In Boston once again.

I visited some of my childhood haunts over the weekend. I went to The Mall. Taking advantage of the cost of living change, and just because it was fun, I went in to my old hair salon and got my hair cut. I got my hair cut for prom there. It was a relaxed experience, and I chatted with the stylist about Boston, which to her sounded like a place out of science fiction. A city where people don’t have to drive every day, imagine!

Newly styled, I drove to a favorite half-price book and record store and pored over the stacks. I ended up getting a rocking Vienna Philharmonic recording of Felix “Lucky” Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, and il Zazzerino, a really fine set of songs by Jacopo Peri. Fun fact: I once stepped on Peri’s grave marker in Florence (or was it Venice?) and cried out “Ai! I’ve stepped on a father of modern opera!”

I’m a bit topsy turvy right now, but things are really good.