{"id":2177,"date":"2009-03-18T11:42:01","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2009-03-18T11:42:01","modified_gmt":"2009-03-18T18:42:01","slug":"best-sardines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/03\/18\/best-sardines\/","title":{"rendered":"best sardines?"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the nice things about working downtown, right in the heart of the entertainment district, is having great food and drink close by.\u00c2\u00a0 A favorite haunt of many OSO musicians is the outpost of the chocolatier Cacao<\/a> in the adjoining Heathman Hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of great coffee and chocolate beverages are consumed, and the occasional chocolate goodie as well.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s an artful arrangement of sardine-shaped chocolates (not sardine flavored … yet!) that I encountered at the break of our Tuesday pops rehearsal (also available in an adorable sardine tin box):<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto \u00c2\u00a9 Charles Noble [click to enlarge]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the nice things about working downtown, right in the heart of the entertainment district, is having great food and drink close by.\u00c2\u00a0 A favorite haunt of many OSO musicians is the outpost of the chocolatier Cacao in the adjoining Heathman Hotel.\u00c2\u00a0 Lots of great coffee and chocolate beverages are consumed, and the occasional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[3662],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-portland","tag-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-z7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5587,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/20\/stephen-hough-loves-chocolate-in-portland\/","url_meta":{"origin":2177,"position":0},"title":"stephen hough loves chocolate in portland","author":"Charles Noble","date":"November 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Stephen Hough, our piano soloist this weekend (in the Liszt First Piano Concerto), arrived in Portland yesterday, and he quickly discovered the amazing chocolate shop (Cacao) which is conveniently located between the lobby of the Heathman Hotel (where most of our soloists stay) and the stage door of the hall.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "piano"","block_context":{"text":"piano","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/instruments\/piano-music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Stephen-Hough-High-Res-3-credit-Grant-Hiroshima-267x400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":673,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/01\/18\/eartha-kitt-one-performance-only\/","url_meta":{"origin":2177,"position":1},"title":"eartha kitt – one performance only","author":"Charles Noble","date":"January 18, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Oregon Symphony: ONE NIGHT ONLY: THE INCOMPARABLE EARTHA KITT PERFORMS WITH THE OREGON SYMPHONY (PORTLAND, Ore.) \u00e2\u20ac\u201c The seductive Eartha Kitt \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a showbiz icon whose career has spanned more than six decades of stardom in film, theater, cabaret, television and the recording studio \u00e2\u20ac\u201c makes a rare\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ek","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/eartha_kitt.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2518,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/12\/symphonic-pride\/","url_meta":{"origin":2177,"position":2},"title":"symphonic pride","author":"Charles Noble","date":"May 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Just a quick anecdote about a conversation that I had before Monday evening's concert. 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