It's only Monday and I already feel that a long week is ahead. That is not a good sign, is it? Today was a long work day because I had a deliverable that made me work late tonight. The good news is it's done and it was done early and so the work for this particular project will slow down for the next couple of days while I get busy on other projects ;-). Hopefully, tomorrow will be a shorter day...although getting up at 6:50am does not sound very good to me at the moment. Durn those early meetings!
The only thing that made this long day today bearable was a lunch out at a restaurant in the city. We had ratatouille for the first time today. I had to have it because of the movie (my favorite by the way!), and it didn't disappoint me. It was so very tasty! The restaurant's name was so cute - Chez Maman. When I was learning French in HS, Maman was one of my favorite words.
I saw a couple of really good independent art films this week: Tell No One and Man on Wire. The Bay area has an amazing selection of independent films. A couple weeks ago, I saw Bottle Shock which was a movie based on a true story about how California wines beat out French wines in a blind taste test in the 70's. Really cool movie! I think I am going to need to pay special attention to the art theaters in the future so that I can keep seeing these great movies. I have 2 free opening tickets to a play this weekend. Can't wait for that.
The opera season is upon us and we have an amazing list of operas this season. I have never lived in a city where 2 operas run concurrently per month. That's amazing, isn't it? Some of the operas that my husband raves about and that I would love to see this season are Porgy and Bess, La Traviata (sp?), and Tosca. Also, Amy Tan's The Bonesetter's Daughter has been adapted to an opera and has its opening this season. I love Amy Tan's books and of course have read this book. It's so cool that there is now an opera based on this book. Oh, how I wish I have season tickets to the operas and one of the good theaters around here! I will most likely try to go to some of these events.
Here is to hoping that this week will end soon so that I can have a long weekend with Labor Day!
1 comment:
OMG I love ratatoille (but can't spell it) When we were in Avignon, S and I ate at this crepe place twice (because we liked it so much the first time we went back again) and they had these ratatoille crepes that were to die for. Anyway, your posting made me think of this, and now I'm hungry!
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