Carnegie Hall

On Monday night, one of my good friends from Arizona, Nick Villalobos, called me because he was in town on a concert tour with the Sphinx Virtuosi.  They were having a concert in Carnegie Hall on Tuesday (last night), and he had tickets if Marcus and I could attend.  Heck yes, we wanted to go!  So we had our first post-baby date in Manhattan.  And it was fantastic!

Marcus and I met downtown after he got off work and had a fancy dinner.  By that I mean Subway :)  It was one of few options that we had time for since the concert started at six.  But it was still fun to be out.  We ate on some steps across the street from the Hall.

Yum, yum

It was actually pretty cold outside-- you can see my hair blowing in the cold wind.

I picked up the tickets from the box office, and we were really excited about the concert.  If you aren't familiar with the Sphinx organization, definitely look it up.  People like Yo-Yo Ma and Isaac Stern have been involved, and it is really a fun concert-- focusing on music by African American and Latino composers.  Marcus was really enjoying the fun rhythms and not-quite-so-classical feel.  :)

 Carnegie Hall

There's Nick in the program :)

If you haven't been to Carnegie Hall, you have to check it out.  It's beautiful.  Marcus said it reminded him of the inside of a temple with the light painting and gold trim.  Neither one of us had been inside before, so obviously we had an incredible first experience!

The stage

We were even more thrilled when we got inside and found our seats... We had tickets to sit in one of the  box seats.  Nick definitely spoiled us, probably without even realizing it.  :)  

See how happy we were!

There's almost the stage behind us.  

(Phone pictures just don't capture what you need them to consistently.)  

 It really was terrific, if you hadn't gotten that gist already :)  We both had a really fun evening and loved the music.  Plus it was a blast to see Nick again.  Such a great experience!!!

Just in case you were wondering about Chase (who spent the evening home with his wonderful Noni), or maybe you are upset that I blogged about something besides him, here's a fun teaser picture...