It was over twenty years ago that I drove through a Burger King to pick up a quick sandwich for lunch and when I got the receipt, I was shocked — because I had been given a senior discount, many many years before I was eligible. I guess that to the pimply teenager behind the… Read More Senior discount!
I know you’ve heard that expression before! If you look it up in a dictionary (on the internet, of course!) it’s a term which expresses surprise or amazement: “Great Scott!” is an interjection of surprise, amazement, or dismay. It is a distinctive but inoffensive exclamation, popular in the second half of the 19th century and… Read More Great Scott!
Recognize the woman third from the left? It’s Jennifer Lane, a frequent visitor to Hawaii, singing with the Early Music Hawaii Singers! If you may remember, Jennifer sang her first concert in Hawaii when my husband Carl Crosier contracted her to sing in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion in the year 2000. Here’s part of Jennifer’s… Read More Jennifer’s back in town!
Last night was the first of two performances of the Fauré Requiem by the Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble, conducted by Tim Carney, with soloists Martina Bingham and Buz Tennent. This was by far the biggest concert crowd since the pandemic, and people even sat in the chairs above the board room (which I don’t think… Read More All things French