San Francisco Symphony Plays The Kennedy Center

Written by Rob LaGrone


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The third movement, played 'Adagio', returns you to greyness. The ethereal chords and unusual bent tones fromrepparttar kettledrums suggest a weird dream,repparttar 133687 kind that makes you wonder what was in last night's dinner.

When I looked down at my program and saw 'Allegro molto' forrepparttar 133688 final movement, I began feeling around for a seat belt. Another wild, melodic ride ensued, carried byrepparttar 133689 strings and spiced by cymbal and kettledrum. The movement is described as a country dance, and Maestro Tilson Thomas reminded me (forgive me here) of a huge dancing grasshopper, his long limbs and tuxedo tails flying. A final crescendo built into a sudden, almost unexpected ending. Spectacular! It was a long, arduous piece of music, and an intermission followed. This was entirely understandable, asrepparttar 133690 musicians must have been drained. I certainly was.

The John F. Kennedy Center forrepparttar 133691 Performing Arts, originally conceived under President Eisenhower, was dedicated in 1964 by Congress after Kennedy's deathrepparttar 133692 previous November. The Center's Grand Foyer contains a seven-foot-high bronze bust of JFK and a new interactive information system that teaches visitors about his life and legacy.

The Center contains several performing-arts venues: its 2,441 seat concert hall was renovated in 1997, andrepparttar 133693 2,200 seat opera house will close for a year-long renovation after this December's Kennedy Center Honors gala. Next torepparttar 133694 opera house isrepparttar 133695 1,100 seat Eisenhower Theater, and up onrepparttar 133696 Terrace Level are two smaller venues. On display everywhere are gifts from aroundrepparttar 133697 world: Italian marble walls, Norwegian chandeliers, art works from numerous countries. The entire Center was intended to be a living memorial to JFK, who believed thatrepparttar 133698 quality of a nation's civilization is reflected inrepparttar 133699 vitality of its performing arts.

Carl Ruggles was a Twentieth-Century American composer who

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Desert Luxury at the J.W. Marriott in Las Vegas

Written by Kriss Hammond


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My usual first stop at a hotel isrepparttar in-house lounge. This is where you getrepparttar 133686 latest lounge lizard and bartender's versions of how to run a good hotel, andrepparttar 133687 chance to check outrepparttar 133688 out-of-towners. It is my Nielsen poll.

The chit chat was subdued and sublime, with a shift change, so there wasn't much coming forth with fromrepparttar 133689 lounge bartender, just golf talk from a couple of packaged vacationers. After no major breaking news bulletins issued atrepparttar 133690 cozy lobby bar, I quickly drained my Heineken and spun away acrossrepparttar 133691 blond hardwood floors that could serve double duty in a line dance venue.

There are several restaurant presently atrepparttar 133692 JW Marriott. That evening I was inducted into fine Italian dining at Ceres, a formal and sedate dining venue - a sort of continental European atmosphere, with a very formal staff, held in check byrepparttar 133693 prim and proper restaurant manager, a step back to a Casablanca film figure. There we are back in Morocco. I really like Ceres, and they have a special room out towardsrepparttar 133694 back ofrepparttar 133695 restaurant that is private, but it was very hot - this wasrepparttar 133696 last legs of summer. So I shed my jacket like snakeskin.

Ceres, inrepparttar 133697 Spa Tower, overlooks waterfalls andrepparttar 133698 garden and serves classic seafood dishes. Ceres also has a five seat section with a large paned glass looking on torepparttar 133699 furiously working chefs. The chefs bring items torepparttar 133700 glass forrepparttar 133701 diners to check, and they explain how things are prepared. It was a unique touch. You can samplerepparttar 133702 food, too.

This is Ceres' claim to fame - and it is fame well deserved, so pass it around to your friends.

* King Crab Mediterranean Seafood Stew. * One pound of Alaska King Crab Legs. * Pan-Seared Oregano Salmon, with Citrus Pine Nut Toasted Israeli Couscous. with Olive Roman Tomatoes, and Italian Parsley Butter Broth. * Other fare includes Sea Bass, Snapper, Seafood Scampi, Lamb Chops, Steaks, Lobsters.

Everthing is served elegantly at Ceres. I pickedrepparttar 133703 Salmon, just because it soundedrepparttar 133704 most elegant. When it arrived, it was seared perfectly, crispy outside, and flakey onrepparttar 133705 inside, justrepparttar 133706 way I like it. Takerepparttar 133707 Oyster Rockefeller for an appetizer.

Many ofrepparttar 133708 other restaurants alongrepparttar 133709 Promenade

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