My first encounter with Michelle and Bonnie was when I attended Concerts sans Frontiers' first concert at the Australian embassy in Paris, just a few blocks from the Eiffel tower. Concerts sans Frontiers is the brain child of Michelle and Bonnie and strives to provide free to very low cost performances of classical music by professionally trained musicians. This premier featured Bonnie, Michelle, and their friend (who's name escapes me!). I was moved by how beautifully they all played alone and with each other. You could tell they've been friends for ages. My second encounter with the two Australian musicians was in the fanciest grocery store I have ever seen: La Grande Epicerie de Pari s in the 16th arrondissement . The front of the store is covered in black stone with ivy crawling up the lacquered exterior. As soon as you walk in, a security guard waves his magic metal-detecting wand over you and checks your bag. Then you can step onto the gleaming hard wood floors t...
