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Tuesday night was my take my friends to the opera night. Porgy and Bess was presented at Lyric for the first time ever and I was excited to see it and figured it was one of those popular ones, being Gershwin and all, that a lot of people would want to see. So I got eight tickets and a bunch of us went.
We went to Townhouse for dinner. I pass by this place all the time and I also find it in web searches whenever I look for places to go for dinner around here. But it never really clicked that they were the same place. The bruschetta was excellent. The white fish was too. The 2 glasses of wine and vodka/strawberry/basil drink I had were also excellent although they made me kind of dizzy and kind of have to pee throughout the whole first act.
The production was amazing, although I agree with Heidi Weiss's article that we are so used to hearing the music in kind of the swinged up, jazzed up form that it was odd to hear it in the operatic form it was originally intended for. But it was a very nice night indeed. (and I don't just praise it 'cause I work there.)
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I have a love/hate relationship with MTV Books. Yes, MTV has a line of books and has for years and years. The love relationship started with Perks of Being a Wallflower which was published under this line. But really as the books are crappily written but I always think they will be great. I don't know why. I guess it's for the same reasons I have a love/hate relationship with MTV reality shows.
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I really didn't like either finalist on America's Next Top Model. I don't think I watch anything on TV anymore. I guess 24 starts soon. I really only watch that for social reasons though.
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I have a big box of shiny new accessories awaiting the arrival of my new camera. I hope I get it in time to shoot Josh's wedding :-(
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