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So far, 42 is a good age.

So Sunday, we first went to a big art gallery downtown where there were 2 photo exhibits: Ansel Adams and Annie Leibovitz. That was very cool, I've seen Leibovitz's work before but many of these photos were first-timers for me, especially some more personal photos of her family. She had her first baby when she was 51 and twins three years later...wow!

Sunday night we went out to a nice dinner at a French/Belgian restaurant downtown. They have an amazing menu; I had lobster bisque, grilled shrimp, boudin blanc, and kiwi sorbet (if i was KL William instead of DC William, I would have photos of each of these). Adrian also had the bisque, scallops, venison, and frangellico mousse. It was all extraordinarily yummy, and the service was fantastic. We were each planning to have a glass of wine - Adrian red, me white -- and the waiter opened two bottles for each of us so we could try them and choose. I've never been to another restaurant that will open multiple bottles for people drinking only by the glass. A great time, and I definitely want to go back.

We were going to the Kennedy center to see a play afterwards, and they had a nice deal...as soon as we were done there was a car waiting for us to take us to the theater, a nice Mercedes. After the show the driver was back to pick us up...kinda nice when everyone else was in line for a taxi or a bus and we simply had our driver pull up, jump out, and open our doors, and off we went.

The play we saw was My Fair Lady, which each of us really likes for different reasons. Adrian is into it because Audrey Hepburn is his favorite actress and the movie version of this was one of her biggest films. As for me, well, when I was 13 I was in the pit orchestra for a high school production of this show, and I've always enjoyed it. We saw a high school show when we lived here before and Adrian thought it would be nice to see a version that didn't use cardboard boxes for the set. The show was great...Adrian had gotten us seats in the fourth or fifth row and the actors were really great, the sets beautiful (no cardboard boxes) and the drummer in the orchestra was ALMOST as good as I was nearly 30 years ago.

So yeah, being 42 has been OK. But every Sunday night probably won't be that great. Thanks, Adrian!

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