I shouldn’t anticipate, I know, but today I am.
Later today, I’m driving up to the VA Hospital in La Jolla
and meeting a group from my Sunday Night meeting at the main entrance. They “take a meeting” to those in treatment
out there once a month. Last night, I
asked two guys who are in the VFW program what they thought. They replied that the folks out there like it
a lot.
At least I know where the front door is, and I know how to
get there. Everything else has changed
since I went out there.
George is off to the museum from noon to four then we are
out to dinner, or eating dinner here at home, before we go out. Yes, out to the theater. We never do anything like that, but today we
are. Rather exciting, actually. A dual purpose outing.
We are going to go to the restored Balboa Theater to see the
Gay Men’s Chorus sing their holiday program.
I’ve never been in this theater at all.
I hear it’s spectacular, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they
have done with this long abandoned structure.
It’s attached to one side of the dramatic, architecturally successful,
Horton Plaza shopping mall. The mall was
one of the triggers that revitalized the core of our downtown. We should have gone to something here sooner,
but George turns purple when faced with $72.00 balcony seats.
The Chorus…several of our friends were involved with it at
the height of the AIDS Epidemic. The
last time I saw them sing, the group was a very small, much decimated group of
voices. Now they seem a good sized
gathering of men again. One of the old
Lifeguards from the Plunge sings with them, and it will be a special link for
me.
I asked friend Nan from the Discovery Shop what to wear, and
she replied, “Anything at all. Even
levis.” Imagine.
Levis it is!
ReplyDeleteA few years back, David and I traveled to Bethesda Hospital to serve on a panel informing new resident doctors and nurses about the family disease of alcoholism. Very interesting. David worked in the treatment ward of several different hospitals here, in MD and in DC.
ReplyDeleteGay men's Chorus is performing here too. Wonder if they are related to your group?
Dress has certainly changed. Anything goes for the most part.
ReplyDeleteHelping the veterans in any way never seems to go unappreciated. Merry Christmas Mage.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the music and the theater. Most of the audiences I are very casual in dress, not that I get out much lately. But sometimes its fun to dress up anyway even if its your best levis. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI think I have posted in the past of my desire to get dressed up to go to the Kennedy Center when we first moved here and was told I didn't really need to as some folks wore jeans. I think that actually happens less now with most venues. Went to see Mannheim Steamroller last night...good seats and yes, expensive. They are much diminished with age and now have an East coast and West coast team. It was fun, but not at all like the time we saw them about 8 years ago.
ReplyDeleteThat is such a sweet thing. Taking the meeting like that. You rock!
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