Opera, Pit Beef, etc.

Opera

Last night, Tim and I went to see the opera Die Fledermaus at the Peabody Institute. Our friend, Stephen, who is currently a grad student studying opera performance at Peabody, was the lead actor/singer, which was pretty neat because I've never known anyone personally who has been in a big production of anything that I've seen. We had never heard him sing before, and it was a big surprise because Stephen has a very big, strong and wonderful voice, even though he's sort of a slight guy. I felt so proud of him. It makes me look forward to when Tim and I have kids who are doing sports or music or art or dance or whatever--it will be fun to watch them perform and feel proud. Anyway, keep your eyes out for Stephen Campbell in the future; he's going to be famous.

pic courtesy of the Baltimore Sun

picture courtesy of my low-quality camera phone

Pit Beef

Tonight, we went to Chaps's Pit Beef here in Baltimore, which was featured on the Food Network show Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. It's a real hole in the wall, but the food is delicious. I ordered their classic pit beef sandwich and Tim had the pit beef/corned beef combo sandwich. I bet my parents would love this place, especially my mom.

Vase

I acquired an antique green glass bottle/jar/vase the other day. Isn't it pretty?

Snowmageddon

Here are some pictures from the huge snow storm last month...

Tim buried under the snow

A car buried under the snow



Charles Street, a major thoroughfare in Baltimore, completely shut down


Dragon made of snow