Les Ambassadeurs - moments of pure beauty

By pure accident on Friday morning I've received information about Bach musical festival in Riga. Within the festival in Riga came brilliant European orchestra Les Ambassadeurs. It was like an answer to my praying about attending some interesting, valuable cultural event.
Concert took place in one of the most romantic places in Riga: Small Guild. Atmosphere was perfect: not much people but still all the sits were taken. Men in classic suits and women in elegant dresses, everyone speaking quietly (even children sitting besides me were quite). Everyone was waiting for a miracle. Alexis Kossenko, - the conductor and the founder of the orchestra, - lead us to the world of a magic and pure beauty. As music started to sound, I felt like I'm a witnessed the opening of a door to a parallel universe. The only word to describe it: pure. Pure world of pure beauty, pure love, pure innocence. Harmonic sounds of violin, oboe, cellos and etc, joined by flute played by Alexis himself. Then angel started to sing. Sabine Devieilhe - soprano guest soloist - is blessed by the voice that plays on the deepest strings. Concert was almost two hours long by personally I haven't even noticed: music took me to the place where time stopped and it was only a present moment that mattered.
If you love classical music and you know that "Les Ambassadeurs" coming to your town, don't miss their concert. It is worth of it.

Place of a day: Restaurant "Disappointment"

Before my appointment with hairdresser decided to go and have some meals. As I was in a big shopping center Mols I decided that best place to eat there is Cilli Pica (Čilli Pica), kinda restaurant-picceria. It never was brilliant, but today I was really shocked. I offered ravioli with mushrooms. Usually I get pretty big portion so I my stomach is pretty full after eating it. But this time... I received 3 times smaller portion: there were just few raviolis in there in size a little bigger then 1 lat coin. Shocked I asked waitress and she said that it's what portion are like now. However they never became cheaper. I was really disappointed and still hungry but with no time to go anywhere else, because of spent 30 min on waiting...
So, dear friends, when you are in Riga think twice if you still want to visit Cilli Pica. Maybe really it's better to choose some other place?

In general life had changed a lot. But it'd be next time when I tell you about changes in my life. Now let me just tell, that we have London-like Autumn: pretty warm, windy, foggy and a bit rainy from time to time. I like it pretty much. No snow so far! :))

Shopoholic's day

Haven't written for a while: kinda crazy time I am having, but I like it! Last Friday was very girlish day: after another work interview I went shopping. So, now I have another pajama/home suit from British brand La Senza (from what I can get it Latvia, they have best underwear and home clothes). Then with great discount I've bought truffles from Emil Gustav Chocolate. Personally I don't eat chocolate: I'm allergic for it, but as far as I can remember, Emil Gustav Chocolate made really great cookies, but I preferred Lindt chocolate rather then this one. But you know, with great discount why not to make sweet-suprprise for the dear person?
So, then I went to the center to buy cosmetics. As some of you know I am also working as make-up artist (check out my photo- and make-up works here http://dramarteu.blogspot.com/) and I was happy to know to find out that in shopping center Stockmann (that big monstrous building in a very center of the city) are discounts for cosmetics of Make Up For Ever. Despite it was only 2nd sales day, they already are running short of products, but sweet consultant promised they'll have more products soon. Also she was so kind to give me great gifts: make-up bag and 2 blushes! That's really cool, if you ask me.
Also I'd watched another romantic movie. Really nice one, if you like romantic movies as I do. Check out a trailer :) And have a great time!