After our successful Friday night, TW and I woke up on Saturday and nipped out to the airport to pick up our friend Amy who was in for the weekend.
After a stop off at home to bathe her, he went to our friendly neighborhood rugby tournament where several friends were competing. We saw the tail end of one of their games, but had to leave before the next began.
TW had obtained cheap tickets to Mama Mia! through her school. So, with Amy in tow, we went to the Saturday matinee of ABBA's masterwork. My quickie review: I'd have loved to have been present at the moment of conception - "Let's string our 22 favorite ABBA songs together with a plot!". The singing was OK, the dancing was too restrained, which seemed to be a intentional directorial decision. The audience was way too fat. Seriously, I bet 10% of the people there had trouble exiting the theater under their own power.
After Mama Mia!, we went to little Italy for dinner. Trattoria normally does us right, but the eggplant parm was frozen, and even after sending it back it only came out lukewarm. The rest of the meal was excellent as ever.
We ended the evening watching Jack Black's School of Rock - topical since Amy just quit her job as a principal.
Posted by msouthwo at July 13, 2004 04:30 PM