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On Sunday, my friend J and I went to see the Washington Shakespeare Company’s performance of “Edward III.” The WSC, for now, stages its performances in an old warehouse on the edge of town, next to a seedy looking motel (Bring your own Lysol, Raid and sheets!). Very bare bones setting – makes you feel like you are going to have some sort of an avant-garde, guerilla theater experience.

The bathrooms were kind of scary though – at least the ladies’ room was – the sort of ancient fixtures, stains and visual decay that I haven’t seen since being part of the Philadelphia public school system.

I thoroughly enjoyed the play, but the actor who played the French king, John, was much better than the one who played Edward III, so towards the end we were rooting for the French to win rather than the English. The actor had sort of a James Earl Jones heft to the role, and his lines were spoken with a believability and a fluidness that just made him a more accessible character. In the newspaper review of the play, he was not mentioned at all, which I thought was a great shame . . .

In a few weeks, Mr. Random, J and I are going to see “Coriolanus” at the Kennedy Center, which should be a really cool time. Mr. Random and I haven’t been to the Kennedy Center in years, while J never has been. I’m probably going to feel like dressing up a bit for such a fancy place, but not too fancy, because neither J nor Mr. Random are dress up people . . .

I still owe you guys pictures – the problem is that sometimes when I feel like writing these posts, I am no where near my photo files . . .

My allergies are wreaking havoc with my throat and my voice is now a low rasp. It’s such a shame because I love spring, but I seem to be feeling it more this year . . .

By the way, yesterday was the TWO year anniversary for this blog! Woo hoo!

I have more to write, but not much time to write it. How is everyone doing? I know Eric is pretty much finished with his book, and Virginia Gal is going to try to place herself in the sights of the newly single Prince William, and CS did EarthFest on Sunday . . . what else is going on?