Christmas at Jenners...
ice skating and kitsch...
at the German market...
These photos are a bit late in coming, but papers tend to interrupt blogging in the same way that blogging interrupts papers.
Kathryn, do NOT be jealous of me going to the opera. It was weird. They were wearing these bulky animal costumes and clonking boots which might have been okay except that their footsteps drowned out the sound of the orchestra (Oh look! A band!). The plot was supposed to be about the circle of life or something deep, but it really seemed to be more about animals getting it on. It was an opera, though, so plot really shouldn't matter as long as the music is good. It wasn't. I mean, it wasn't BAD - but most of the singing was monotonous, the orchestration was unremarkable, and I hope to heaven no one from the production reads this. It would be so disheartening! They were all skillful - I just wasn't interested in the piece itself. But then, I have only ever seen very classical sorts of pieces. The Marriage of Figaro. Samson and Delilah. And I was listening to Puccini before leaving the house! What do you do? But then again, I was distracted by my seating companion. Five so
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ReplyDeleteI want to come and shop and go on the ferris wheel. And distract you from your paper. Pout.
ReplyDeleteStupid old boring America.
you wouldn't want to today. i think it might snow--the air is thick with fog and cold and windiness. yesterday i was caught in a sudden sleet. i hope it's not like this during the torch parade and during new years.
ReplyDeleteOooooh, snow! I hope you have pulled out your gloves and scarf and HAT since your hair is so short- you can't use it as a scarf anymore. :-)
ReplyDeleteI am hoping/praying/sending-good-vibes for your new years/torch parade weather...