The Opera!

I had only come up with 27 new things for my list, and we were sitting around trying to think of possibilities, and my sister Annie suggested seeing an opera. Annie to the rescue yet again!

We looked up what operas were playing, and found tickets to La Boheme for only $15! Am-ma-zing! A few clicks and numbers later, and our tickets would be waiting for us at the will call window at the Capitol Theater on Wednesday, October 20. I was so excited!

So, the evening of the opera arrived, and my sister Rachel helped me decide what to wear. I ended up in a knee length black dress, knee high black boots, and my awesome necklace I had purchased on our trip to the planetarium. I must say, I looked pretty good! I drove down to Annie's house, where she looked smashing as well, and we drove down to the theater.

We were escorted to our seats by one of the ushers, and got ourselves settled in. We were only a few rows from the top of the balcony, but I think those seats were optimal. A few tall guys came and sat in front of us, and the seats to our right were vacant, so we moved over so we could see better. The lights went down, the curtains rose, and we were in for a treat.

There were four acts, which were blissfully short, and the plot was very sweet with a bit of humor thrown in. I was quite surprised at how much I liked it. I guess I had some idea of large women in terrible dresses with metal coned & horned hats. I was TERRIBLY mistaken. The only thing I didn't like about it was that the intermissions were almost as long as the opera. I think, however, I may just like the opera a lot!