Michelle's at Summer Camp!

Sunday I dropped Michelle at Long Lake Camp, in the Aidirondack mountains.  She will be dancing, singing, taking guitar, painting, and having a lot of fun, I hope.  At least it's 10 degrees cooler than DC.

 
AND, we have a gutted bathroom! 

Today was my last day in Frankfurt.  I went to the symphony, and saw a moving performance of Bernstein's 3rd symphony.  https://www.alteoper.de/de/programm/veranstaltung.php?id=512510818  What was remarkable was that the program included a performance of the symphony with a Kaddish, performed by the author Samuel Pisar.  Pisar is a survivor of Auschwitz, whose parents and sister were killed by the Nazis.  He stood and recited a mighty prayer which was set with the music, and it was astonishing.  I just realized he's 89.  The Kaddish was a brutal indictment of violence and a rant against, and ultimately reconciliation with, God.  It was recited in English, but both the English and German were projected above the stage.  The German audience gave the performance an 5-10 minute ovation.  The performance was in the Alte Oper, which was destroyed during WWII but rebuilt in the 1960s.  Quite a wonderful evening.

Germany

Headed to Deutschland Sunday night.  Before that -- dinner at Range, and drop the girls at the Fault in Our Stars movie; Bat Mitzvah; Ballet Recital.  Can't wait.

Employer Penalty -- Good or Rotten to the Core?

http://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/issue_briefs/2014/rwjf413248

Mother's Day

Love my family and their mother's day gifts -- a beautiful necklace, a dinner out, and the thoughtfulness of planning it all. 

New York City

In NYC May 7-9.  Stayed at Affinia Manhattan.  Huge thunderstorm last night.

 Thrilled to see Book of Mormon with Ben Platt from Pitch Perfect.