tag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:/blogs/a-trail-of-two-cities-un-sentier-de-deux-villesA Trail of Two Cities - Un sentier de deux villes !2022-04-15T21:05:28-04:00Andrea Carlsonfalsetag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69495462022-04-15T21:05:28-04:002023-10-16T11:03:55-04:0015 Avril: Spending the day in the daisies<p style="text-align: center;">with Kakos<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/30c0481f0d0e3cb3635a0bf4be6987dcc5781684/original/kakos-in-daisies.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />and, le crayon du Louvre!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/a98c425d598e22bd39ce9343751b1b722a9f5ada/original/kakos-crosswise.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><a contents="All day, I practiced, and sketched, practiced and sketched" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://youtu.be/i7iRADyIJbk" target="_blank"><span class="font_large">All day, I practiced, and sketched, practiced and sketched</span></a> Click to Watch!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/704958743b3ee73b2fb074d3ade10d4aa3095adf/original/goguey-house-sketch.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />and so, we leave behind, a token of profound appreciation for our hosts! Merci Michel ! Merci Christine !</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69486402022-04-14T20:44:00-04:002022-04-14T20:56:55-04:0014 Avril: Tennessee comes to Tennessee... do I hear a waltz?<p style="text-align: center;">Tonight I play at Tennessee - Paris, a wonderful live music club!<a contents="" data-link-label="" data-link-type="url" href="https://www.facebook.com/tennesseeparis" target="_blank"><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/597f7e35b24c067ba57456c3feaefe3266ea833e/original/tennesseefrontdoor.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></a>I was there a few years ago, previous owner called it the Tennessee Jazz Bar - and it is still just as sweet<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/2b8cac4682a19b79ab10c87252fa47d3b42252e7/original/tennesseegettingready1.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Getting ready to play... will they understand what I am saying?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/610b11dd6d33cfae2ed0ccd933909cf286892e2a/original/tennesseegettingready2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Ok, going up now... what shall I sing first? La Vie en Rose?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/f82443415c831f0b603081f3add450c8c9d351a0/original/tennesseeplayingcropped.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Oh my, it's a full house, Rachael is soloing on flute... and they're singing along! Then clapping along, to<br>Mysterious Moon and Tennessee Waltz! I am so happy, so lucky!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/a19bcbeea279465ec316eec1efd75b0f5b86fbff/original/tennesseeintroducingcropped.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Thank you! Merci Beaucoup ! What a fabulous evening! The owner comes downstairs,<br>we have a lovely chat. Everyone is so nice, and it's over already, sigh.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/a15b2e58ae0586c39f312c90c8c90c60a0e0f1ac/original/tennessee-paris-logo-on-black.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />I'll be back someday. We'll be back, I know it!</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69480422022-04-14T07:18:56-04:002022-04-14T10:02:24-04:0013 Avril: Falling in love with Paris<p style="text-align: center;">What a day we had...<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/5d40812013b54463355064ba123fd492da03cf5e/original/paris-love-on-the-balcony.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Shopping with the stars!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/0e74f980454dffe4a4681e1263f5bf5e9ce0ba90/original/paris-love-stars-music.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Where's Waldo?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/e35d76a003b63fd648abdd062258b2ba9435d3f9/original/paris-love-le-consulat.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />avec le crayon magique !<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/db5b4a3d968c0fbaae1a3f16505e0fed962a7367/original/paris-love-magic-pencil.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">a wonderful sketch artist...<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/0ff2ec56bac5639a9c42991418eada104bc0c4cf/original/paris-love-sketching-andrea.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/e5fb321163e068ec0621840f38f3a2f9813279fd/original/paris-love-sketch-artist-rachael-andrea.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />and, of course, the wonderful Tour Eiffel !<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/a31f00c3524ebe202da55df1fd06f4d79773b991/original/paris-love-eiffel-looking-up.