End of vacation

Well well I had a good Thanksgiving overall. This weekend I not only went into San Francisco and had a clam chowder bread bowl at Boudin but also bought a heap of chocolate over at Ghirardelli. And to top it off, I was lucky enough to see Cirque du Soleil‘s newest show, Varekai! Wow was that an amazing performance.

Featured acts

• Acrobatic Pas de Deux
• Aerial Straps
• Body Skating
• Clown Acts
• Flight of Icarus (The)
• Georgian Dance
• Handbalancing on Canes
• Icarian Games
• Russian Swings
• Solo on Crutches
• Triple Trapeze
• Water Meteors
• Juggling

Honestly, everything in the show was simply stunning. I have never been to one of their performances but my parents have seen “O” twice and loved it. “Varekai” was great because there was a constant sense of danger since the performers had no safety nets. There were a number of times during the show where things could have gone terribly wrong, but the artists are so good that of course nothing bad happened. Most of the time I just ended up sitting there with my mouth open.

Go see that if you get the chance. It’s worth the ticket price.

The drive back down the 5 to UCLA was awful as expected. We left at 10:30 and met the holiday traffic head-on. Magic Mountain was a bottleneck like last time and I ended up getting in around 6:00. Well, it could have taken longer but I have made better time before…

Overall, no complaints though. I had a great holiday weekend, especially since I got to drive the new car. Always fun. Now I get to look forward to finals. Joy.