D. S. Friberg Blog

De Gekroonde Hoofden

As you may recall, back in April I played a triple clarinet concerto, Michael Kibbe’s “Triple Threat,” with Gawein Antonie and Danre Strydom.  Another clarinetist, Valerie, snapped these pictures of us in action: 

In addition to the concerto, we played a different Kibbe trio, “Ebony Suite,” for our fall chamber music exam, and then a completely wacko trio by Vinko Globokar for our spring chamber music exam.  All in all, we spent a lot of time together and became good friends.  To celebrate a successful year, we three went out for ribs at De Gekroonde Hoofden (The Crowned Heads) with Katie and the kids.  Spare ribs are sort of a speciality in Ghent, popular with locals and tourists alike.  The most famous ribs restaurant is Amadeus (of which there are now three locations in Ghent alone), but there are a few other nice places as well.  De Gekroonde Hoofden is in a cool old building with the heads of kings carved into the facade, situated just across from the canal from the Gravensteen.  You choose from four different sauces (original, spicy, honey, sweet and sour), and the waiters will bring as many ribs as you can eat for a flat price.  Katie and I both prefered the ribs at De Gekroonde Hoofden to those at Amadeus, but we did miss the baked potatoes with garlic curry sauce that you get at Amadeus.  In any case, we recommend going out for ribs when you’re in Ghent. 

After the meal, we recruited Gawein to take a few pictures of our family.  Since one of us is usually behind the camera, we have relatively few with all four of us. 

Earlier in the day, Wes went poopy on the toilet for the very first time.  As promised, he got a special present as a reward.  We haven’t pushed potty training too hard with him, but it is exciting to see steps in the right direction. 

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