Schindler's List

It is Saturday and our last day of the reunion tour. We are meeting the entire family at noon for brunch at Terry's. Before that Brian and I had breakfast at the hotel and then set out to do some shopping. We went to two grocery stores looking for products not available at home. One store was incredible with a huge kosher department that spanned several aisles including refrigerator and freezer cases. Since it is Shabbat, the meat, fish, sushi and deli areas were closed. Amazing!

Brunch was delicious and fun with Terry's daughters and their families joining us. Lots of stories and laughs and wonderful to see the next generation growing up.

After resting from the exertion of eating we got ready to go to Ravinia. This will be a high point of our trip. Ravinia is a large outdoor concert venue in Highland Park. Beautiful lawns provide seating and the Chicago Symphony performs inside the covered shed.

 
First we were treated to a Dvorak symphony. Tonight is very special as the guest artist is Itzhak Perlman. He performed John Williams music and other movie themes from his Cinema Serenade album. I have that CD and love listening to it. We all sat on our lawn chairs, ate, and enjoyed the music. Brian and I walked up to the shed to look in and see Perlman. His facial expressions are wonderful as he plays and he did commentary between pieces and is very funny.

It was a great night and my dinner was two scoops of vanilla ice cream. Can't beat that!