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Archive for December, 2005

You Never Can Tell

Monday, December 26th, 2005

We just got back from an EXCELLENT production of Shaw’s You Never Can Tell. What a fun play! It was wonderfully acted and handily directed. It had a definite sparkle — the characters were all lovably quirky, and their interactions felt so natural. I bet the play doesn’t read half as [...]

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Happy Christmas!

Monday, December 26th, 2005

Happy Christmas to you!
Absoultely NOTHING in London was open yesterday, so it was nice and slow. We hung around the house all day and it felt GREAT.
Now things don’t feel so great, because I woke up at 4:30 this morning with a fever and all the associated aches and pains, with a [...]

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Sightseeing

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

We just got back from Woman In White, the 2004 Lloyd-Webber offering. It is a good story of classically Victorian proportions. Sadly, the music didn’t really grab me. There’s usually at least one or two things you can walk out of a Lloyd-Webber show singing, but not this time. The entire set was [...]

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London arrival

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Here I be, safe and sound, and in London!
My God it is COLD.
We went to Frost Fest this afternoon at the Globe Theater. It was a
little midway and some craft and food booths along the Thames. We ate
roasted pork sandwiches and hot chocolate and sang along with the
carolers. This is the 400th [...]

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