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/44b3444f8f17259bf7e06d3aa7c85e30eb0f68b5/original/paris-love-eiffel-tower-at-night.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />THURSDAY NIGHT - TENNESSEE, PARIS - 9PM oo la la !</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69461642022-04-11T23:09:03-04:002022-04-12T10:03:20-04:0011 April: We're heading to the Porcupine<p style="text-align: center;">Duncan Hemstock is the brilliant clarinetist we played with a few years ago, at the Cellar Door, Covent Garden.<br>Eleazar Ruiz was the bassist there; he was our host in London, and traveled to Bath for a show there, too!<br>New deputies Alex Bryson (piano) and Mark Hale (drums) filled out the band...<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/e40286d8fd5156c859820af0d5b5e3a6fe2d2437/original/studio-band-w-alex-5.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />for some concentrated music making, with Nick's experienced hands on the controls<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/1d649bdbbd5609d988740a448996dd5912193e06/original/studio-day-nick-taylor-espresso.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />of the mixing console - and the espresso machine! Delicious, and much appreciated!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/5e49428a3867c341b5800b8eb7ee5a76eda077ad/original/studio-day-ride-home-w-ele.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Eleazar hopped the bus with me, for the ride back to the bed'n'breakfast, via<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/0617eca006a861161936548eb0be23f9573dde11/original/studio-day-dinner-rache-ele.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />dinner with Rachael. We talked and talked about the intense studio session... <br>There's more work to be done, but I can't wait until I can share it with you!</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69454182022-04-10T20:30:50-04:002022-05-11T06:30:43-04:0010 April: It's Day Four, and time to get down to business - Rachael goes first!<p style="text-align: center;">As soon as London was on the itinerary, a visit to master flute artisan and historian Robert Bigio was the dream:<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/26593de376620004ffac3f98153068fc6c69522f/original/rachael-piccolo-chez-bigio.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />He was so generous with his time, offering a tour of his amazing workshop<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/be3e948e4355554d3942cd0ae6271faef3dff7ad/original/bigio-workshop-3.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/fb211c66f19e1a643668c2c9bfd636677be3e062/original/bigio-precision-clamp.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/59f15df786fc15849f83b682d93faf435744c2d2/original/bigio-workshop-2.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />We were in awe! And then he made us lunch, homemade split pea soup at least<br>five different cheeses (including Stilton) apples, grapes, English tea... before we went on our way<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/11da52d130911552faa2d77c266c00d51ced4210/original/andrea-rachael-in-the-tube.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/5deb864467876d02b4b65db845cf0818447569ce/original/rachael-andrea-outside-kebab-house.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />It's still a bit chilly here, but the skies are beautiful, and the city is amazing<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/f3cd43a1a47988ad60b15ef6f46b277ef40c92c7/original/sefie-with-two-coffees.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />We wound up in Notting Hill, thank you, at Khan's Restaurant<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/99dbc27636296effda58ab6cfe9e25dabcc7feff/original/andrea-at-khans-the-spread.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Cheers!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/4c087172470b6f708192156e1c14e846909be69c/original/khans-cheers.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />And then it's time to head "home", so much to do tomorrow!</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69448912022-04-09T17:54:32-04:002022-04-10T19:56:12-04:009 Avril: Under the Channel, to blue skies!<p style="text-align: center;">B-b-b-but it's still chi-chilly.<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/95dd146025fd66ebb7401c42754f5308ecae3ad2/original/andrearachael-london-bridge.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Still, who can resist a walk to the river?<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/77870de5d7b668d69a238b78b57cd37f77fe82b6/original/walking-to-tower-bridge.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />... and a look at that beautiful bridge, with the blue cables!