Bird, wine, and south of the border...

A pretty cultural weekend all around. 

Went to see Andrew Bird play @ Scala just before the weekend.  It was just sublime!  That man is so talented, it's beyond words.  He was alternating and looping 4-5 instruments (violin, guitar, glockenspiel AND whistling!) for each song, on top of singing.  And the drummer too was playing the drum AND the piano at the same time.  Just insane!  The house was packed, and I ended up in a squating position in order to get the best view, but it was totally worth it.

Then went to Lyon for my friends Jean-Luc and Chew's wedding and hung out with their families for the weekend.  As soon as I arrived, JL's father told me that he has just finished working on the new cellar.  So after many bottles of wine, and a really good homemade french dinner, he took a bunch of us down to the cellar and opened 3 amazing bottles from JL's collection.  It pained JL a bit to open so many great bottles in one night, especially since he's even a bigger wine lover than I am, but in the end, he was happy that they were being appreciated with great friends and families.

Then on my way back from Lyon, I finished reading one of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami's "South of the Border, West of the Sun."  It was a great book and reminded me of "Norwegian Woods."  Partly I think Philip Gabriel, who has translated many of his books, did a really good job.

So all in all, it's been a very eventful weekend.  On top of that, I finished the first draft of my new scrīpt, it's always a good feeling, like a big load lifted off my chest.  The revision will of course be just as hard, if not harder, so I guess I have to get back to work now...