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Opera (on the cheap)
Well, Robert does not really know about opera. He’s been only twice and finds it rather relaxing (if not attention-grabbing).
Anyway, there are a few opportunities to check out some opera this summer without breaking the bank. (Err, it’s already been smashed to pieces.)
First, at the Lark Theater in Larkspur (and elsewhere I believe), we have Live at the Met Summer Opera Encores, where we can see opera on a large screen on a Saturday morning. Sounds good. No kids.
http://www.larktheater.net/newsidcontainer/1-latest/292-summer-opera-encores
Second, we have opera in golden gate park. The Pierce family will almost certainly attend this year. With kids.
Story Time
Robert’s Favorite Eichler
Sweet
Three Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree
All a Boy Needs
Mission Accomplished
Mission Accomplished
See Robert and Mira’s Future
Here it is. But Robert’s choice, The Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/06/06/garden/20130606-ECU.html#
From the New York Times
CAÑAR, Ecuador — Most people aren’t willing to drive more than a few hours to get to a second home in the country.
Multimedia
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
But Judy Blankenship and Michael Jenkins leave their house in Portland, Ore., and travel 4,300 miles — a two-day trip that usually involves three flights and one miserable bus ride that takes about five hours but feels more like a week — to a ragged town high in the Andes.
Their house here has no television, no dishwasher and no heat, apart from what is produced by the adobe hearth in the living room. The crazy weather can’t be counted on, the thin air causes all sorts of bodily havoc, they don’t have a car and the few friends willing to make the arduous journey to visit find there is almost nothing to do once they arrive.
Still, Mr. Jenkins, a contractor, and his wife, a photographer and journalist, have been coming here for nearly a quarter-century and have settled into a routine, arriving in January, like exotic migratory birds, and sticking around through June. Even their neighbors in this small town can’t quite figure out why.
See Robert and Mira’s Future
Here it is. But Robert’s choice, The Cordillera Blanca, Peru.
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2013/06/06/garden/20130606-ECU.html#
From the New York Times
CAÑAR, Ecuador — Most people aren’t willing to drive more than a few hours to get to a second home in the country.
Multimedia
Tony Cenicola/The New York Times
But Judy Blankenship and Michael Jenkins leave their house in Portland, Ore., and travel 4,300 miles — a two-day trip that usually involves three flights and one miserable bus ride that takes about five hours but feels more like a week — to a ragged town high in the Andes.
Their house here has no television, no dishwasher and no heat, apart from what is produced by the adobe hearth in the living room. The crazy weather can’t be counted on, the thin air causes all sorts of bodily havoc, they don’t have a car and the few friends willing to make the arduous journey to visit find there is almost nothing to do once they arrive.
Still, Mr. Jenkins, a contractor, and his wife, a photographer and journalist, have been coming here for nearly a quarter-century and have settled into a routine, arriving in January, like exotic migratory birds, and sticking around through June. Even their neighbors in this small town can’t quite figure out why.