I'm having leftover Chinese food for lunch. NOM.

I would love opera season tickets, but not to the local opera. They'll do one grand opera a season, then call the "Greatest Hits of Puccini" or "The Genius of Gilbert & Sullivan" performances opera. There's not a big market for more than one true full-length grand opera a season around here. So they fill it out with classical singing of whatever sort. And art songs make me want to strangle things.

I like the symphony/philharmonic more than the ballet or opera. Maybe I would like opera more now, but I have given it many tries over the years -- it just seems like something I'd like! And yet, not really my thing. I just like lieder.

I agree, concert music is my first preference. Ballet comes next, but only classical ballet with concert music and a full story. I love certain operas and trying to appreciate it more.

Gilbert & Sullivan trumps all.

ETA: The year I had season tickets to the symphony, and my sister had gotten season tickets to the opera, and I was dating someone with season tickets to the ballet? Heaven.

I am trying to make up Chore Plans for the weekend. Not so fun, really, but need must. On the fun end, my plan is to take the kids to the pool, buy them ice creams, and take them to Cali n Tito's for dinner, which is a really fun beachy-style Mexican place, nice in the summer since few drunken students (it's BYOB).

Y'all need to cozy up to someone who works at the Symphony. In Milwaukee I can pretty much go whenever I want, and occasionally that extends to Chicago. I think my dad goes a couple of times a month at least. Employee comp tickets FTW.

Of course, Chicago does have the option of free concerts of the Grant Park Symphony at Millenium Park during the summer!

Yes, we love comp tickets. That's how I saw Arabian Nights at Lookingglass last night.

I'm fairly picky about what I want to see, which is why I loved season tickets at Lincoln Center when you could pretty much pick out your 5 favorite concerts of the year.

I looked into splurging and getting something here, but was underwhelmed by most of the programs offered.

The one thing I really wanted to see was the SF Symphony's semi-staged Iolanthe, but it's the weekend of the F2F.

No worries, Strega. I usually do a better job of containing my bad moods.

I love the ballet and think you should go, Jesse. So there.

In fact, I've been thinking lately about how my parents always took us to see summer college theater. It was really my informal schooling in Shakespeare and Gilbert and Sullivan and musicals, and I'd love to do the same for my kids. I need to find out about cheap, summer stock productions around LA, or summer concert series, or dance, or whatever. Culcher.

My weekend, BTW, if my back holds up: Franny has a Hispanic heritage performance today. Tomorrow is dance class, a 6 yo birthday party, and I have an evening event (margaritas and arts & crafts with the school's studio teacher). Sunday = housework that didn't get done the other two days. See, look at that! No time for my back to be out!

Weekend plans

DH and I are running awya and won't be back 'til monday!!!!

Of course , there will be free wireless. And ocean. and possibly a bat walk.

So I need to get my act together so we can get out of here when he gets home.