Category: Travel
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New England, what a pain!
I have to audition for a company here? What a drag. I bet there will be an amazing little restaurant to try, and a scenic bike ride afterward, too. Darnit! Update (10/23/14). No offer, but we did have dinner at an amazing mexican restaurant to celebrate post-audition, which I highly recommend doing, especially when there’s…
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A bad audition day (for the husband)
Because I am a very lucky girl, with a very supportive husband, we go on musical adventures together as a family. Joel is a man of simple pleasures. When we are in a new town, his joys come from there being a Cheesecake Factory or a PF Changs nearby. Maybe the hotel has free USA…
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This aint no ordinary clubhouse, folks
Phelps Mansion in Binghamton – Who knew?? A stunning Victorian home, the last of its kind on Court St. A business owner and at one point Mayor, Sherman Phelps had it built in 1870, and it had lots of state of the art things for the time, like gas fireplaces, and shutters that slide into…
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Yes, I’m singing at a graveyard tomorrow….
Alright it’s not actually at a graveyard, but it is for the Greensprings Natural Burial Ground’s 5th Anniversary, so I’ll assume there are graves somewhat nearby. I will be joined by Jeff Tripoli (drums), John Wysocki (keyboard) and Arlo Feirman (bass), performing a set of my original songs, including a spankin’ brand new one! Ti-Ti…
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raindrops on roses, and boys with high voices!
I’m in NYC this week, and went tonight to see an Evensong at Saint Thomas Church, which was absolutely what I had hoped it would be. It is a male choir, and there are boys about as high as my boots (so…kind of high) singing gorgeous phrases, and the blend was perfection. I know there…
Rebecca Leistikow 