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/e4d4429db9d4c3a6373b14f2a6e6db977f1042dd/original/tower-bridge-blue-sky.jpeg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />Then we had a little more time before check-in, so we headed for a museum... <br>via a coffee shop (and WiFi!), to get ourselves on the map and transit system. <br>Mmmm, not so simple, alas. But eventually, after some interesting neighborhoods and<br>direction changes, we got there. As we started to feel the effects of so much travel &c., we called an<br>Uber - and it was just two miles to our accommodations. Settled in, surprise - I'm hungry!<br><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/8619ac6d89d7de1d1c146c85ffa9351938c5e65a/original/london-fish-chips.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /> Well, what do you know? Gluten free fresh fish & chips - and can't you see what's coming?<br>Hot Sticky Toffee Pudding! Well, Bessie, you can keep the pig foot and the bottle of beer,<br>and Nat, the frim fram sauce is all yours - heaven is at Hobson's and it's gluten free!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/ee30f0cb0284489e7d0731cee1ef0d02db9d5c79/original/hobsons-fish-n-chips.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69445782022-04-09T06:04:11-04:002022-04-09T17:19:51-04:008 Avril: Que faire quand il pleut à Paris ? What to do when it rains in Paris? <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/22152b040f1bdc420d384198a4be8b2c2bcfead7/original/rachael-at-the-louvre.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Aller au musée ! Go to... the Louvre !</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/7e2be640e56e315b00d2a447b42a8e6e7c928a2d/original/louvre-exterior-square.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/e51a6e1a871770677b57b1f108b9b2395eec66df/original/louvre-interior.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Aller au café ! Go to the plainest of street cafés, order gluten-free crêpes - made with buckwheat, fabulous!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/74dc85c01b121c0ffbe3ed59a29625df39349170/original/buckwheat-crepes.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Shop in an elegant department store - ah, nap time!</p>
<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/38a5d3ffe32befb9c8c26dd435e0d5a4de57bf16/original/department-store-nap.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">Keep walking!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/08bb4a855920a79bd08e48aa98b803c0af1a897c/original/paris-rainy-street-w-bike.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />And at the end of the rainy day, in Paris... go to the Sunset Jazz Club<br>(aller au Sunset/Sunside Jazz Club) for a brilliant gypsy jazz concert!<img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/8d427049ba2e8b82382c4f17d6c971e7c2f381b8/original/sunset-jazz-club.png/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.png" class="size_l justify_center border_" />What to do when it rains in Paris? Come back exhilarated and exhausted...<br>ready to sleep and sleep until, until, until... it's time to wake up - in Paris!</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69445762022-04-09T05:52:17-04:002022-04-09T17:20:05-04:007 Avril: Losing track of time, in the lovely town of Orsay - chez Goguey !<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/8b851a6b31252dc1009bde8639d82e9215b5db88/original/orsay-1-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/19552a05a3b3d2a4b866933313b52a6d92556b8d/original/orsay-2-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/9ed0f8f0f2ff429ce051e20ee9732024c61f043a/original/orsay-3-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/ac60f7d299fbcaac08a4b91a1dc9992f591d8419/original/orsay-4-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /><br><br> </p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69445722022-04-09T05:38:56-04:002022-04-09T05:38:56-04:007 Avril: Morning in Paris -- le matin à Paris<p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/f25f87cac4878ef59fa9cb2f662da8c7d73dbe2f/original/morning-in-paris-square.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" />We're on the train to Orsay, to our hosts... where I played a house concert a few years ago. Did we sleep on the plane? Who can think of sleep at a time like this??</p>Andrea Carlsontag:andreacarlsonmusic.com,2005:Post/69445612022-04-09T05:29:26-04:002022-04-09T05:30:54-04:006 Avril: Into the dream - a night flight! Dans le rêve - un vol de nuit ! <p><img src="//d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/u/393948/1f5758db48d2e0b9f35590a21a99d8adb0517b14/original/rachaelandreaeiffelcafe09squarecrop.jpg/!!/meta:eyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ==/b:W10=.jpg" class="size_l justify_center border_" /></p>
<p style="text-align: center;">WE'RE GOING TO PARIS! and London, too... on music business! My lovely daughter, Rachael, will visit her flute artisan contacts, while I connect with my concert hosts and international Love Police / Gendarmes D'amour musician collaborators! Off we go into the dream, tonight! SO EXCITED!</p>Andrea Carlson