Thursday, February 2, 2017

other January happenings

Ahoy,

Nothing much else happened in January. We watched Amelie, the musical. It is in our top 2-3 musicals. Philippa Soo, of former Hamilton fame, developed the character Amelie. It was very much in the spirit of Amelie, but completely different from the original French movie. We both loved it so much. It went onto Broadway in Manhattan, which ultimately ended it's run in May amidst Tony snubs and poor reviews. We were both thoroughly surprised.

We made our annual pilgrimage to Chicago for Chinese New Year. It has been too long since and I really don't remember what happened at this point. I really need to be better about filling in the blanks immediately after the events. The RRS's friend, J, met up with us in Chicago despite low temperatures. His first tourist experience, we made stops at the Art Institute, coffee, pizza, etc. He got a full ethnic experience at family CNY meals with my family, impressing them with his appetite.

We also went snowboarding this month to Big Bear. I was happy to go with our friends A and CW because we couples separated into and boys and girls, which correlated with our skill levels. Let's be honest, I am way too slow to go with the RRS. It is not good for either of us.

persistently sunny,
jt