I’m so excited, I got tickets for me and my mom to go see La Traviata at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. It’s a production by Franco Zefirelli and I’m really looking forward to seeing it. I have a DVD of Carmen, produced by Zefirelli, and it is amazing. I’m sure we are going to enjoy it live.
I’m also glad I’m going, since no one ever wants to go to the opera with me. A lot of people think it’s boring. I insist it’s because they’ve never been and don’t really know opera. Opera is dramatic, opera is romantic, it’s a predecessor to musicals. I love it. Plus Verdi is light, anyway (I probably wouldn’t want to go to a Wagner opera either).
Archive for February, 2007
La Traviata
February 28, 2007Going on vacation
February 26, 2007Finally I am taking the 3 vacation days that I carried over from last year. I just bought my ticket to go to New York City. My mom will meet me there and we will hang out and take over Manhattan!
We are going to hit the Guggenheim and catch the Spanish painting exhibition. This is the main reason why I wanted to go to New York before March 28. This is the exhibition where a Goya painting was heading before it was stolen. More info about the stolen painting here (link). The painting has now been recovered and is now showing in the museum.
We will probably go to the Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting exhibition at the Museum of Art and Design. I am so looking forward to that one.
We are going to see one or two Broadway musicals, we love them. I still don’t know what we are going to see. Any recommendations?
Finally we are hitting at least 3 yarn stores in Manhattan. This is where I need help from my readers. Where do you recommend that we go?
Big snow storm this morning
February 22, 2007We woke up with a big snow storm. The snow was falling so hard I couldn’t even see from my window across the street.
The Westbound King Streetcar never came so, instead of walking all the way to King Station like I did last week, I took the Sherbourne bus all the way to Sherbourne Station. I didn’t want to walk again because I think that’s why I got sick last week, and I’m still not 100% well.
Funny how every time there’s a big snow storm the streetcar doesn’t come. I wonder.
Los Gipsy Kings
February 20, 2007I am so excited. Tonight we’re going to see the Gipsy Kings at the Hummingbird Centre. James got the tickets as a Valentine’s Day gift for me. I’ve been singing all morning.
It’s one of the best gifts I ever got!
Much sleeping and some knitting
February 19, 2007Being sick is always a good excuse to catch up on your sleep (not that I need an excuse, but heck, I was sick). I slept almost half of the time during the weekend.
I am making the Cabled Cardigan from Vogue Knitting Winter 2006/07, it’s project number 15. I got 7 hanks of the organic O’Wool from Lettuce Knit a few weeks ago and I finally casted on last week but made no advance, since I was working hard on finishing the red top for St. Valentine’s.
On Friday I knitted for about 2 hours and then realized I had made a mistake about an hour before, so I had to unravel some of the advance. On Saturday I slept on and off until about 4 PM, and then I met Clarissa at Gabby’s for drinks and dinner.
Sunday I slept again. I woke up to clean my apartment (book club is meeting here tomorrow, thankfully we’re ordering pizza) and did some more advance on the cardigan. I have done about 10 cm of knitting so far.
I am excited about this project and feeling way better thanks to all the rest I got on the weekend.
I’m sick
February 16, 2007Last night when I got home after work I felt sick. I started sniffing and my sinuses were hurting. I had to skip flamenco so that I would be well enough to come to work today.
I have a cold and will have to skip tobogganing tonight at the park. I think it’ll be better if I stay in.
In other news, James cut all his hair off. All.Of.It!
He looks cute, photos soon.
Cap Sleeve Top
February 14, 2007I finally finished the HandMaiden cap sleeve top last night. I wanted to finish it so that I could wear it today for Valentine’s Day.
I was kind of sick of making it. I used 4 mm circular needles and it felt like it was the neverending project. I was knitting and knitting and knitting. It took me about 6 weeks to complete.
But now I’m in love with it. It looks really nice, it is so soft and I’m quite happy with it. The colour is beautiful, and it’s red, perfect for Valentine’s Day!