The weekend so far

[mdlbear]

The family main event yesterday was going up to San Francisco for the Lamplighters' annual fundraising Gala. The Lamplighters are a nonprofit, professional level, mostly-Gilbert-and-Sullivan company; the Gala is a parody done to mostly G&S tunes. This was their 40th, so they reprised many favorite numbers from previous years (including Phantom of the Operetta, Major General Hospital, and Apocalypse Later. This year's title was The DaVinci Coda. A good time was had by all, except for the Younger Daughter and another teenager in the row behind us, who would probably have been happier staying at home.

I also bought new shoes yesterday afternoon, at the Walking Company. The brand is called "Keen" (I'm not making this up). They're kind of funky-looking, with oiled-leather uppers and soles that wrap over the toes, but at $95 they were cheap enough to be worth a try. Oddly enough, I was friendly and talkative in the store, and in the Container Store, where I bought some shelving supplies for the office. Weird.

Spent most of today, and a lot of yesterday, putting the office back together. I now have the counter and all the shelves back up, so I can start unpacking boxes Real Soon Now. Oh, yes; the shoes worked fine on my morning walk.