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The Lamplighters have been putting on G&S operettas in San Francisco since 1952 -- they're incredibly good. We've been season ticketholders for about half that time.

Their production of Iolanthe this season was up to their usual standards. Iolanthe and the Lord Chancellor were particularly good in their own ways. One of the things I like about Iolanthe is the way their relationship sort of sneaks up on you after you've spent most of the first act thinking it's mainly about Phyllis and Strephon.

We started taking each kid at age 7; we're now taking [livejournal.com profile] chaoswolf's girlfriend as well. Emmy still has a tendency to be bored, as [livejournal.com profile] chaoswolf did at that age (11), but grudgingly admitted that she enjoyed it once it was over. After we got home, Emmy stayed and made herself dinner, since she wanted to be sure to be at home for a TV show she particularly wanted to see at 8pm. The rest of us went out for ribs at Tony Roma's.

It's also likely that Emmy wanted the house to herself for a while. I always used to take long walks in the woods when I was a kid, but that was 40-odd years and 3000 miles away, and isn't at all feasible here in San Jose. Kicking her parents and older sister out of the house for a while will just have to do, I suppose.
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