Headin' up North, North Carolina that is.

Oh, you thought this blog was just about food? 

OH HO HO, no, my friend. 

Well, technically it is, but I went up to North Kakalaki and decided to share my adventures through the wonderful medium of film. Or digital art, as it were.

The point of our adventure was to see the opera (Oh yeah, I'm an opera student at Oberlin fyi) Madama Butterfly at Carolina Opera. We got the tickets at a silent auction and I really enjoyed it. The tenor was quite good, but the soprano was a little underwhelming. Consul was AWESOME. And the rest was meh. But the production was quite an interesting interpretation. The costuming was not my favorite and some of the symbolism was a little too abrupt, but eventually cohesive and the child was ahdorable.

 Cool building.

Welcome to Charlotte.

We pretty much walked over this street looking for ice cream or some kind of dessert and it took us two hours and four cops later to find it. Sigh. No one understands the importance of dessert like we do.

Church downtown. Very cool.

Modern Art museum building.

So, before we went to the opera, we ate at the oh so appropriately named "aria" grill. I had a delicious salad and then a gnocchi with white truffle oil, asparagus, and pear shavings.

So. Good. It made me want to make gnocchi. Which I will eventually do... someday.

Mom and I at the opera.

What a lovely evening! Good food, good wine, good opera!

Till next time, lovelies!

Enjoy!