Tomorrow, I'm bound for New York City, one of my favorite places. I'm winding down with posting here, because I have to pack. I will turn on comment moderation while I'm gone. If I have access to a computer, I will permit comments to go through, if they're not nasty.
I will be on my own for a few days, and I will be meeting up with some wonderful folks, while I'm there. I will tell you all about them when I return home. The other folks will probably scoop me and tell the stories first and post pictures first, but I will do my best to give you the stories behind the stories when I get home - you know, the juicy parts that they will leave out.
During the second part of my trip, I will be here.
That's a picture of the Metropolitan Opera House, where I will be spending a good bit of time - four operas in five days, including a backstage tour. For many years, I have dreamed of attending a performance at the Met, and now I will do so with a vengeance. I'm yielding to one of those I-want-to-do-this-before-I-die things, and unless something happens in the next few days, it appears that I will have my dream fulfilled.
I usually respond to comments, but if I don't, please understand and forgive me. I will allow comments without moderation until tomorrow.
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O fabulous Mimi, may you have a totally fabulous operafest and joyous visits with blogfriends and other companions in the magical planet of New York City. I feel good just thinking about your adventure. Look forward to the fotos in which I hope to catch a glimpse of some of your opera-going outfits and accessories, as well as some of those interesting companions you plan to meet! Safe journey -- mwah! mwah! (one on each cheek).
ReplyDeleteI did not realize that you had not been to the Met.
ReplyDeleteIt is extraordinary. We will talk about that in person... tomorrow!
Thank you for your gracious offer as well - I am very pleased.
Us? Nasty? Never! :-)
ReplyDeleteHave a great time.
I said this over at Fran's, but just in case: you and Fran give each other huge hugs for me, okay? HAVE FUN, be safe, and enjoy the Met!
ReplyDeleteBefore I became an Episcopalian The Met was my church, and sometimes I think I shouldn't have changed. You'll see. I am excited for you... your first time too! So, so excited.
ReplyDeleteWhen you see Fran give her a big kiss for me, and one for Rowan too. Oooo La La, that means you get to kiss Fran TWICE!
Love you!
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ReplyDeleteAs if there were not enough scandal with the Kissing Granny and the women on your last trip to NYC! LOL
I so wish I could catch some opera at the Met with you, Mimi, and I am overcome with envy. Glad you are doing this. I am sure you will have a fabu time. Return to us safely and remember to share all those juicy bits that the others omit in their recounting.
Which operas? Mozart's music was declared heretical a couple of days back, elsewhere in cyberspace, so be careful.
ReplyDeleteMary Clara, I feel great that while I'm making myself happy, I will be making others happy, too.
ReplyDeleteKirstin, y'all are never nasty. I just didn't want any drive-bys of ill will.
Fran, we will.
Jane, we'll spend the whole time hugging, with the result that we will leave our husbands and run away with together.
Lindy, more kisses? It's a done deal.
Paul, I wish you could be there with me, too. The juicy bits will come. I promise.
Lapin, Lucia, Peter Grimes, Otello, and Triaviata.
Heretical or not, I still love Mozart.
I am at my son's child sitting, when I should be home packing.
Have fun, and enjoy! I hear you're meeting Fran, too. What fun!
ReplyDeleteI am so jealous! You have a GREAT time. I would go back any time.
ReplyDeleteNot "La bohème"?
ReplyDeleteJan, Diane, thanks. Diane, we'll have a good gossip about Fran when I get back.
ReplyDeleteNot "La bohème"?
Lapin, is that a sly dig? I am a good Christian woman, you know. All will be perfectly proper. None of that "bohème" stuff.
Have fun, Mimi! I love the City. Check the Met programs. If you see Ellen Lang listed in the chorus, you have a bit of a connection. She was my voice teacher at Westminster Choir College. Or a gal whose last name is Braham. I can't remember her first name, Jean maybe. Her parents were close friends of my folks. I met her at her father's funeral in Columbia, SC.
ReplyDeleteHave a great time, Mimi. I look forward to your posts about the trip.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that there is now a second gathering in NYC and I'm not there! Argh......
ReplyDeletewell, whomever you are meeting I'm sure that it won't be as much fun as coat shopping with me and David! (Did I tell you that he finally got two of those things?)
have a wonderful trip. Tell everyone that I said hello. Drink some nice wine for me.
Bon Voyage, Grandmère Mimi. This little cat would just curl up and die to get to go to NYC not to mention the Met.
ReplyDeleteLapin was right, though, it would have been fun if our Mimi could have seen the Met's Mimi.
Have a great time. I'll put you on the safe travel part of the prayer list.
Susan, thanks. I will write.
ReplyDeleteDennis, I can't believe you won't be with us either. Oh, what a thrill it was to shop for coats with you and David. I just say I'm coming, and folks come a-swarming in from miles around. I have FRIENDS in and around New York now.
Boocat and Lapin, I saw "La Bohème" in New Orleans last year, and I wrote a post called, Si. Mi Chiamano Mimi. Actually, I didn't think of the name connection in Lapin's comment. I thought he was suggesting that I'd carry on like a bohemian while I was in NY - which I would not rule out.
Whoops! I forgot you Piskie. I'll check those people out.
ReplyDeleteYou go girl!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy and give my best to R.B.
