Archive For The “Concerts” Category

Van Halen’s Concert

By | October 29, 2007

Both DB and I wanted to go for Van Halen‘s concert held on October 25 at the Target Center in Minneapolis.  We saw it advertised back July.  We asked SD and BF, they wanted to go, too.  In the end, we all had to read, hear and watch the reviews on TV, radio and papers.  [...]

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Busy Weekend Updates

By | June 1, 2007

Memorial Day weekend started off with babysitting Riley. This time we had to pick him up from his home in Savage on Friday afternoon. As usual, he was as hyperactive as ever. We had a shadow the entire weekend. However, I have to say he was much better than the first time he was with [...]

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Joshua Bell Concert at Ordway Center

By | May 31, 2007

Simmie and I went to Joshua Bell’s performance on Saturday, May 26. It was my first time at the Ordway. Very nice venue, much more sophisticated than MN Orchestra Hall. Plus, we had good seats too. Our seats were 12 rows from the stage. Yeah, I counted the rows. Good thing I went with a [...]

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Weekend of Concerts

By | May 21, 2007

This Friday, May 25 is Vänskä Conducts Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2 at the Minnesota Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. I exchanged these tickets when they cancelled the German Requiem in March due to inclement weather. Told DB to come with me since he didn’t want me to go by myself, his response: “Urgh”. Very nice of [...]

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MN Orchestra – Brahms German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem)

By | February 9, 2007

This evening after our dinner I asked DB if he wants to accompany me to this performance on March 2, 8 pm at the Minnesota Orchestra Hall. His facial expression was enough to tell me I have to go by myself. His expression was as if I poisoned him. Yes, that bad. He didn’t bother [...]

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