Backstage Tour

We’ve just come back from the backstage tour, and we’re realizing from some of the chat surrounding our blogging table that there are some conflicting feelings about being here tonight while the Canucks are playing…

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La Traviata — Before the Show

 Although I’m still grappling with jetlag, having only returned from London, England on Wednesday, I know I’ll have no problems staying awake for tonight’s VOA performance of Verdi’s La Traviata. First of all, check out these…

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Dresses, Dresses . . .Paris Dresses . . .

What with us all ogling Kate’s dress, and with me heading to the opera tomorrow night, I’m reminded that I promised more of Mme Grès’ creations. I have oodles of pics from this exhibition which…

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Crowds and Weddings and Quiet Places . . . Home from London

Sadly, thanks to a combination of limited camera and unwillingness to cross a wide and busy street, you’ll have to click-and-enlarge this photo to spot the graffiti on that brick building wall just to the…

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Tired of London? Never!

When a man is tired of London, said Samuel Johnson, he is tired of life. So I won’t say I’m tired of London — which wouldn’t be true, in any case — but I will…

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Copyright

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