Friday Dec 3rd: It was my 51st birthday, Ruthie gave me some cool new earrings, chocolate covered cherries and baked a cake. Bev & Rachel picked out a book and some new bath towels. I celebrated with my dogs because no one else was at home that day.
Friday night I played music with Susan at the Childkind Holiday House again this year. Glenridge Hall, a 1920's mansion regarded as one of the finest Edwardian-style residences in the South. The house and grounds are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Proceeds from the Childkind Holiday House benefit Childkind, an Atlanta-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing loving homes and daycare for HIV-plus and other medically fragile children.
Saturday Dec 4th: The day began with a couple cyclist, whom I coach, gathering here to go perform a field test -- the infamous Cedars Road 3-mile time trial course. The weather was perfect and it was a good day for the test. Much lactate was tasted by all.
Saturday night I performed with my jazz trio (Dan, Mack & Keith Runfola) at the Carlos museum on the Emory campus for a private event. We had a nice 7-foot Steinway, great room, appreciative audience and more than a few magical, inspired musical moments. This was one my best performances in many years as the music seemed to be coming from a higher source and just flowing through me. I live for these moments.
Sunday Dec 5th: the CoyBoy ride with Doug and Dean. A busy gig schedule and time constraints denied me the chance to go to Athens and race my cyclocross bike in the AM, but I did some decent pedaling at the front pulling the brothers around the 35-mile Blackjack loop. They were hanging tough and pushed each other to their full potential. This is competition at it's finest, when one honors and respects their competitor by performing at the very top of one's ability and they do the same for you.
Sunday night I drove out to Lake Oconee for a duo performance in the Presidential House at the Ritz Carlton Lodge for a small gathering of about 20 people. The mood was festive and we ended up with all of them dancing and singing Christmas songs and party favorites... they were a pretty entertaining group.
Posted by dancoy at December 6, 2004 11:42 AMDid you enjoy the birthday?
The amp up to, and then the quick blip of birthday, and sudden no birthday always about kills me.
I could do without.
I love new bath towels.
Posted by: LR at December 7, 2004 04:30 PMI don't need birthdays, but bath towels are really nice.
Posted by: Dan at December 7, 2004 10:46 PMGeez - I got the best ones last night - Long, thick and sort of like burned out velvet patterns, not quite a floral, and almost like a fleur d'lis - clean white and bright.
And some pale sea blue/green too.
Linens, rock my world...(and them some)