A little art, a little music, a little cuisine

This past weekend has been quite action packed with lots of fun stuff!  On Friday evening my friend Leslie and I went to an art lecture on Donatello at the Institute. 

The Institute (really called the Institute for the Study of Western Civilization, but that is too too long to use!) is the same place where I have been taking what I call my 'culture' classes for a while now.  It is associated with UCSC Extension, but now have their own location and name.  The professor who started all this really is a wonderful and entertaining lecturer so I drag some of my friends along from time to time to be 'cultured' along with me.  :)

On Saturday evening Reeves and I attended The Buddy Holly Story in San Francisco.  The music really took me back to my childhood as my mother loves music, especially the biggies like Elvis, Dean Martin, Perry Como, Doris Day, etc. etc.  - I don't think a day went by without the 45s going for a spin!   The show had lots of energy and the performers were very musically talented.  Thanks again to Trina's sister, Tiffany, who enabled us to see the show! 

To celebrate the 4th of July we went back up again to SF for a great BBQ with our friends Mo & Patrick.  It was our first trip to their new Eichler home from the mid-1960.  They are doing some great bold colors that are fond to my heart - I love color!  We ate so my much good food we had to roll ourselves home.  I had grilled Oysters for the first time (I couldn't get Reeves to try one) and I have to say I am hooked.   They were so tasty I can add them to my list of shellfish I love.  I can't wait to do my own! In addition we had sumptuous pork, shrimp, and scallops off the grill - yumm-ie!  A good time and good food was had by all!!