JACQUELINE WURN'S BLOG

We discovered the Golden Zone and Plaza Las Tres Islas: Initially inspired to visit because there was a Fresh Market. It was a huge, amazing store with a large wine market:     Beautiful fresh food displays: Wine Room     Then Los Arcos for dinner where we saw this clever addition to pouring wine that measures out one glass.      Eyeglass shop with lit up frames at back of store:     Back to the innate beauty of MX.   This poem was in my head this morning:   If I were to count my wrinkles They would number more than stars in the sky.   If did my “Organ Recital” It would go from head to gouty toe.   “If” and “If” and “If” F’ing “ifs” - all in a row.   It’s time for pills before breakfast So I got to go.      

The Angela Peralta Opera House Great concert! We are so impressed with the music we enjoyed conducted by Gordon Campbell. There were students and professionals in this group. Some students studied at Tanglewood in summer courses and Berkelee School of Music. He's worked despite incredible difficulties with support. We're so happy to help a bit.   In another music venue we heard a captivating concert in which Gordon had a table with horns - ancient ones up to modern French horn. He and three other (very good) horn players gave us samples of each - from the conch shell and shofar, to the first metal horns which had only one note plus a hand placed inside the bell of the horn which the player would move to change pitch, to the modern French horn - plus the politics involved. The very skillful old horn players were disparaging of the valve horn players' tones. They played pieces from each period with the horn that was in use at that time.   Fresh Markets said HAPPY VALENTINES ...