Shakespeare in the Park

Every summer the various colleges at Cambridge play host to Shakespeare in the Park. Last year my friend Rebekah and I took my mom to see Taming of the Shrew. This year, Rebekah and I went to see The Comedy of Errors and have plans to see Much Ado About Nothing (one of my all time favourites!)

TCoE was absolutely brilliant! I've read it before, but had never seen it performed. Bless them, I'm sure they were freezing to death! We were all bundled up to our eyebrows: Jeans, jumpers, hoodies and coats, sitting on one wool blanket (over chairs) and huddled under another. Yeah, we just about survived it. But hey... this is the joy of the Great British Summer! It did not rain, ominous black clouds not withstanding. So all in all, we made out well.

Of course, we had to have the obligatory Scones, Clotted Cream and Jam! Yum!

V-Day

Well, normally I celebrate Singles Awareness Day on 14 February. This year, however, I had a Victory! A date for Valentine's Day! Around 2.30 in the afternoon I got a text from him saying 'Be dressed and ready to go at 6.30.' Umm.... ok. 'Dressed how? Ready for what?' The reply, 'Dressed . . . and ready.' Ok. 'Skirt or Trousers?' 'Skirt.' Well, that's a t least a little more information. 'Dance or Warm?' 'Classy.' Ooooh. Ok. So I wore my charcoal grey tailored skirt, white blouse and long wool jumper. Black and white. And where did we go? To a production of Romeo and Juliette up at the University of Utah! A very lovely Valentine's Day treat. He actually really likes Shakespeare. The night before we'd watched Much Adu About Nothing. And his favourite is King Leare. A fabulous dancer, academic and Shakespeare fan?!? Wow! How lucky can one girl get? It was almost more fun watching him laugh at the jokes than it was watching the show. And I like Shakespeare! Anyway, it was a great Valentine's Day.