Emerald isle

 Happy St Patrick's day to thee of the Blarney stone!


 I have an orchestra concert tonight and it's quite a sweet touch that we all have to wear a touch of emerald green with our usual "all black" outfit.  I'm planning on wearing my Christmas ribbon round my waist from Christmas presents!

 I thought I'd make a nod to Ireland with this outfit also.
Emerald green top and leggings (Primark) with emerald lego earrings (craft-fair?) and greeny albalone M&S necklace! With just a touch of navy blue to tone it down!

Have you ever seen Amadeus, the film?  Excitingly tonight, we are playing La Grotta di Trofonio by Antonio Salieri (1750-1825).  If you've seen it, he's the man who lots of rumours circulated regarding the possibility of his having contributed to Mozart's early demise! They were supposedly rivals! Not true about the murder bit, but it's such a nice surprise to play some music by him and see the comparison!  Lots of the orchestra think it's rather trite but I love it!  Mind you, give me a pretty flute solo and I'm anybody's!

Hope you are off to have an exciting weekend!  Last night, CBC and I went to a localish restaurant called The Apollonia, a Greek restaurant. We didn't intend to go there, we just parked nearby as there are lots of restaurants to choose from, and went to have a snoop! It was hilarious as they had entertainment in the form of very Greek-looking singer, DJ and pianist who had the most Essex accent you could imagine, Tom Jones impersonator, a hilarious Greek dancer who got everyone (except us!) doing that mediterranean circle dance whilst wearing a tower of glass tumblers and a bottle on top of his head! We had the mezze which was delicious, a massive selection of dishes, homous, tahini, taramasalata, beetroot salad, crab salad, Greek salad, Haloumi, gammon slices, sea bream, garlic mushrooms (AHRGH!), mussels (sadly I'm allergic!), chargrilled meats and loads more!  It was very friendly, great value and there was sadly stacks left over!  I always feel so guilty leaving any food but I wanted to be able to sleep! 
Frantically made a Mother's day card today as have been meaning to do it all week but work seemed relentless! Will show tomorrow or as soon as I've managed to get it to my Mum!!!

Have a lovely day!