Thing 80: complete! / Thing 85: progress

80. See a play at Shakespeare Theatre

Completed 27 November 2010

On Saturday afternoon we went into DC to see Candide. The show had two things going for it from the start: first, I read the book a while back and enjoyed it, and second, the music was by Leonard Bernstein, who also wrote Wonderful Town, which we'd recently seen and loved. This was certainly a different type of show: more operatic and less jazzy, but still very funny and very well done. The theater was cozy with pretty much no bad seats. The orchestra was flawless, and the set was an innovative combination of minimalist and exquisitely detailed (I'm not sure how else to describe it). I had some trouble understanding a few of the singers, Cunegonde especially, but all in all I had a great time. My husband enjoyed himself as well. It's too bad that seeing a play in DC requires basically an entire day (we left our house at 10am and got home at 6:30pm). Still, I can see us doing this again sometime. I'm glad I made this one of my things; who knows when I could have made the effort to go otherwise?

Also, I love intersecting things:

85. Attend 5 plays
Current progress: 2/5

Thing 80: complete! / Thing 85: progress

80. See a play at Shakespeare Theatre

Completed 27 November 2010

On Saturday afternoon we went into DC to see Candide. The show had two things going for it from the start: first, I read the book a while back and enjoyed it, and second, the music was by Leonard Bernstein, who also wrote Wonderful Town, which we'd recently seen and loved. This was certainly a different type of show: more operatic and less jazzy, but still very funny and very well done. The theater was cozy with pretty much no bad seats. The orchestra was flawless, and the set was an innovative combination of minimalist and exquisitely detailed (I'm not sure how else to describe it). I had some trouble understanding a few of the singers, Cunegonde especially, but all in all I had a great time. My husband enjoyed himself as well. It's too bad that seeing a play in DC requires basically an entire day (we left our house at 10am and got home at 6:30pm). Still, I can see us doing this again sometime. I'm glad I made this one of my things; who knows when I could have made the effort to go otherwise?

Also, I love intersecting things:

85. Attend 5 plays
Current progress: 2/5

Thing 24: progress

24. Read/listen to 250 books (not counting rereads)

Current progress: 58/250

56. A Place to Die by Dorothy James
57. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
58. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Thing 24: progress

24. Read/listen to 250 books (not counting rereads)

Current progress: 58/250

56. A Place to Die by Dorothy James
57. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
58. The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Thing 86: Rosa Mexicano

86. Visit ten new restaurants

Current Progress: 7/10

While in Washington yesterday we lunched at Rosa Mexicano. We chose it purely based on its proximity to the Shakespeare Theater, but it proved to be a good decision. The wait staff was all smiles, and when we arrived the first thing they did was offer us some freshly made guacamole. It's not complimentary (nor did we expect it to be), but it was worth every penny.


Preparing the guac.

The guacamole came with both chips and mini soft tortillas, as well as two very spicy sauces to add to your guac experience should you so choose. I didn't like them: the tomatilla was too sour and the red stuff tasted like campfire ashes. But the guac itself was just so good.


Blurry guac. (My cell phone fails in low light.)

Anyway, I ordered from the "favorites" section of the menu, and got Chicken Tortilla Pie. My husband got the chicken enchiladas. Both were outstanding. The rice and beans were good too, much different from what I was used to (the beans were black, not pinto, and the rice was yellow with cilantro and other spices, not Spanish). I ate way too much but it's difficult to stop when it's just so tasty! And at roughly $15/plate it's very reasonable, especially for Washington.


My entree: funny-colored but delicious.

My husband, who lived in Texas for a time, declared it was the first authentic Mexican food he'd had since moving to the area. (It's very easy to get good, say, Peruvian or El Salvadorian food, but Mexican? Not so much.) We're glad to have found this place, and will definitely eat there again.

Thing 86: Rosa Mexicano

86. Visit ten new restaurants

Current Progress: 7/10

While in Washington yesterday we lunched at Rosa Mexicano. We chose it purely based on its proximity to the Shakespeare Theater, but it proved to be a good decision. The wait staff was all smiles, and when we arrived the first thing they did was offer us some freshly made guacamole. It's not complimentary (nor did we expect it to be), but it was worth every penny.


Preparing the guac.

The guacamole came with both chips and mini soft tortillas, as well as two very spicy sauces to add to your guac experience should you so choose. I didn't like them: the tomatilla was too sour and the red stuff tasted like campfire ashes. But the guac itself was just so good.


Blurry guac. (My cell phone fails in low light.)

Anyway, I ordered from the "favorites" section of the menu, and got Chicken Tortilla Pie. My husband got the chicken enchiladas. Both were outstanding. The rice and beans were good too, much different from what I was used to (the beans were black, not pinto, and the rice was yellow with cilantro and other spices, not Spanish). I ate way too much but it's difficult to stop when it's just so tasty! And at roughly $15/plate it's very reasonable, especially for Washington.


My entree: funny-colored but delicious.

My husband, who lived in Texas for a time, declared it was the first authentic Mexican food he'd had since moving to the area. (It's very easy to get good, say, Peruvian or El Salvadorian food, but Mexican? Not so much.) We're glad to have found this place, and will definitely eat there again.

Thing 47 - progress

47. Reach 4000 snarfs on Markeroni

Current progress: 1638/4000

Just pleased as punch to have passed the next hundred-snarf milestone. Seriously, you have no idea. (Okay, maybe I'm more pleased to have finally caught up on logging snarfs, but it's always nifty to get another kudos star.)

Thing 47 - progress

47. Reach 4000 snarfs on Markeroni

Current progress: 1638/4000

Just pleased as punch to have passed the next hundred-snarf milestone. Seriously, you have no idea. (Okay, maybe I'm more pleased to have finally caught up on logging snarfs, but it's always nifty to get another kudos star.)

Thing 48 - almost there!

48. Attend 5 write-ins

Current progress: 4/5

I attended a long pre-Thanksgiving write-in with just_the_things on Wednesday, November 24. I wrote a lot of words, but in general I don't think I'm all that interested in NaNoWriMo this year. Which is fine. It wasn't one of my things, after all. ;)

Thing 48 - almost there!

48. Attend 5 write-ins

Current progress: 4/5

I attended a long pre-Thanksgiving write-in with just_the_things on Wednesday, November 24. I wrote a lot of words, but in general I don't think I'm all that interested in NaNoWriMo this year. Which is fine. It wasn't one of my things, after all. ;)