I never posted this back in 2013. I'm posting it now. I guess this means I should do a random top 10 for 2014 as well.
Every year, I post a series of reflections on my top ten experiences. They are in no particular order and they have no thematic similarities except that they happened to my family and I.
And here we go!
Number 10-
The Murphy Bed. Living in Brooklyn and adding to the family means getting creative with your space. In this case, we invested in the most awesome Murphy Bed. For those that may not know, a Murphy bed is one that is installed into the wall and you pull it down every night to sleep. Keep reading to find out why we made the investment!
Number 9-
The Second Pot. Every morning, our coffee pot goes off. This year we switched things up a bit and now, instead of one extra large pot of coffee, we have two very large pots of coffee. Why? Keep reading to find out!
Number 8-
Living in Brooklyn. There are moments when Kitty and I collectively feel like living here is a singular experience. Example #1- In 2012, I joined composer Andy Laster singing at The Stone. At the concert, I sang a song called, "The Pressure Zone" with poetry by D. Nurkse. This summer I went to a poetry reading in the heart of Brooklyn and who was reading at the show? Mr. Nurkse! I went a little fan boy.
Number 7-
My solo debut at Carnegie Hall. A special shout out to my team-- agent, voice teacher and coaches. After much hard work, I sang my solo debut in Schubert's Mass in G at Carnegie Hall with Mid-American Productions. It was the realization of a dream, but only the starting point. My whole part was about 3 minutes of singing. It was lovely, but over far too soon. I am inspired to keep at it until I get a five minute solo!
Number 6-
Continuing living in Brooklyn- The List Serv. Kitty has become enmeshed in following listservs for various neighborhoods in Brooklyn. On one occasion, a person advertised a carpet for sale that was exactly what we were looking for. I went out to pick it up and, in the course of conversation, I discovered the man was a musical theater singer. Small world, huh?
Number 5-
We consumed two large bottles of Sri Racha over the year. We are a quarter into our third bottle. It is an addiction.
Number 4-
Continuing living in Brooklyn- reading the New York Times. One Sunday morning we woke up and saw our carpet-selling musical theater friend and his wife in the paper! Small world, huh?
Number 3-
Going to the theater. It has changed a bit, though. What was once "A Chorus Line" and "Avenue Q" has been replaced by "Stuart Little" and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" with my two daughters wearing their ball gowns.
Number 2-
Continuing living in Brooklyn- singing with my good friends at Encompass New Opera Theater on their concert celebrating the life of Sheldon Harnick. I sang with some of the biggest stars of the musical theater world. But what does this have to do with living in Brooklyn? Remember the carpet and the musical theater singer and his wife? Turns out his wife sang at the gala as well! This is exactly the reason why we live here.
Number 1-
Welcoming Baby Maraca, our new son into the world The Spud and Little Heartbeat were thrilled to have a brother. We were grateful for a happy healthy child.
Here are some other fun experiences:
January 1, 2013- I make my debut on Albanian National Television as the 2012 Tre Tenoret Concert gets broadcast to an entire nation.
Little Heartbeat is a Human of New York.
Dumplings Continue. Panda Dumplings briefly eclipse Prosperity as our favorite, but then Panda closes down.
I may end up writing more to this. It's been hard to compose my thoughts. 2014 musical preparations have already begun and the hour is late.
Happy New Year to you all!
Eapen
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