Cirque du so spoiled

[greatbear]

On Saturday Jeff and I went to see the latest traveling Cirque du Soleil show "Totem" in Baltimore. As has always been the case, we enjoyed the hell out of ourselves at the performance. This time, however, Jeff decided that we should spring for the "Tapis Rouge" ("Red Carpet" in that oh-so-French talk CdS uses so much) VIP treatment. This gets preferred parking included with the tickets, entry an hour before the show for hors d'ouvres and drinks, complimentary photos and other goodies. It's then to the show, where we had killer seats, and during intermission is was back into the VIP tent for desserts and more drinks. The food was trying it's best to outdo the performance that afternoon. OMG it was to die for. On the way out from the terrific performance I picked up some souvenirs and we went out for dinner. Since it was prime time for eating it was not easy to find someplace that we didn't have to wait forever, so we ended up at Red Robin (yummmm!). As has been the norm these days, I ended up taking half my meal home with me. This is in addition to the Chinese meal the day before.

Today being Zombie Jesus day, we would normally have had something rather fancy here at home. We decided to get into the spirit of the holiday and resurrect all the leftovers from the fridge for lunch and dinner tonight. No brains though. We managed to push the lawnmowers around for a bit before the rains blasted us. I had been putting off working on the tractor, since the mower deck needs to come out for some work beyond just grease shots and a sharpening of the three blades and I don't feel like wrestling the 250# monster around to do the work. I got the remaining outdoor power equipment all fired up and ready instead. If the weather holds, I will finally tackle the mower and do more picking up of downed branches before doing the more outlying parts of the lawn.

Much more trying to catch up on things and projects as my body allows it. I also have to get the travel trailer ready for action that happens in a few months. Hopefully that won't be a money pit. The vehicles get their pre-summer maintenance, and I have a box full of parts to install on the Stratus once I get some lift time at a buddy's garage.

This week is supposed to bring temps into the 80s again, with the threat of nasty thunderstorms that always seem to accompany such unseasonal extremes. I'll see what I can make out of all that.

Y'all have a great week.

Comments

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

Hey that's great; you both loved the show!

Red Robin is cool! I've eaten there.

Isn't that where they have free refills on French fries?

Hope you can get the repairs and stuff done this week!

I bought a power-it-yourself mower, as you'd suggested, and some assembly is required!

I'll be anxious to see how it works on my lawn - I never used one before.

(Have had electric or gas pushmowers and riding mowers in the past.)

[canadad.livejournal.com]

We did the Tapis Rouge twice and were not disappointed. The first time was better, though - they served the food on trays brought around to you.

For the second one, it was buffet style and I was carrying around an umbrella, so I had one less arm/hand.

We got an extra performance during the intermission in the big tent, did you?

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

WHat a terrific way to spend a night out! I'm delighted that you had such a good time!

HUGS!

[darke.livejournal.com]

I really, really want to see Totem based on the trailer. I hope it comes near us soon. :p