When i was a little kid, sometimes after music lessons my mom would take us to get a cheese danish (and a cup of good coffee for her) at an infamous fast-food joint. I vaguely remember these events. I remember putting my stockinged feet on the traced feet of a music folder to have proper violin posture; i remember the wood and glass doors of the old building; i remember my lesson partner, Leslie; i remember that my teacher had incredibly long brown hair. I vaguely remember tree-lined streets, with metal grates around the roots of the trees, and brick (or are they stone?) townhouses with steps up to the front door. I remember yummy cheese danishes, or at least yummy in the sense of high sugar and fat content.
Today i had a feeling of nostalgia for a cheese danish, but alas, said infamous fast-food joint no longer sells cheese danishes. When did that happen?
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
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1 comment:
SAD. You know, too, when you DO rediscover something from childhood, it's not the same. Somehow your memory made it so much better than it really was. That, or your adult tastebuds have changed your idea of what's good...I loved your description of the lesson.
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