We had an interesting and fun weekend. Saturday, while the kids and Chris were at horseback riding and dance, I was at the family house of a co-worker whose brother and mother lost their house in the fires. Their 4,000 square foot, two-story house was literally reduced to 3 feet of ash, mixed with broken ceiling tiles, and we were hand sorting through it (using shovels and sifters) to try and find any valuables. The metal actually melted. Most jewelry was vaporized, and coins were fused together and unrecognizable. My small group found several small jewelry boxes, but only one still had a ring in it, and one small frozen puddle of melted gold. Probably the most valuable thing I found was a totally intact china teacup from a kids set that somehow survived when everthing else was destroyed. Very dirty, sad work.
Anyway, later that day we drove up to LA and got there just as Universal Studios was closing, so we got on just two rides (last time we were there we bought a year pass for just $10 more). The real reason we braved the traffic was to go see "Wicked", a broadway musical, at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. The theater doesn't look like much on the outside, but it was very ornate on the inside. The musical was absolutely outstanding - we all loved it. Well worth the trouble of LA.
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Sounds like an interesting weekend. It is hard to imagine everything you have destroyed. Curt and Chris went to "Wicked" in Chicago and Bob, Julie, and Kayla saw it there this summer. All loved it. We're hoping it will come to Omaha sometime. Dad and Mom
I had an amusing observation when we saw Wicked in Chicago this summer. We attended a weekday matinee, and were seated in the balcony, which has its own lobby. At intermission, I was wandering around the lobby, which had about 200 people milling around, buying stuff and talking. I decided to count the men in the crowd - I counted 7 out of the entire crowd. Everyone else was moms and teenage or preteen daughters. Definitely a chick flick (or musical as the case may be). Very enjoyable show, though.
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