My Favorites - Hal Gabow
Composer: Beethoven
20th Century Composer: Stravinsky
Most Overrated Composer: Brahms
Opera: La Traviata (Verdi)
Comic Opera: Don Giovanni (Mozart)
Rock group: Fleetwood Mac
Vocal Rock Group: Bee Gees
Guitarist: Eric Clapton
Singer/songwriter: Bob Dylan
Hobbies: piano, weight-training, yoga, ballroom dancing (but we only do it seriously on vacation).
Movie: Groundhog Day
Science Fiction Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Documentary: Man on Wire
Book: War and Peace (Tolstoy)
Essay: A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again (David Foster Wallace)
Science Fiction Author: Larry Niven
Detective: Lord Peter Wimsey
Sherlock Holmes actor: Jeremy Brett
Last Book Read: Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played by L. Jon Wertheim
Last "Busdriver's
TV Show: Masterpiece Theater
TV Serial: [Spooks] | MI-5
Radio Show: Talk of the Nation, Neal Conan
Radio Interviewer: Terry Gross (Fresh Air)
National Park: Yosemite
Hikes: Rocky Mountain National Park (see below)
Resort: The
Balsams
Participant Sport: tennis
Former Participant Sport: marathon running
Best Marathon Start: 1980's Denver Marathon starting gun = cannons of the 1812 Overture
Sports Team: Denver
Broncos
Sports Hero: I root for anyone over 40 (Exceptions: Oakland
Raiders; baseball players):
- Herschel Walker - will he come back?
- Mariano Rivera - exception to exception.
- Roger Federer - tennis perfection + grace on and off court
Sports Talk Radio: Dave Logan & Dave Krieger
Sports Columnist: Woody Paige
Hospital: Denver Health & Hospitals (CEO, Patricia Gabow)
Surgeon: Dr. Wade Smith (see pics)
Latest News on Patty Gabow: Denver Health CEO Patricia Gabow to retire after 20 years at helm
Rocky
.Black Lake