Friday 12/12/2025
Morning muffin walk with Joanne, always a delight. Got an email from Stanford Live, of a David Byrne concert in April. Checked with Joanne: yes. So I spent some time fighting a very difficult ticket website which rejected all three of my browsers. Finally was able to buy tickets using Safari on the iPhone. Now I want to learn to play some David Byrne songs myself. (This ain’t no party, this ain’t no disco… )
6th floor monthly meeting at 4:45. Owing to the Employee Appreciation Party this afternoon, there is no dinner service tonight, just brown bags. At 5:30 the gang was going to picnic in our dining room after the meeting but I had other plans. Got my hat and coat and headed down to the garage, met Joanne, and we were off to Los Altos.
Tonight was A Christmas Carol at the Bus Barn, 8pm curtain. I had made a reservation at Roja in Los Altos, close to the theater, more or less in the blind. Turned out to be a good choice. Very nice food and sharp, thoughtful service. Only complaint with the place was the usual one, noise. Their interior is clearly Styled by a Designer, and it makes a good impression. Except part of the design is a hard cement floor… why does no restaurant like soft surfaces? When we left people were just reaching the level where you raise your voice to be heard, which is the start of a noise spiral.
Anyway, off to the old Barn for a very elaborate production of the Dickens tale. At least the third version I’ve seen, probably another 1 or 2 on TV over the years, but Joanne had never seen any. The cast was all good, Ebenezer was excellent, and all the complicated production elements came off beautifully.
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