The new couch came on time. I’ve assembled my share of Ikea furniture, but this time after unpacking everything and looking at the directions, I felt overwhelmed. Ikea partners with a company called Task Rabbit. I went to the link, said ASAP, and ZOOM! a clean young man with a backpack full of tools arrived the next morning. I had my pick of people. Each had a brief bio and list of experience. The guy did a great job. Task Rabbit folks do other things also. If you need something done, you should give them a look-see.
Mom had a zillion doctor visits. She seems to be settled in with a modification to her meds. She has a follow-up in a couple of weeks.
JaMM came down so Jiajia could attend a seminar in DC. We spent a day with Mark and Mira Friday. Then we went to the Natural History Museum Saturday. The museum was crowded and noisy, but Mira did pretty well. Then Mark & Jiajia found an amazing restaurant for lunch (with the help of a little serendipity). If I have the story straight, a Spanish chef offers a Peruvian – Chinese fusion menu. Whatever. The food was fabulous. And it was only a few steps from the Metro. Double win!
We wrapped up the week with a BSO concert this afternoon (Mozart Piano Concerto 24 and Dvorak Symphony 7). It was great music well played. We had a good time. When we started attending Sunday afternoon concerts, I had a hand full of places where we could park for free. The spaces were taken away, one by one. This was our first concert where I paid for parking in a garage. I have to admit, it was nice not to have to walk very far in the rain.
Unfortunately, the Ravens let out just before the concert was over. Ravens fans sat in cold rain watching their team lose 20 – 23. So 70,000 Ravens fans (out of 70,000 seats) joined 2,000 music lovers (out of 2,400 seats) trying to all get out of town at the same time. As disgruntled as they might have been, Ravens fans were mostly courteous on the road. Nevertheless, it was a slow drive home.
This is the 40th year for the Meyerhoff. It led me to some sad thoughts. 40 years ago, Sergiu Comissiona, Joseph Meyerhoff, mayor William Donald Schafer, and governor Harry Hughes built a $25 million music hall. Today, the BSO is downsizing. Nobody is thinking of building anything of substance in Baltimore. Irrespective of vacant commercial real estate and strength of the economy, we just don’t have leadership that capable.
Enough of the downer. There are some cute baby pics on the web site for ya. I hope all are doing well. By the way, that “house” in the pics is a piece of art. If you look closely, it looks a little off. If you walk past it, you would swear the house is moving. I don’t have any idea how they did that.
