last night, but my sister had other plans.

Sara Gruen wrote Water for Elephants, which if you haven't read, I highly recommend. Currently, I'm reading her newest book, which is the one she was discussing at the library, Ape House. It's not quite as good as Water for Elephants, but then, I'm not finished yet, and her previous book had a wonderful twist ending, we're talking total vengeance people! I will say, though that as I'm reading Ape House, I'm realizing that I totally forgot about all the animal abuse that she writes about. Don't get me wrong, she is completely on the animals' sides, but she doesn't mince words in describing things. If you think you'd have a hard time with this, then these may not be for you. Or maybe you could get the audio book. The reader is already past the atrocities and onto the next idea before you even realize what you just heard. When you've got the actual book in hand, you can stop and go back and re-read, and be appalled a second time. At least that's how it is for me.

Anyway, so I was planning to go. I had tried to drum up some friends to come with me on facebook, but no dice. So I figured I meet some new people (there was a happy hour beforehand), and hear an interesting discussion (Ape House's basic premise is about ASL taught primates, and Koko the gorilla has always held a special place in my heart since as long as I can remember.) My sister wrote me though to say they were having a free Orchestra concert at City Hall, and did I want to go? I checked out what they were playing, and what the line up it was... Swan Lake! Carmen! Candide! I was in! It was a wonderful concert, the weather was just right, and it was so relaxing just sitting on the steps at Dilworth Plaza/City Hall. Check it out!

Meanwhile, I posted some pictures on my facebook page, and usually when I post comments about where I'm at or what I'm doing, I get some comments, at the very least I get one "like", but last night... nothing. Hmmm, either everyone was very busy last night, or all my friends are culturally inept. I probably shouldn't ponder this too long. Tonight, I'm going to an erev sukkot in the park. it should be fun. Gipper won't be there, he's going to a "bring a friend of a friend" party. I'm curious to see what that's like. And then Friday is happy hour at Devon Seafood with one of my knitting group friends, and Sunday is our Sukkah Hop. He's coming to that ;-)