The Weekend; Owned.

There's not been such a moment since... early November.   
Ah... So Friday night, Saturday night, Saturday morning!, all day Sunday: Mine, all mine!

I made Plans: 
Friday, I got to go to my first Opening, to be in the Audience for Magic Flute at Willow Lawn. The designs & construction of that one took place around about me, whilst my head was mostly down working on Producers' repairs these last few weeks. Based on the opera, this is instead a children's musical with original music. MF features two of our Producers ensemble as the main love interest...  

(Here they are! Josh looks a little underdressed minus his jacket but his quiver - I made that!) 

... so we had a good post-Producers group in attendance to support them & the rest. 

I'd met Susan Sanford, the director at a separate fitting last week. Talking after the show & overhearing my review ("they were so cute & shiny!"), she said it was probably the closest I'd get to pantomime on this side. That suits me just fine! Post-show, Sarah, Julie, The Manly Man & I decamped to CanCan in Carytown. Rather fancy with lots of lovely lights!


Saturday through Sunday, I spent with the boys: The Manly Man & roommate Doug.
   It being a Boyz Weekend, the winning combination of food, beer & movies got to feature prominently.  

Brunch was a walk away at the nearby Mill on MacArthur. I liked its window mirror reflectiveness up above our heads... 

 Near to the Mill is "Once Upon A Vine" with shelves upon shelves of local & imported beer.
       *New Favourite Liquor Store alert!* 

- Samuel Smith allowed for a swift lesson on the White Rose of Yorkshire. Reverse geography.

Looking forward to sampling the Hardywood's - quote unquote my Pops - exotic, New Worldish-ness!

Thursday's snowfall had been followed by Friday sunshine. It stuck around into the weekend, making our walk there & back pretty damn glorious: 

God bless America with its snowy streets 
          & blue skies & sunshine!

  





















Saturday afternoon: Watching The Hobbit at BowTie.  A bit like re-meeting with old friends following years in absentia since Return of the King. Even so, Doug wasn't quite ready for another "epic walking" movie. I'm not sure The Hobbit delivered too well on that front (their ponies didn't exactly stick around long) but in the absence of Sean Bean, I was more than happy to hear dwarves with strong Northern & Scottish accents.
  Saturday evening, I was Educated in the ways of "Cannibal: The Musical". Cheap Beer Movie Night to aid the sing-along: 

"Done & Done."

With Python-style silliness, it's pretty immense.
(Here's a wee snippet. Or two.)  Shpadoinkle!

*Owned. Via Thor, via the Broadsheet.