Thursday 06/22/2023
Off to Shustek center for another day of sorting the Sandy Fraser papers. Almost done; next time will finish the job.
Edie had invited me to dinner to fill out a table with Lou and Alice. We ended up telling our life stories, since nobody was really familiar with the others. Lou has had a really distinguished career serving more than a decade with the IMF, and being on boards including the California High Speed Train authority. He gave a talk on that system and its lack of progress, a year ago now. Alice served various NGO development authorities and then at the IMF where they met. Edie’s career has been more local, but she has been a transit planner for local agencies and other governmental bodies. Me, just a humble “member of technical staff”.
When I came back from Shustek early at 3:30, there was an “ice cream social” going on, on the patio. There I ran into my next-door neighbor Carolyn and for fun I invited her to come along to tonight’s play, since I continue to buy two season tickets to the Bus Barn. She was pleased to come, so I had company to discuss the production. It was Sunday in the Park with George, a musical about the short life of George Seurat and his famous painting, which the actors recreate as a tableau at the end of the first and last acts. It was very well performed and the production was amazing given the constraints of the tiny theater. It’s not the most interesting story, and Sondheim certainly doesn’t write hummable melodies, but I enjoyed it.
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