My last posting was Saturday and I told you
of playing piano for my supper at the marina bar/restaurant. A couple of
hours after writing you, we went to a gallery opening. The gallery was
attached to an old theater that we had hoped to see while walking around town
earlier in the week. Luckily, they opened the door for people to see the
theater - there was a Steinway grand in the front - and they invited me to play
it (at Debi's request). Though the first pic doesn't show it, I ended up
with a small audience.
The next night we went to the theater to see Mutiny on the Bounty - part of the Tall Ships Festival here in our marina. When we walked in, I said hi to the theater manager we had met the night before. As we waited for the show to start, she walked in the back of the theater and yelled over everyone, "Where's that piano player?" Which led to a pre-movie mini-concert (someone informed the crowd after the overture to the movie that "the piano player was better").
Tuesday we were going to join the parade of Tall Ships leaving here and Norfolk and heading towards Baltimore - we were stopping at Tangier Island. But after getting up at 5 a.m. to beat the forming storms, we decided the weather was already impassable. Some of the tall ships even had to turn back and reported 6 foot waves. We had made a good choice. Unfortunately, though the storms have stopped, the winds have stayed and so have we. Not sure when they will let up - we will probably be here a few more days. As someone said, "If you want to see a rainbow, you have to learn to like the rain."
In the meantime, we are enjoying Debi's delicious meals with local fresh ingredients, our new local friends (See second pic), as well as Debi's friend Julie from NC who has been with us since Monday.
Please write us to keep us posted about YOUR worlds! We have lots of time for email and phone calls right now!
The next night we went to the theater to see Mutiny on the Bounty - part of the Tall Ships Festival here in our marina. When we walked in, I said hi to the theater manager we had met the night before. As we waited for the show to start, she walked in the back of the theater and yelled over everyone, "Where's that piano player?" Which led to a pre-movie mini-concert (someone informed the crowd after the overture to the movie that "the piano player was better").
Tuesday we were going to join the parade of Tall Ships leaving here and Norfolk and heading towards Baltimore - we were stopping at Tangier Island. But after getting up at 5 a.m. to beat the forming storms, we decided the weather was already impassable. Some of the tall ships even had to turn back and reported 6 foot waves. We had made a good choice. Unfortunately, though the storms have stopped, the winds have stayed and so have we. Not sure when they will let up - we will probably be here a few more days. As someone said, "If you want to see a rainbow, you have to learn to like the rain."
In the meantime, we are enjoying Debi's delicious meals with local fresh ingredients, our new local friends (See second pic), as well as Debi's friend Julie from NC who has been with us since Monday.
Please write us to keep us posted about YOUR worlds! We have lots of time for email and phone calls right now!
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