Let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism, to rain on the roof and instant coffee, to unemployment insurance & library cards, to absinthe & good-hearted landlords, to music & warm bodies & contraceptives... and to the "good life", whatever it is and wherever it happens to be.

Routine reminder: Rapid antigen tests are not affected by your symptoms Rapid antigen tests do NOT care about symptoms - they do not detect symptoms. Rapid tests work identically well to detect the virus regardless of if you are asymptomatic or symptomatic.

Composer Amy Beach (right) taking tea with a friend and a cat.

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In comes COMPANY! 🍸 @ Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre instagram.com/p/CaGQBq-MBbl/…

Always a pleasure to make music with friends and support @freshsqueezedopera. Here’s to the ladies who lunch! 🍸 @ The Ragtrader Bo Peep NYC instagram.com/p/CaX73wgvmo4/…

I’d rather be dead in California than alive in Arizona.

I’d like to propose a toast.

It is me.

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Also, cuts are good. Cut at will. An uncut Handel opera, Cosí, or (god forbid) Nozze? I’d rather die. Cut freely! Please!!

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if there is one thing Jane Hoffman & i could impart to high school & college-aged music students now, it would be: if you think a song is JUST about a bird, a flower, or a tree?

Birthday cake for Casey! Devils food cake with coffee German buttercream and homemade sprinkles. All recipes via Stella Parks. A delicious cake for my favorite person ❤️ instagram.com/p/CdCaAtfsUbK/…

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