The most amazing thing happened at the reception at Munich City Hall for the sister city mayors tonight. Everything was going along in predictable fashion with drinks and buffet stand-up dinner lots of polite conversation. Then suddenly, the Lord Provost of Edinborough, wearing a 100 year-old gold and diamond encrusted necklace valued at a million pounds, announced that his City Officer Phillip Henderson wished to sing a Scottish song. And he did! An entire ballad, a capella, in beautiful tenor voice.
That inspired the Mayor of Sopporo, Japan to sing and then the Mayor of Munich who also confessed he's crazy about Frank Zappa. It was amazingly weird, and unthinkable for a reception at Cincinnati City Hall (unless of course Jim Tarbell was there with harmonica).
The evening climaxed with the sister city mayors and their entourages standing in a circle holding hands and singing Auld Lang Syne. I have video to prove it.
A few more interesting tidbits I learned tonight; Mayor Mallory refuses to sing in public. Parks Director Willie Carden has never in his life smoked a cigarette, sipped coffee or swigged an alcoholic beverage. His Mother told him those things would ruin his pearly whites. Is he missing out on the vice(s) of life? Don't know, but check out his killer smile.
My feet are killing me. Everybody walks in Munich. I may have been the only female in the city today wearing sandals without socks. It's more like Fall here. Not only did I over pack, I brought summer clothes. My kingdom for a trench coat like investigative reporters used to wear in the movies.
Missing baby Q.
1 comment:
I was waiting to read about Mark Mallory embarrassing himself once again this time screeching out his rendition of "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley or something... Hang in there, you'll get your walking legs in no time...
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