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ctinabina

7/16/08 06:07 pm

Stuff is good in the good ol' City of Holy Faith.  I just spent a lovely birthday eating Spanish tapas, throwing a riotously fun BBQ at my house, playing obscene amounts of Wii sports and Super Mario Galaxy, and checking out the wares at the International Folk Art Market.  We bought a couple of cards and a nice wood block print by Jose Borges.  We're getting it framed.  Those of you who will be visiting us can check it out.  I also got a couple of pillow cases that are embroidered with strange looking animals.  The only animal I can identify is an elephant.  The other animals look like some sort of jaguar/pig/horse combination.  Scary and perfect for our new, as of yet unpurchased, sofa.  I'm not even sure what country these pillowcases originated from as I bought them at a multinational UNESCO table.  Based on the animals, though, I'd have to say it was sewn by Umberto Eco.  

In fact, the birthday party is still going strong.  K and I may check out famed local storyteller, Joe Hayes, at the Wheelwright Museum on Friday.  Then, we're off to see Radamisto at the Santa Fe Opera.  Radamisto is an Italian opera written by Handel.  It's described as "a musico-military spectacular" that celebrates the power of fidelity in marriage.  O...K.  I'm sure it will be great (how could it not at the awesome opera house?) despite it's off-sounding description.

That's all that's fit to print!

For those of you concerned about my lack of photos on my post, it's because I permanently misplaced my camera at a drinking establishment several months ago.  This is extremely strange considering I never lose things.  Seriously.  I'm very organized.

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• From Marg: GET A CAMERA!!!

  (Anonymous)

  7/18/08 12:10 am (UTC)

  ...or do you want one for Christmas? For Thanksgiving? For Labor Day? NEED PIX.
  
  xoxo m.

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  • Re: From Marg: GET A CAMERA!!!

    (Anonymous)

    7/18/08 03:07 pm (UTC)

    Yeah, you're right. I should just admit to myself that it will never be found and get a new one. It's just that the one I lost was sort of new because my old camera inexplicably lost every single screw and fell apart one day. Sigh. Maybe I'll go to Best Buy tonight.
    Grumble.
    C~

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• pabs

  7/18/08 04:26 pm (UTC)

  

  Radamisto should be interesting :)
  Do you like baroque opera? What do you think of countertenors?

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  • ctinabina

    7/30/08 03:41 pm (UTC)

    

    I liked Radamisto but I'm not going to lie, I like other operas better. The extended arias were a little *yawn* at times. I really like the opera for the tailgating in the parking lot beforehand.

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    • pabs

      8/8/08 01:19 pm (UTC)

      

      Baroque opera can be terribly boring if the singers are not up to par. In Da Capo arias (you know where they repeat the initial part of the aria over again) if the ornamentation the singer brings to the piece is not exciting, the singer is no good... then the opera dies.
      Also many countertenors just dont sound pretty, although with daniels I think the color of his voice is gorgeous, so there you were covered... although IMO his coloratura is not the greatest.
      Tailgating before opera??? sounds like a great idea ;)

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• brennando

  7/19/08 01:42 am (UTC)

  

  Hi Babe - Why don't you just text photos to your email account from your Blackberry? That's how things work these days man. Let's get with the program Babe.
  
  -K

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    (Anonymous)

    7/23/08 01:11 pm (UTC)

    I have no problem taking pictures from Colorado and sending them to you. Of course you have to tell me what you want a picture of first. The upside is that you will have pictures on your website.
    
    Let me know if I need to step in.
    
    The other Kevin.

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