Bjarki Goes East, Hrefna Goes to a Concert
[Happenings of 24 July 2015, onlined 06 September 2015. Good thing nothing else is going on these days.]
We booked Bjarki a stay with his grandparents over the weekend to decrease our humans-per-area ratio a bit. The showering of unconditional love always does him good.
Meanwhile, I went out to dinner with Sigga (from CA), and then finished the evening by attending a jazz concert by the group 23/8, which is fronted by my old classmate Stina. They put on a great show of Björk songs, calling it Bjorkologi. (9 images total, 1 video)
Fresh from the library, these are the books Bjarki took with him to his grandparents’ summer house.
This is why kids need aunts and uncles. Would we have let him do this? Noooo… Am I happy for him? Yes!
Meanwhile, I made my way downtown to enjoy some happy hour priced beer and excellent food at Forréttabarinn with Sigga, who I hadn’t seen in half of forever.
I then walked past my old place of employment, to the Nordic House.
It was a gorgeous day/evening.
Inside, Stina and the rest of the 23/8 group did a fantastic job interpreting a very wide range of Björk’s songs. They infused a lot of them with new meaning for me, since I often have trouble getting past Björk’s vocalizations to her lyrics and meanings. It also sort of dawned on me just what a great songwriter/poet Björk really is. Which reminds me that Vulnicura is apparently a must-listen-to. Better get on that!
Intermission had everybody outside, including me who was still harboring a nasty cough from the start of the vacation.
Back inside, the big hot lamps had been replaced by softer lighting, which made photographing on my rather battery-low phone, even harder.
Two short videos from the concert. Apologies for the bad sound quality. That’s why one has to go to concerts live!
Fuzzy close up of Stina, who just keeps getting better and better!
