Canned Meat - A Review

DG and I met Erin and Michael for dinner this week before attending opening night of Spamalot. On her blog, Erin gives a great review of the restaurant we went to (gag) and the show as well. You'll also find that I have copied all of Erin's pics. Thanks Erin!



When I was a band geek and Dungeons and Dragons player in high school, I hung out with other geeks who LOVED Monty Python. Through these cute tuba players and level 5 wizards with 12 sided dice, I learned to appreciate the humor of movies such as The Holy Grail. Twenty years later, and the material, with a modern twist is still enjoyable. I knew every skit from Spamalot. The picture above is the Knights Who Say Ni! If you are a fan, The I'm Not Dead Yet skit was my favorite scene from this musical.

Cirque du Soleil

If you have never seen a Cirque du Soleil show, it is a combination of acrobatics, gymnatics, dance and art all thrown into one. This show is travelling through the states with their own stage, tent, snacks, and even toilets. DG already talked about it here, but if this show comes to your town, GO see it. The aerial acrobatics are amazing. I can't even do a back bend and these guys have such amazing control over their physiques.

And in another amazing show of fortitude, after leaving Cirque du Soleil, we decided to try and catch the end of a concert. If there is one song that reminds me of last summer and getting ready for the wedding, it is Built to Spill's Carry the Zero. DG not only played it all summer, but he incorporated it into every mix that we had going for the rehearsal dinner, brunch music, and it was the last song I heard as we were leaving the wedding. So really, we had to go and see if we could catch this song, and we did. They had already been on stage for 40 minutes, but we went in anyway. They closed with this song. The baby was dancing the entire time.

A Summer of Theater

While DG was on a boys week-end 2 weeks ago, I went to see a play with his co-worker Kristin. In the it's-a-small-world category, Kristin is friends with a woman I used to work out with at the gym, Arlene. Both are a delight to be around, as well both are heavily involved in theater. As a matter of fact, Kristin is so theater obsessed that not only does she only listen to show tunes *giggle*, but she also goes 4 times a year to NYC to see Broadway shows. ::jealous:: But back to only listening to show tunes, there is only one other person that I know with this endearing trait, and that is Molly. You would never know looking at these two that they probably know all of the words to every Phantom song. But I digress.

Kristin and I met for lunch and then headed to the Lakewood Cultural Center to see Arlene in this season's production of Joseph and the Amazing Technocolor Dreamcoat. Kristin was gracious enough to get us tickets, though she has seen it about 10 times. This was my first and it was thoroughly enjoyable. The cast did an amazing job and the singing was grand. Arlene danced "her ass off" as she called it in all the big numbers and the grande finale was good enough to be a workout video. This is the 2nd show that I have seen at the Cultural Center and I recommend that everyone get out and go see something. It feels good to get a break from the movies.