Night of Mahler

Well let’s see. Friday turned out to be quite an amazing experience! I felt like I was in a whole different world, of class and raising ones little finger at the sip of a drink.
I finished work at 3:30 and made it back to the apartments by 4:15. We arrived at the Waterfront just in time for our 5:30 reservation. It was a 19th century sandstone brick building with outdoor seating sheltered by large ancient pasts and their sails used as the awning. We arrived when it wasn’t crowded, but by the time we left it was crowded. This place was EXPENSIVE. Bread was 9$ and a 12 oz beer was the same. Surprisingly, they had really crappy beer…I’m saying Carleton and Cascade, the bottom feeding, untouchables of the Australian beer selection. I’m talking shitty. I just had water. The BATHROOMS were awesome, particularly the sinks, as they were just slabs of granite tilted with a slight 15 degree angle towards the wall. That’s it, so the watter would simply be collected, mind boggling. Back to dinner, some ordered cocktails like fresh apple and kiwi. I wanted to try something really exquisite, so I found the Oysters rather appealing. I got 6 cold lemon and 6 cooked barbeque bacon (this sauce was ridiculous). Unfortunately they were pretty small compared to the ones I saw on Man vs. food in Massachusetts oyster food challenge. Nevertheless I think I was pretty satisfied. We finished, and had the usual bill disputes. By now it was raining, and it would for the rest of the night. We made it to the Opera house and were seated. I illegally got some pictures of the main hall, (but I was for sure not the only one). The concert started at 8:00 and it was of Mahler’s Symphony 1 with I believe 5 movements of the Odyssey. It was pretty incredible, though I did find myself bobbling my head in and out of bouts of light snoozing (this music does that to me). Concert ended at 10:10 and we went to the Opera Bar. I WAS POURING! I ordered the Redoak Opera bar Belgium ale which is brewed by Redoak for the Opera bar and the opera bar only. It was delicious! More of a sour lambic I thought though. I tried the other opera bar brew – the pale ale….It sucked.
We left and headed through the rain to the bus stop. After finding it was a 25 minute wait I dipped out and with my shoes in hand and dress pants cuffed walked home in the rain barefoot. I Loved it. And the funny thing was, no-one thinks anything of it.
I figured I might as well see if there was anyone at Bar Cleveland…There was. James, Brandon, Ray and Pat were there with 2 other girls from a different intern program. I had a couple and figured I’d better get back for sleep b/c we have the wine tours tomorrow.