Last Sunday started off with church and grieving the loss of Liane Hansen from NPR's Weekend Edition. Then I met up with north Idaho friend Victor McFarland who was in town for research related to his PhD in History at Yale. We grabbed some brunch, walked around, and popped into a couple museums. It sure was fun to catch up with my former Math Counts team member.
That afternoon family and friends of expectant mom Brandi gathered at Canopy for her baby shower. After a couple months of planning, I was excited that the day had finally arrived- and that Brandi was still undelivered at 38 weeks. She had quite the bounty of boy-befitting presents.
The attendees enjoyed fresh fruit and pastries upon arrival followed by their choice of entree (I loved my tasty quiche). The guests filled out "Wishes for Baby" cards and completed a page in the baby weight/arrival date scrapbook. Photos of Brandi and Peter from their infancy decorated the tables along with a few flowers and a chocolate favor at each place setting. For more event photos,
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Brandi, Peter, and I drove downtown directly after the shower for our dinner date at the Lancaster Bistro. We met up with the Executive Director/CEO of the Houston Symphony Mark Hanson and Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski. Lucky us! We gushed about our subscriber love for the Symphony as we look forward to our third season next year. I took the opportunity to put in a request for next season: Shenandoah. I was very happy to hear that the song was already on the docket. Score!
This dinner will go down as one of my Houston highlights for sure. It was such a special opportunity for the three of us, and dinner itself was truly fantastic (lamb chops). Afterward, we enjoyed our final show of the season, a Ray Charles tribute featuring Ellis Hall. We took our standard post-show photo with the featured artist. Clearly, this highly anticipated day exceeded expectations!
Last Sunday started off with church and grieving the loss of Liane Hansen from NPR's Weekend Edition. Then I met up with north Idaho friend Victor McFarland who was in town for research related to his PhD in History at Yale. We grabbed some brunch, walked around, and popped into a couple museums. It sure was fun to catch up with my former Math Counts team member.
That afternoon family and friends of expectant mom Brandi gathered at Canopy for her baby shower. After a couple months of planning, I was excited that the day had finally arrived- and that Brandi was still undelivered at 38 weeks. She had quite the bounty of boy-befitting presents.
The attendees enjoyed fresh fruit and pastries upon arrival followed by their choice of entree (I loved my tasty quiche). The guests filled out "Wishes for Baby" cards and completed a page in the baby weight/arrival date scrapbook. Photos of Brandi and Peter from their infancy decorated the tables along with a few flowers and a chocolate favor at each place setting. For more event photos, click here.
Brandi, Peter, and I drove downtown directly after the shower for our dinner date at the Lancaster Bistro. We met up with the Executive Director/CEO of the Houston Symphony Mark Hanson and Pops Conductor Michael Krajewski. Lucky us! We gushed about our subscriber love for the Symphony as we look forward to our third season next year. I took the opportunity to put in a request for next season: Shenandoah. I was very happy to hear that the song was already on the docket. Score!
This dinner will go down as one of my Houston highlights for sure. It was such a special opportunity for the three of us, and dinner itself was truly fantastic (lamb chops). Afterward, we enjoyed our final show of the season, a Ray Charles tribute featuring Ellis Hall. We took our standard post-show photo with the featured artist. Clearly, this highly anticipated day exceeded expectations!
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Peter and I can only say that Ms. Becky Thilo is amazing, as demonstrated by the above pictures.
Wow, Becky! It looks like you helped to put together a beautiful event for your friends! Miss you!
Boy you did score with your special evening with the Houston Sympony CEO and the Pops Conductor - what a memory! Of course Shenandoah is on my iPod and I love it when Shuffle sends it my way. PLUS lamb chops, PLUS a tribute to Ray Charles. Makes me want to Hit the Road, Jack.
What a day - Victor McFarland, too! I've heard from BOTH of his parents since he visited you - he had a terrific time catching up with you as well.
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