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All-Beethoven Weekend at Tanglewood

July 22, 2007

I think I wrote a while ago that Laura and I like to go to Tanglewood, up in Lenox, MA. It’s a pretty sweet thing to do. This weekend was the “All-Beethoven Weekend.”

Now, I am not saying that I am a big Beethoven fan or anything, but the show was pretty good. The whole thing is that you get to lie out under the stars, while listening to the music. It’s pretty neat. Last summer, when we went up for the first time, all we brought was a blanket. We were eaten alive by the bugs and I had to buy two plastic cups of red wine and some cookies for about $20. This time was different. We made a list and everything…here is what we brought…

– Blanket
– “Off” candles
– Bug spray
– Sweater/Fleece
– Sushi
– Knife
– Wine
– Glasses
– Wine bottle opener
– Matches
– Cheese and crackers
– Red grapes
– Hummus
– Pita chips

…all in a big cloth bag. The only thing we were missing was our sleeping bag to throw over us when it got a little chilly later on. To improvise, I just moved everything off the blanket we had and rolled ourselves up in it. I started to doze off towards the end of the show, but I was quite comfortable, so you can’t really blame me.

Here are some photos that I tried to grab…

Tablewood Grass Parking Lot

This is right after we parked the car. We were walking up towards the gate and I realized that I forgot my camera. I had to run back and grab it…alond with this photo of the parking lot.

Tanglewood Koussevitzky Music Shed

I took this photo of the Koussevitzky Music Shed on our way in. People are getting set up on the lawn.

Berkshires and the Stockbridge Bowl Lake


Here is a great view of the lake and the Berkshires in the background.

Tanglewood Manor House

This is the house right behind where we set up our blanket.

Picnic Blanket

Laura had to run to the little girl’s room, so I decided to get fancy and set up shop.


Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at Tanglewood

Ahh, the music is on…

Tanglewood Gift Shop

I took this photo of the gift shop on our way out.

I think the show ended around 11PM. We drove all the way down past Stockbridge and through Great Barrington. Then, we followed Rt.23 to Rt.9H down into Red Hook, NY and then crossed the Mid-Hudson Bridge past Kingston. It was a good drive, but we were getting way tired. We stumbled in a fell right asleep. We woke up this morning at about 11:15AM. I haven’t done that since I was a teenager. I felt pretty guilty about that type of laziness. Man…

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