A Sunday Trip To Princeton

Today, my son participated in a piano festival up in Princeton at the Westminster Choir College of Rider University http://www.rider.edu/wcc.  It's not what you're thinking.  Robert did not sit at a glistening baby grand up on stage, performing for an auditorium filled with parents and patrons.  Instead it was a session with an audience of three:  his adoring parents and a professor from the college who critiqued the two pieces he had memorized.  

Yes, piano lessons for the last four years have a been a sacrifice of time and money, but this is a pleasure.  Like any good parent, I like to live vicariously through my children and to see them master a skill like musical performance is a joy. When it comes to reading musical notes, I am a stone cold illiterate.

Afterwards, we meandered around Princeton's campus and visited the Princeton Museum http://artmuseum.princeton.edu/ .  What a gem of a place, packed with art and scupture from around the world.  The collection spanned centuries, from ancient Greek pottery shards to Basquiat! It was a thoroughly enjoyable day.

A pic of me at the Princeton Museum!