Tanglewood

Summer in New England. Randy Moss is a Patriot (and is on his best behavior so far in training camp, since he needs the Pats more than they need him), Manny Fernandez is a Bruin, and KG is a Celtic (to be playing alongside Ray Allen & Paul Pierce). Huh?

This past Sunday we made our first visit to Tanglewood, the famous summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, located in Lenox, a small town about an hour west of us in the Berkshires. The grounds are massive, and include a main "Shed" for large orchestra and jazz concerts.
Surrounding the open hall is a huge lawn where other concertgoers can bring picnic lunches, lawn chairs, and perhaps a bottle of wine, and ice cream carts are on the grounds as well. There are other smaller concert facilities, cafes, and gift shops on site too.

We spent the afternoon rocking out to the music of Mozart.

Trip pics!

Some pics of people, places, and things seen during our recent trip, presented in no particular order. There's plenty more photos - this is just a starter.

On the road again.

Apologies to all: Team Blapp has neglected the Blapp Report in recent weeks because we’ve been on a whirlwind breakneck chaos-filled barnstorming tour of the upper Midwest. Whew!

We’ll be back online more regularly very soon, but for now, here are some deep thoughts inspired by our travels.

1. Whitney Houston had it right: children are our future, so teach them well and let them lead the way.

2. The Scandia Bake Shop in Minneapolis makes the best glazed cinnamon twist pastries ever.

3. Sichuan Takin is NOT a meal – it’s a mammal related to a cow, native to mountain regions of east Asia. You can see one at the Red River Zoo in Fargo.

4. An alarming percentage of cars seen driving south through Minnesota on I-94 between June 28 and June 30 had Manitoba license plates. These may be the pre-invasion scouts… We suggest you start brushing up on French and the metric system now. Wolverines!

Cheers,

- jbc