Day 2-134 -- Food, Music, and Friends

This sunny day brought with it a lovely evening out with a friend. We attended a dinner concert in town. The food was exquisite -- a spinach, arugula and orange salad served with smoked salmon canapes, followed by a wonderful hunter chicken with potato mash, bok choy, carrots and onion, and a dessert trio of mango sorbet on orange crispy meringue, lemon pistachio torte, and pina colada cake.  Totally scrumptious.

The songstress, accompanied by her husband, sang the songs of Edith Piaf. The first song brought tears to my eyes (as did several of the following songs). She was amazing. As a colleague at another table noted during a break, "It's like she's channelling Piaf." I found myself getting lost in the songs -- something that doesn't happen too often in a concert setting. A couple of the songs were new to me, but most were familiar. It was a truly enjoyable event. I even came home with one of her CDs. She is a singer from Wolfville, NS, so is a 'local' talent.

I've chosen two songs from the night to share here. The first is sung by the local woman at a similar event elsewhere. This is the song that she opened with, noting that Piaf had written the song and been told it wasn't good enough so she let it sit on a shelf for a while, eventually choosing to ignore the nay-sayers -- thank goodness! The second song is by the original singer and really represented the cabaret style of singing for which Piaf was known. Enjoy!

La Vie en Rose -- Ariana Nasr

Milord -- Edith Piaf