Philharmonia Concert

Philharmonia concert in Sidney Sussex Chapel last night.
It was fun to play in a space with so much character! The music went better than expected as well. Recordings should be up soon.

Sidney Sussex Chapel 

eBay!

Just put some tile up for auction on ebay.

Take a look:
eBay item 5938251057 (Ends 06-Dec-04 23:51:07 GMT) - Grey Italian Stoneware Tile

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Sean and my sister Jaime, who got engaged on Thanksgiving!

(no- he didn't hide the ring in the turkey, I asked)

CNN.com - Offbeat News

A new exciting discovery- CNN's Offbeat News

CNN.com - Offbeat News

Check out the story from Nov 15 about beavers weaving money into their dam!

What are we thankful for?

Someone asked me the other day what we Americans are thankful for at Thanksgiving.
I couldn't remember at the time, but now I do.
We're thankful for having left England!

Day in the Stores

I had an awesome day today working with Peruvian textiles in the stores of the museum. A new exhibit is going up in January and I got to help pick the objects that will go in the new display. There should be a nice balance of various textile techniques and iconography.

UCPO Concert

Had a great concert this evening at West Road. My friend Mark conducted half and Merlin came and listened to his first classical music concert!

Our Thanksgiving makeshift baseball game.

Marco and his Napkins

Marco concentrating hard on his napkin-folding job.

Merlin attempting to open a can without a can opener.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Yesterday I had Thanksgiving Dinner for about 20 of my friends! We had all of the tradition delicious items minus pumpkin pie. There is not a pumpkin to be found in Cambridge, UK this time of year. Believe me, I found out the hard way. Rita did make some very tasty squash pies though, and you could hardly taste the difference.

We also convinced our friends to play some makeshift baseball, involving plastic sacks for bases and a tennis ball. Watching a British person try to decide where to run once they've actually made contact with the ball is hilarious! I got to learn some cricket techniques in return.

Two especially poignant moments of the evening: Marco (who is currently studying for a PhD at Oxford) carefully folding napkins, and Merlin (a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student) attempting to open a can of corn with a medieval utensil provided him by our weird Eastern-European neighbors.

Best part of the evening: great friends that cleaned up my post-turkey disaster of a kitchen!

Oxford

Just got back from a day in Oxford. My museums study group went to visit the Ashmolean and Pitt Rivers Museums. The Trandescant room in the Ashmolean was a highlight. It is a remake of a cabinet of curiosities from the 17th century.

I also got to visit Marco, a friend from MIT, who is studying and the University of Oxford.