Happy Father's Day!

Today we celebrated Daddy's day by going to dinner and a show. For dinner it was a sumptuous feast at Il Capriccio. I had the Proscuitto e Melone and the Ravioli di Ricotta e Spinachi.

Then it was onto the show. Tonight we saw Mary Lynn Rajskub in her one-woman standup comedienne show. Yes, she's otherwise known as Chloe O'Brien on 24. She was crazy and very funny. It was definitely an interesting evening.

Hope you had a good night dad and Happy Father's Day!

A Wicked Weekend

This weekend was wonderful! The only thing marring it is the return of Monday and the office drudgery...

Friday night Wes and I joined up with some work friends and we all went to dinner and to see Hot Fuzz. I have to say, it was quite amusing. I was a big fan of Shaun of the Dead so it was fun to see the cast reunited in something entirely different, and yet still equally as funny.

Saturday morning, Wes and I slept in a little and then headed down to Orange County for a friend's wedding. We spent some time at South Coast Plaza, grabbing a yummy lunch and wedding present and assorted shopping (great sales!) and then headed to the church for the wedding at 2pm. The church was gorgeous.

Then we checked into the hotel (the Costa Mesa Hilton) for the night and went to enjoy the reception in the evening. It was a beautiful wedding and the bride and groom looked ecstatic. The food was fabulous... especially the chocolate mousse wedding cake.


Sunday we slept in a little, had breakfast at the hotel and then headed over to Hollywood to see Wicked. I have been waiting for months to see the show and let me tell you, I was not disappointed. The show is FABULOUS. The women who played Elphaba and Glinda were excellent, and the story had all these funny quirks and twists that I wasn't expecting. The music is pretty good (minus a few clunker songs) and overall I loved it!

After, Wes and I headed home and got comfy for a relaxing Sunday night. We watched our last Netflix movie, Children of Men. It was pretty good. I won't say it was the best I've ever seen, but it had an interesting "Brave New World" feel to it.

Overall, it was a great weekend and I'm so glad that Wes was here to share it with me! Unfortunately he goes back to Kansas tomorrow until July or so. I'm gonna miss him.

Apollo

So I went to see Apollo tonight at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, the newest venue of Center Theatre Group. Essentially, Apollo is about the evolution of flight and space travel in the 20th century. Synopsis is as follows:

After World War II, in order to reach the moon before the Soviets did, America relied on scientists who had built rockets for Nazi Germany. Men like Arthur Rudolph and Wernher von Braun, became American citizens and, eventually, heroes -- helping to land astronauts on the moon and to create Disney’s Tomorrowland. Apollo paints the nation's fascination with space on a canvas tinted by human brutality and human brilliance.

My critique? Wonderful acting, some amazing stage/set work, particularly in the second act. Vivid imagery and lighting. But I'm not sure I cared for the play itself. Sometimes it seemed a little overdone, and in parts it seemed to drag a bit. All in all a good evening out, but not necessarily a must see for those in the LA environs.

Strangest occurence? A girl I went to high school with was the stage manager and has some pretty impressive credits in her bio - a big shout out to Winnie Lok!