Marina/Esther – “Dare” pt. 14 (in progress)
•December 18, 2009 • 9 CommentsFrom Anik’s Kitchen: Fluffy Apple Pancakes with Calvados
•December 17, 2009 • 2 Comments
It’s been one of those weeks.
Time for comfort food. These Apple Pancakes are a recipe of my father (he had two – this one, and potato latkes) and have accompanied me through much of my childhood, usually on weekends.
After moving out, I modified the recipe a bit, including apples pre-simmered in white wine, and for a while in the late 90s, it was so popular on the local lesbian potluck parties that I went by the Indian name of “She Who Bakes Apple Pancakes” for a while (at that time, I was dating “She Who Reigns The Secret of Egg Salad”. Buffet times!).
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CGMP: White Shirt Monday
•December 14, 2009 • 8 Comments
[Cecilia Bartoli in concert in Madrid. Dec. 12th. - Photo Credit: Javier del Real, El País]
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Marina/Esther – “Dare” – no chapter this week
•December 11, 2009 • 8 Comments
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Dear readers and visitors, as already announced last week, I’m pulling a Rai2 this week – meaning that there will be no new chapter until next Friday, Dec. 18th.
This weekend, I’m on a Pottery Conference in the countryside. I’m predicting that while you are reading this, I’ll be somewhere Out Of Nowhere where the only possible outside connection is personal meditation in the village church, but no broadband internet.
Have a good weekend, all, and I’m looking forward to welcoming you to a new chapter on the 18th.
CGMP: White Shirt Monday
•December 7, 2009 • 9 Comments
On the Street Where You Live:
Vivica Genaux as Ernesto in the Dec. 5th opening night of Haydn’s “Il Mondo della Luna” at Theater an der Wien.
For all those unable to catch the none-too-high-res ORF2 live stream or one of the remaining December performances, here’s a bit of mezzo capping from the moon, featuring White Shirt All Star Vivica Genaux – and Maite Beaumont of Ruggiero and Ottavia fame giving the term “Upstairs Maid” a run for its money.
Fly Me To The Moon – right now!
•December 5, 2009 • 1 Comment
Find the white-shirted mezzo: Vivica Genaux as Ernesto in Haydn’s “Il Mondo della Luna”
[Photo Credit: Theater an der Wien]
Right now (Dec. 5th, 10 p.m. (GMT+1) in the ORF live stream: the opening night of Haydn’s “Il Mondo della Luna” from Vienna’s Theater an der Wien.
