A good day out

[mdlbear]

In spite of the fact that the day started out with annoyances, it ended up being a very pleasant day. Went with the flower_cat and chaoswolf to the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts to hear the Lamplighters' staged concert of Showboat. Pretty decent by Lamplighter standards, meaning it was damned good by any other measure. Colleen and I both felt that Martin Bell as Joe was having trouble with a couple of notes on the low end of his range (a problem I can deeply empathize with), making his rendition of "Old Man River" somewhat problematic. On the other hand, it's hard not to hear Paul Robeson in that role.

The folks in the table next to ours in Casa Lupe, the Mexican restaurant across the street from the MVCPA, apparently agreed with us. The restaurant immediately took its place among our favorite Mexican places thanks to chicken mole, chile verde, enchiladas, and flan, all done right. Then we took the Wolfling home and went out for a drive.

The Younger Daughter stayed home, missing a great performance (which might have bored her anyway) and a great dinner at a restaurant she would have enjoyed. We gave her ticket away to someone who looked like she needed it.

All in all a very enjoyable afternoon and evening.