Such Joy!

Robbie called it last night.

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As we were filing from the Moran Theater after experiencing "La Traviata", I asked the boys if they noticed the last words spoken from the stage were, "Such joy!". Robbie said he had and then, "I'll bet that shows up in your blog." Ta da! He was absolutely correct, 'cause it needed sayin'. Am I so predictable?

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Robbie, Justin and I enjoyed our meal at Juliette's before attending the opera. The location of our seats in the theater was perfect, the production extraordinary (complete with overhead "subtitles"). The newspaper calls them "supertitles" instead, which gives me an image of a cartoon character or something....I don't know what.

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While we ate our dinners, the bar patrons at Juliette's provided pre-opera amusement. The 'entertainers' were people from all walks of life. One 'man' was dressed as though he was in the rodeo, complete with spurs on his cowboy boots, quite the contrast for the opera crowd. Instead of a beer, as one might expect, Tex was drinking a frothy white adult beverage--perhaps a White Russian. Odd. Fringed jacket and pants, 20-gallon hat, which he nobly doffed to an elderly couple, the old man looking like Santa, without the red outfit.

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Another guy had on a formal tailcoat, eye glasses with rhinestone frames, and a black shirt unbuttoned half way down. Like Justin said, we were getting to see an opera AND a circus all in one night! Guess there was an "old" rock group performing across the street, which brought out the clowns. Okay, I just looked it up, the group playing was "Van Halen", which, according to the newspaper, didn't do too hot. And the hits just keep on comin'!

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