Rest of November

The rest of November proved to be as busy as the first part. We saw the Eakins exhibit and attended a lecture at the PMA and then went over to the Cleopatra exhibit at the Franklin. The former was good and the latter was pretty grim. Too many people, and the audio and written portions did not say the same things. Plus, the bimbos at the entrance were not paying attention at all to the times of the tickets. That probably accounted for the overcrowding. Then there were the toddlers and young kids. Why would you take your youngsters to an obviously NOT "Elizabeth Taylor" type exhibit that truly has some fidelity to the history of the time??? To annoy people who actually care about history?
At any rate, Philadelphia, unlike other major cities really seems far too often to take the low road and do things in a less than professional way. So sad when you compare to what Chicago and NYC do with their exhibits.
We went to the Met Museum of Art to see the Genghis Kahn exhibit, which was truly excellent, and then saw Bernadette Peters in "A Little Night Music" which was OK. I am not a great Sondheim fan anyway, and this story was silly. Although Peters was quite good.
The Polish Cultural Arts Society had their annual formal dinner and we attended. My friend Regina got to present a talk on the two books she has written, and we had a great time. The very next day we joined the same group at the Mazowsze performance at the Kimmel.
We learned to make gnocchi and other pastas at Carlow Cookery -- and then immediately ran out to buy pasta attachments for our Kitchenaid mixer. We made gnocchi for Tara and Mike that weekend. Although they thought that they were good, I thought our Carlow ones turned out better.
Book and Wine club discussion was on The Elegance of the Hedgehog -- very, very stimulating discussion. Seems as though people either hated or loved it. Brian and I both loved it, but we seemed to be in the minority. Really, it was work to read, but if one stuck with it, it was SO worth it.
We went to Shannon's for Thanksgiving. The twins are getting so big and are maturing and developing nicely. It is so much fun to watch them grow and learn! We are truly blessed.