Have a wonderful trip. If I need a kiss, I'll go stand out in front of the Met and wait for you to go it - or, come out (heh,heh)
ReplyDeleteDP, thanks, love.
ReplyDeleteElizabeth, I'm not coming out. I'll take up residence inside the Met, first.
Speaking of opera, a co-worker just told me that today is Rossini's 54th birthday.
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ReplyDeleteHave a great time - we saw Beverly Sills in Traviata at the Met -- what a memory.
ReplyDeleteI'm concerned about the lack of a proper chaperone. Next time, please notify me of the need and send the necessary tickets, of course.
ReplyDeleteBehave yourselves!
I am pleased to report that I had a lovely evening with Grandmere Mimi in NYC. As some of you know, I have been stressing about a real estate transaction...
ReplyDeleteYesterday I closed that sale - praise God and then went to meet Mimi for dinner.
A perfect day indeed! I missed the last meet up and I was delighted to see Grandmere in the flesh this time around. She was even more funny and delightful than I could have imagined.
We also had a great meal and lots of stimulating conversation with Tobias and James.
I will blog about this later - it was a late night and then I left Manhattan at 6.30am to drive back to Albany. I am too tired to blog right now!
Dear Grandmère Mimi, I am thinking about you today and your big trip to the Met, and I am just loving thinking about you there and the great operas you'll see... and Oh, the applause at the end. It's orgasmic. I swear, it is.
ReplyDeleteBack in the old days I couldn't afford the on-site restaurant... The Upper Tier, I think it's called. But, later, when I had some dough, I got hooked on the Metropolitan Opera Cake... I think that's the name of it. It's probably $20/slice now and was pretty damn close to that then but oooolala baby. I'm sure they still have it and I recommend with two big fat thumbs way up high.
You're just going to have the best, best, best time. I know it. You won't get this greeting until you get back but I hope you can feel the love and the joy I'm sending you now. And, I hope you'll spring for a slice of that cake. You are so beautiful that you should have beautiful cake too. And, ask if you can get a glass of Rosa Regale with it. It's a terribly pedestrian Italian import but it would be great with that cake. I think it must be time for my lunch.
I love you Grandmère Mimi. HAVE FUN!!!
LIndy
PS - I warned Fran about the power of your kisses.
Oh how wonderful. A trip to NYC is at the top of my goal list. Hope you're having a glorious time!
ReplyDeleteEat your hearts out, blogosphere. UC and I are having brunch with Mimi in the Village today after church.
ReplyDeleteLaissez le bontemps rouler!
Lapin, Happy Birthday to Rossini! One day late.
ReplyDeleteAnn, Sills in Traviata! That must have been lovely.
KJ, tickets on the way.
Fran, wasn't that a lovely evening? I loved meeting you.
Lindy, love, thank you. Orgasms at the opera? Who knew? Fran is something else, too.
We spent the night together, but it was all innocence. We didn't want to have to hurry through our dinner with Tobias and James, so she stayed with me not to have to drive home that night. We're both married, you know.
Rev SS, I am having a lovely time. I hope that you get to go to NYC soon.
I had a lovely lunch with Rev. Boy yesterday, but I forgot to take a picture. Ooooh, he's gorgeous. DP, we drank a toast to you.
Think how much I love you all. I'm spending money to talk to you.
Yes, Grandmere and I were "en chambre" but it was a night of complete innocence I can assure you!
ReplyDeleteFrankly it was like two crazy kids having a blogger slumber party - complete with me falling asleep mid-sentence at about midnight.
Mr. He Is was entirely skeptical of me going to Manhattan to spend the night with some "alleged grandmotherly type" but he knew how independent was when he married me, so he said his peace and shut up.
Anyway, read all about the meet-up and see a photo of us if you wish.
And we're worth every cent, Grandmère!
ReplyDeleteNice photograph of you on FranIAm's page, though I'm not sure about the "facelift" version of it that has predictably cropped up elsewhere in CyberSpace. Hope you all had an enjoyable meal - am sure you did.
ReplyDeleteAha! So you've had access to a computer because I see comments here and a comment chez MP. Hope NYC is turning out to be lots of fun. I'll be going there for the Anglican Covenant conference at GTS in April.
ReplyDeleteHave fun
ReplyDeleteI'm having a great time, intense, but great. I won't be getting a whole lot of sleep. Tonight we go to "Otello" with Renée Fleming. I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteThat's fabulous for you to realize the Met dream. I was in NYC last year and I grew up just 45 minutes away from the city. So it's not as exciting for me. But I can understand why people love it!
ReplyDeleteRhea, thanks for visiting. The opera experience has been outstanding so far, although exhausting.
ReplyDeleteI'm having a wonderful time. Wish you all were here. Mwah!
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Mwah backatcha! What a feast of music you are having. Can't wait to hear your report. Meanwhile, enjoy, enjoy.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful holiday! How are we ever going to keep you in NOLA after you've been in NYC? (Hey, we might be able to write an aria on that theme!)
ReplyDeleteHave a great time!
ReplyDeleteThe Met -- wow -- I've never been there, either. We're gonna have to hear all about it.
Safe travel!
G'mere -- I miss you. Hope you are having a wonderful time and please come home soon.
ReplyDeleteI did have a great time, but it's wonderful to be back home, too. Keeping a pace like that full time would do me in rather quickly. Thanks for all the kind words.
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