I don’t know what is more fun—being surprised, or planning a surprise for someone else.
This week I did the latter. My best friend’s daughter, Julia Goldsby (the gorgeous blonde in the photo above) was in town from Germany. Her mom (Robin Meloy Goldsby) and I were hotel pianists in the 80’s and 90’s in Manhattan and played piano rooms at The Plaza, The Grand Hyatt, The Marriott Marquis, The Sheraton Centre and more. We eventually developed recording and concert careers and were both added to the prestigious Steinway Artist Roster within years of one another. Our portraits now hang in the beautiful Artist Gallery at Steinway Hall in NYC, side by side.
My daughter, Valerie, and I surprised Julia at the Plaza in her visit to the US. She was going to tea at the Plaza with a mutual friend of ours, Carole. It was a glorious reunion. After tea, we stopped by Steinway and played pianos, had the girls pose by their mothers’ portraits, and talked all things Steinway.
It was a great afternoon. Pictured in this photo is a tourist from South Korea who was touring the building. He recognized me from my musical contributions to a television program in South Korea!
xo Robin