Wicked.

So the folks were in town last weekend. It was a lot of fun and a lot of food. We went out to eat a lot and usually ate too much. But you know what Frank the Tank says, "it feels so good when it hits your lips." Anyway, we saw Wicked on Friday night at the Oriental Theatre. I think I've been to the 3 main theatres downtown now and they are all so amazing on the inside. As for the show, well, it had some funny parts. The singing and the production was all very good but it was just so long. 2:45 including intermission. I think it felt longer because the seating was tight and the temperature was too high. I was sweating and I'm never too warm. They could have spiced it up a little with Ice Cube's song Wicked, too. Of the three musicals I've seen I would put it behind Phantom and before Les Mis. The best part of the show was when my dad figured out for the first time in his life, that the Wicked Witch is actually green. You see, he is color blind so he couldn't figure out why they were making fun of Elphaba (Wicked Witch). I wonder if he knows that in the Wizard of Oz that when Dorothy arrives in Munchinland the movie goes from B&W to color. Hmm.

They also bought me a suit as a delayed Christmas present. We bought it at the Carsons on State Street that is going out of business. I would advise everyone to stop in there once before it closes because there are great deals on everything. My suit was 50% off plus another 10% after the first markdown. There rest of the men's clothing is slim pickings but check it out.

I found it funny that the day after I raved about free copyrighted material from You Tube on this page, Viacom announced that it was forcing You Tube to pull its content. Which, of course, includes MTV and half the videos I had saved in my favorites. Damn corporations spoiling all our fun.

Looks like I may have a hiking trip to the Grand Canyon in the works for next August. I can't wait. It was so much fun when I was out there last summer. This time I'm hiking to the bottom and hopefully back up.

That's it for now. I'll have a few more recommendations next week.