Fall Fun!

Ruben and I have had a great month. We are mostly settled in our new apartment and busy with our work and play schedules.

Here's my office at the opera house, where I spend my days.
This is the Goodman Theatre's telemarketing calling station, where I'm at 2 nights a week.

In the meantime, Ruben has been gigging and teaching and bar tending. This month he performed with The New Philharmonic, in Glenellen, IL. This is a pic of the ensemble as they are about to perform.



They are a great ensemble! Very professional and a wonderful sound comes from these musicians. Ruben was second chair for this performance!

One of the fun things about these concerts is the free cookies given to the audience after the performance. You have to hurry, cause they go quickly.

(In fact you can see that they are almost all gone!)

Here's Ruben and I after the performance.

We have also had the opportunity to see some opera this month. Last weekend we went to see Lyrics performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream. The Shakespearean play was adapted into an opera by Benjamin Britten. I thought it was really fantastic!

Ruben and I took the train downtown to see the performance.

There we met our friends, Jessica & Justin. We had great seats, thanks to my boss, Peter, who got the tickets for me. He's the best!

This is a picture of Midsummer from Lyrics website. I thought it was visually stunning, and loved the production!

Tonight, on the eve of Thanksgiving, Ruben and I are planning on attending A Masked Ball, at Lyric tonight. Then tomorrow, we have plans to make a Thanksgiving Feast for Two, and enjoy our day off, and each other. We both have to work on Friday, and Ruben has to work through out the whole weekend at the restaurant. Then on Sunday, we have tickets to see the opening night performance of A Christmas Carol at the Goodman. I'm looking forward to our busy weekend, and to the opportunity to see some performances as well as spend some quality time with Ruben.

Pictures of our Thanksgiving festivities to come!

Hope everyone has a wonderful and blessed holiday! Wish I lived closer to family, but I know they know I love them very much!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!