It has been a while since I posted here.  However, I will be going to Philadelphia, PA soon.  I will be staying there from Monday, 7/15/13, until Monday, 7/22/13.  Stay tuned for my adventures in travel, because something interesting always happens when I go to Philly.

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Newton Community Chorus started 2 weeks ago, so my Monday nights are now busy until mid-late May.

This semester we are doing Johann Nepomuk Hummel's Mass in B-flat, and Luigi Cherubini's Requiem Mass in C-minor.

They are both late classical/early romantic pieces with plenty of 7th chords to keep things interesting.  The Hummel Mass looks to be ( Read more... )

Sunday, 8/29/10, the journey to Baltimore started at about 10:00 am.

Our first stop was at the Maryland House rest stop, because my friend's tenant wanted to get clam chowder, and this place had a restaurant that was known for its clam chowder, (personally, I don't order clam chowder anywhere south of Rhode Island.)  So he had his clam chowder, and ( Read more... )

Thursday, 8/26/10, I got up at 6:45 am.  After taking my time to get ready, I left the house just after 8:00 am, and headed to the Mayfair Diner for breakfast.  I had one of the breakfast combo's, which included: 3 fluffy hotcakes, 4 slices of bacon, coffee, and cranberry juice.

Now that I had coffee in my system I realized that I had left my ( Read more... )

Wednesday, 8/25/10, my mom got me up at 5:15 am to be able to catch a 6:30 am bus to Boston.  I thought that mom & I could spend a little time together prior to my trip to Philadelphia, and her trip to the Amish country.  However, my sister, Maria, calls mom from Post 440, (the place where mom's trip was starting), asking her to switch off cars, so ( Read more... )

It's now Sunday afternoon, and in 3 days I will be headed to Philadelphia for a short vacation.

I will be in Philly from Wednesday afternoon, 8/25/10 until Monday morning 8/30/10.  I plan to see the Cleopatra exhibit at the Ben Franklin museum, (Cleo is a very expensive lady to go see, because the cost of the exhibit ticket alone is $26.50.)  I also ( Read more... )

Note to Facebook friends, I'm testing out Posterous, so I'm reposting this entry:

For a, "Pocket Bear", Jeff has a hearty appetite, and he put down a Ham, Egg & Cheese breakfast sandwich on 7-grain toast along with more than 1/2 of a short stack of Blue Corn Pancakes. However, he needed that amount of fuel to be able to drive the 4+ hours to New ( Read more... )