On the eve of the start of the 2006 Tour de France in Strasbourg—the first TdF in seven years sans one dominating American rider, the first TdF since Pantani in 1998 that could complete the “double,” a tour that was simply oozing excitement before it even started—bombs were dropped in the wake of the now […]
I’ve uploaded several of my “artsy” photos from Korea to my Flickr page. Happy viewing!
I was pleasantly surprised to see that my pet project, Bags In Trees, received a mention on the off kilter news source Weird News Today. And our three-week vacation-induced absence from the blogosphere even incited a passionate reaction from one Baltimore reader. There’s only one thing to glean from this: people love bags in trees.
I have a confession to make: today was the first day I played my instrument in a month. Hard to believe? There were a variety of reasons for my not-really-forced hiatus from the saxophone, including the conclusion of a tiring concert season, the stress of a job search while still teaching full-time, and a much-needed, […]
I’m back from South Korea. Photos to follow.
Tim Page on Marin Alsop as she prepares to take the helm of the BSO:
“Right now, if I were asked whether I’d rather hear Temirkanov or Alsop in Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius, Shostakovich—in virtually any of the masterpieces in the standard repertory—I’d go for Temirkanov in a hummingbird’s heartbeat. But if I were asked […]
This past weekend I raced in the annual BikeJam / Kelly Cup criterium in Baltimore’s Patterson Park. The one-mile course was pretty tame as far as criteriums go—just two little chicanes and only one corner that bordered on technical. But it was fast and flat with the exception of the hill up to the line. […]