Saw Comedy of Errors on the opening night. The Dallas Shakespeare Festival’s version of the play was carried, in my mind, by the two twin man-servants – who get railed upon rather frequently.
Not that being beaten, repeatedly and soundly by my master, is common experience these days, but I do heartily agree with the feelings.
Ma Wetzel was railing about, “You are a sexist pig. You weren’t raised that way, I know you weren’t.”
Oh but I was.
“Oh you’re the worst. No, your sister is the worst. You just print stuff that I never said, but she has them act it out, or prints it in the program….”
Not sure which is worse. Talk about getting railed upon.
Saturday night was simple, go to a play with Pa Wetzel. Sunday was a little more complicated. First there was the before breakfast coffee, as I was facing dueling coffee-makers, Ma & Pa.
Each one made a fine cup of espresso, topped with appropriately frothed milk.
“Don’t you want to go for swim? How about walk? I need to walk while it’s cool, but you’re here, so I can’t walk.”
Breakfast, then a post-breakfast meal, then some more coffee, and we all looked at the newspapers, then I was given a huge stack of material for the London-Paris trip, plus details on how to manage my sister.
I explained, in great detail how this is all worked out, ahead of time:
“Sister is the youngest; the hotel has two beds; I get one bed, the Leo gets another bed; Sister is on the roll-away.”
We opted for a quick trip, early Sunday afternoon, to the newly opened Frontiers of Flight Museum at Dallas Love Field.
Two cool displays really stood out, one was a Huey Helicopter. That would be a Vietnam-era helicopter. Like the ones on MASH, only, for real. A later generation. Originally intended as a air-evacuation for injuries, there was a lot more history in a single aircraft.
There was also a real F-16, a 1978 model. No motors, and I couldn’t climb around on it, but it was strange to see it up close.
And the real Apollo 7 capsule. I don’t recall the details, but it sure looked like parts of it were held together with chicken wire (visible parts of the heat shield). So that’s three.
Four: the early airplane that was built in Temple, TX. Temple Aero, I think was the name – the picture didn’t turn out.
Hopped back in the car, made it on homeward. There was one quick stop, Carl’s Corner, for one more picture.
I was going to run this as a trivia question, and I might still.
It’s the bottom two images. Dancing frogs on top of Carl’s Corner. What’s the connection between those frogs and Fishing Guide to the Stars? Points are given for creativity, originality, and, of course, a right answer. E-mail is on the main page.
